A young girl begs for change as she holds out a hat to a couple heading toward the crowd around the tents at Epsom Derby. Her father (?) half kneels while playing a violin, and a woman (her mother?) clutches a baby to her breast
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date based on unverified data in local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Epsom Derby, England (Horse race), Beggars, Crowds, and Families
Page 137. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The courtyard of the Royal Exchange, London, with numerous male figures, most wearing hats and carrying canes; the statue of Charles II in the centre."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 137 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685, and Royal Exchange (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Merchants' exchanges, Commercial facilities, Courtyards, Colonnades, Sculpture, and Crowds
Men, with one or two women. stand against the rails in the foreground. On the opposite side of the course is a palatial stand or club-house, its balconies and roof crowded with spectators; in front of it are carriages and spectators. Portraits seem to include the Duke of York in a frogged blue coat and white trousers and Lord Petersham on horseback. There are also fruit-sellers, and a gaming-board. British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Doncaster, Great St. Leger race, and characters on the turf
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15224 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, Page 313.
Publisher:
Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Clubhouses, Crowds, Food vendors, Gameboards, Grandstands, Racetracks, and Sports spectators
Men, with one or two women. stand against the rails in the foreground. On the opposite side of the course is a palatial stand or club-house, its balconies and roof crowded with spectators; in front of it are carriages and spectators. Portraits seem to include the Duke of York in a frogged blue coat and white trousers and Lord Petersham on horseback. There are also fruit-sellers, and a gaming-board. British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Doncaster, Great St. Leger race, and characters on the turf
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15224 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, Page 313 (with "ground")., and Cropped within plate lines.
Publisher:
Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Clubhouses, Crowds, Food vendors, Gameboards, Grandstands, Racetracks, and Sports spectators
Funeral ticket, with a scene of a funeral procession arrived at a church, the pall being drawn back, the parish clerk on the steps at left, a clergyman reading the exordium of the burial service at the head of the procession; the mourners following the coffin, a crowd of onlookers behind, one man clinging to a pillar to see above the others
Description:
Title from original print as described in Paulson., Receipt text below image: You are desired to accompany [the] corps of [blank] from h[his/her] late dwelling in [blank] to [blank] on [blank] next at [blank] of the clock in the evening. Perform'd by Humphrey Drew, undertaker, in King-Street, Westminster., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., llustration for: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London, 1794., Ms. note in Steevens's hand on page above print: Copy. Note at top of print: From S. Ireland's Hogarth illustrated,, and On page 46 in volume 1.
Publisher:
J. Ireland
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Topic):
Funerals, Undertakers and undertaking, Crowds, and Funeral processions
"Funeral ticket, with a scene of a funeral procession arrived at a church, the pall being drawn back, the parish clerk on the steps at left, a clergyman reading the exordium of the burial service at the head of the procession; the mourners following the coffin, a crowd of onlookers behind, one man clinging to a pillar to see above the others"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson., Receipt text below image: You are desired to accompany [the] corps of [blank] from h[his/her] late dwelling in [blank] to [blank] on [blank] next at [blank] of the clock in the evening. Perform'd by Humphrey Drew, undertaker, in King-Street, Westminster., This impression has been cut, with loss of receipt area., Ms. note in Steevens's hand on page above print: Original. Note on mount below print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. P. 419 / Sold at Mr. Gulston's auction for £5.7.6., and On page 46 in volume 1. Plate mounted on sheet: 15.3 x 20.5 cm.
Publisher:
Humphrey Drew
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Topic):
Funerals, Undertakers and undertaking, Crowds, and Funeral processions
The quadrangle at Tattersalls (1823) is filled with groups of betting men, 'the greater part ... are portraits' (p. xx). The three men on the extreme left are Mr. Tanfield, Lord Sefton, and Colonel Hylton Jolliffe. In the extreme right corner is Sir L. Skeffington; near him, but not identifiable, is John Gully the ex-pugilist. A Jew sells wares from a basket-tray. Over the doorway: Houses must not be taken away without being paid for
Alternative Title:
Heroes of the turf paying & receiving at Tattersals and Heroes of the turf paying and receiving at Tattersals
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 14944 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 1, page 370. "Subscription Room" left out on sign between windows on final plate.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Jones, & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Gully, John, 1783-1863., Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850., and Tattersalls (Firm)
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Horse buyers, Horse trading, Crowds, and Street vendors
Satire on Hogarth, shown as the mountebank painter on a stage demonstrating the beauty of a crooked line. Eight figures identified in the key below: Hogarth (H), Dr. Morell (?), appearing in a clown's costume addresses the crowd. Also appearing are Hogarth's Fool (S), Hogarth's puffer(4), Hogarth's fiddler (W), etc
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the image below image, followed by four lines of text: This arrogant quacking analist who blinded by the darkest ignorance of [the] principles of painting, has spoke so foolishly of the works of [the] greatest masters-- is hereby challeng'd to produce one piece of his either in painting, or on copper plate, that has [the] least grace, beauty or so much knowledge in proportion as may be found in common signs in every street--O will thy impudence is the certain consequence of thy ignorance.", A satire on Hogarth by Paul Sandby., and On page 288 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 23 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Morrell, Thomas, 1703-1784
Satire on Hogarth, shown as the mountebank painter on a stage demonstrating the beauty of a crooked line. Eight figures identified in the key below: Hogarth (H), Dr. Morell (?), appearing in a clown's costume addresses the crowd. Also appearing are Hogarth's Fool (S), Hogarth's puffer(4), Hogarth's fiddler (W), etc
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Key to the image below image, followed by four lines of text: This arrogant quacking analist who blinded by the darkest ignorance of [the] principles of painting, has spoke so foolishly of the works of [the] greatest masters-- is hereby challeng'd to produce one piece of his either in painting, or on copper plate, that has [the] least grace, beauty or so much knowledge in proportion as may be found in common signs in every street--O will thy impudence is the certain consequence of thy ignorance.", and A satire on Hogarth by Paul Sandby.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Morrell, Thomas, 1703-1784