published as the act directs [...?] [ca. May 1781]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 113. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in profile to the right (left), elegantly dressed, lounges beside a lady on a settee. He holds a coffee-cup. She sits before a round table on which is a coffee-pot, &c, on a tray. Her dress is of quasi-military cut and she wears a large feathered hat; they look towards each other. On the wall (left) is a framed picture of a camp scene. Through the large sash-window (right) are trees and (?) tents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue; dated to ca. May of 1781 by curator, based on series number., Description based on imperfect impression; date at end of imprint statement has been erased from sheet., Plate numbered "439" in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Militia camps: ?Coxheath -- Furniture -- Female costume: Feathered hats -- Military dress (quasi) -- Male costume, 1781 -- Tea services., Folded to 30.5 x 26 cm., Numbered "48" in brown ink on verso., and Bound in opposite page 113 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:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Sofas, Coffeepots, Tea tables (Tables), Hats, Feathers, Windows, People associated with military activities, and Military camps
Leaf 85. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in military dress walking or running in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left the hilt of a sabre. His queue, twisted like a rope, is looped up with narrow ribbon. He wears a hat with a feather, a coat with facings and epaulettes, a ruffled shirt, and half-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "19" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 85., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.2 x 12.5 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Septr. 21, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Dandies, Daggers & swords, Staffs (Sticks), Hats, and Feathers
Leaf 85. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man in military dress walking or running in profile to the right. His right hand holds a cane, his left the hilt of a sabre. His queue, twisted like a rope, is looped up with narrow ribbon. He wears a hat with a feather, a coat with facings and epaulettes, a ruffled shirt, and half-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. IV: Macaronies, characters, caricatures &c. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, No. 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "v. 4" in upper left corner and "19" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Septr. 21, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Dandies, Daggers & swords, Staffs (Sticks), Hats, and Feathers
Leaf 77. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on Joseph Banks, shown as a well-dressed man with elaborately curled hair, ass's ears and a large feather in his hat, balances on two globes - one lettered "Antartick Circle", the other "Artick Circle" - while he reaches towards a butterfly with a bat-shaped fly-catcher in each hand."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Text below title: I rove from pole to pole, you ask me why, I tell you truth, to catch a fly., Plate numbered "17" in upper left corner and "v. 3" in upper right corner., For an earlier state, see no. 4695 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Male costume: Macaroni hats with ostrich feather., and Second of three plates on leaf 77.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly accor. to act, July 12th, 1772, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820
Subject (Topic):
Naturalists, Butterflies, Butterfly nets, Dandies, British, Globes, Hats, and Feathers
"A whole length portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, walking left to right, her hands in a muff, her head turned to the spectator. Her hat has three ostrich feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' to indicate her marriage, see British Museum Satires No. 6924, &c. Her hair hangs loosely on her shoulders and her dress has the fashionable protuberances at the bust and below the waist, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7099, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fat, fair and forty
Description:
Title from item., Price in lower right corner: 1s. 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Earlier state of the print owned by Horace Walpole (NYPL, no. 83), with his identification., Upper right corner torn. On verso: George T. Stubbs., and Mounted to 41.7 x 27.6 cm.
Publisher:
Published by W.S. [sic] Fores Mar 20th, 1786 at his Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Relations with women, Obesity, Muffs, Hats, and Feathers
"A whole length portrait of Mrs. Fitzherbert, walking left to right, her hands in a muff, her head turned to the spectator. Her hat has three ostrich feathers and the motto 'Ich dien' to indicate her marriage, see British Museum Satires No. 6924, &c. Her hair hangs loosely on her shoulders and her dress has the fashionable protuberances at the bust and below the waist, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7099, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fat, fair and forty
Description:
Title from item., Price in lower right corner: 1s. 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Earlier state of the print owned by Horace Walpole (NYPL, no. 83), with his identification., In pencil on verso: (George T. Stubbs)., and 1 print : etching & engraving with stipple on laid paper : plate mark 30.2 x 19.7 cm, on sheet 31.9 x 21.2 cm.
Publisher:
Published by W.S. [sic] Fores Mar 20th, 1786 at his Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837
Subject (Topic):
Relations with women, Obesity, Muffs, Hats, and Feathers