An obese man and a tall lean woman, symbolical figures of 'dropsy' and 'consumption', flirting outside a mausoleum; another couple promenade before a statue of Hercules in the background
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 25th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No 111 Cheapside
A thin man in a cap pulled down on his head feeds a morsel of food to an obese woman who combs a wig in her hand as they sit on a sofa before a table laid with lunch. They are in a well-appointed sitting room decorated with a mirror above a fireplace ...
Front and back views of a bronze statue of a woman carrying a pig in one hand and a child in the other, to be sacrificed. The object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Front and back views of a bronze statue of a woman carrying a pig in one hand and a child in the other, to be sacrificed. The object was part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Depiction of the marble statue of the Farnese Flora at the Palace of Versailles. The female figure looks to the right and is draped in a gown which falls away from her right shoulder; she holds up a garland in her left hand and grasps the hem of her g...
Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two men converse in an interior next to a fireplace. The figure at right rises and points to a portrait over the fireplace, a dog looking up to follow the gesture. The other figure, seated, holds a glass of wine. A grinning classical bust on the book...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Fireplaces, Portrait paintings, Dogs, Drinking vessels, Sculpture, and Bookcases
Cecchi, Giovanni Battista, 1748 or 1749-approximately 1815, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1770 and 1790?]
Call Number:
770.00.00.191
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Self-portrait of the artist, perhaps in his studio, sitting in front of a desk. A miniature hangs on a small easel beside him; sculpted heads and hands, as well as a painting, hang on the walls behind him. Another sculpted head lies on the floor in th...
Alternative Title:
Giuseppe Macpherson Pitt
Description:
Title engraved on a separate sheet mounted below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Macpherson, Giuseppe or Joseph or James, 1720-1792,
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Artists' studios, Sculpture, and Miniatures (Paintings)
"Interior view of the Guildhall, looking towards large arched stained-glass window at far end; a procession of men pass through grand entrance on the right, groups of figures stand to watch; a flat ceiling in panels above."--British Museum online cata...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Octr. 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Guildhall (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Parades & processions, Windows, Stained glass, and Sculpture
