Volume 12, page 214. Horace Walpole and his world.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Drawing with two scenes: 'the back parlour" in an oval within a larger rectangular view of a 'park wall'. The park wall is covered in ivy and at its base, lush ferns and other plants and mushrooms, ferns and at the top a stand of trees. The oval inset in the lower right shows a man view from behind, sitting in a chair looking out a window at a city street scene and two birds at perched on the vine before a leadlight casement window
Description:
Title written below image, from a quotation by Horace Walpole's letter to Miss Berry December 1793: "A park-wall with ivy on it and fern near it, and a back parlour in London in summer, with a dead creeper and a couple of sooty sparrows, are my strongest ideas of melancholy solitude. A pleasing melancholy is a very august personage, but not at all good company.”, Signed and dated by the artist in lower left corner of image., Place of production inferred from artist's city of residence during this time period., Page reference for quotation written below title: Page 288., and Bound in as page 214 in volume 12 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world / edited by L. B. Seeley ... London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Subject (Topic):
Parlors, Garden walls, Casement windows, and Depression (Mental state)
The equestrian statue of George III dressed as Marcus Aurelius stands behind the brick wall of Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London, watching the assembly in the garden through a spy-glass. Above the wall, hats with French republican cockades are being waved while invisible speakers express support shouting "Vive Barrere," and "C̦a ira," in reference to Lord Lansdowne's failed motion for peace with France in February 1794. In the background is the facade of the house
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 30.4 x 24 cm, on sheet 33.2 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 62 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),, and Lansdowne House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Statues, Politics and government, Foreign relations, Sculpture, Horses, Garden walls, and Hats
The equestrian statue of George III dressed as Marcus Aurelius stands behind the brick wall of Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London, watching the assembly in the garden through a spy-glass. Above the wall, hats with French republican cockades are being waved while invisible speakers express support shouting "Vive Barrere," and "C̦a ira," in reference to Lord Lansdowne's failed motion for peace with France in February 1794. In the background is the facade of the house
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 81 with one other print.
Publisher:
Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),, and Lansdowne House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Statues, Politics and government, Foreign relations, Sculpture, Horses, Garden walls, and Hats
The equestrian statue of George III dressed as Marcus Aurelius stands behind the brick wall of Lansdowne House in Berkeley Square, London, watching the assembly in the garden through a spy-glass. Above the wall, hats with French republican cockades are being waved while invisible speakers express support shouting "Vive Barrere," and "C̦a ira," in reference to Lord Lansdowne's failed motion for peace with France in February 1794. In the background is the facade of the house
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., One of a set of seven prints "Outlines of the Opposition ..."; see British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 43 x 35 cm.
Publisher:
Publd. 17 March 1794 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and France
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Barère, B. 1755-1841. (Bertrand),, and Lansdowne House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Statues, Politics and government, Foreign relations, Sculpture, Horses, Garden walls, and Hats
Two young women, attired in low-cut, fine dresses, their veils pulled back over their hair exposing their pretty, young faces, sit in a semi-embrace on a blue loveseat in a garden, one looking lovingly into the eyes of the other with her hand posed to encircle her companion. The other, wearing red shoes, with a rosary at her waist, looks down toward the low neckline of the first. Standing next to them is a rotund Catholic monk in brown robes. He points to the two women while with a mischievous smile he looks to the viewer. Below him is the caption: "The Scene delightful, Beauty here, what then! Ah, Benedicite! Men are but Men." The women speak: "We live recluse and are believed religious, We but dissemble for our Lusts prodigious."
Description:
Title engraved below image., Reissue, with altered publication line. For an earlier state with the imprint "London, Printed for R. Sayer and J. Bennett, map and printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs, 5 April 1782," see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.3219., Sheet trimmed to / within plate mark., Plate numbered "197" in lower right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, chart, map and printseller, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Benches, Convents, Gardens, Garden walls, Monks, and Nuns
"View of the hospital, from behind the gates at the end of the long approach; countryside scattered with villages and roads behind; figures in foreground and carriages approaching hospital; in foreground a tavern on the left and part of a walled garden on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vü̈e d'Hopital des Enfans Trouves
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.4790., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Imperfect; plate number erased from upper right corner of sheet. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Leaf 14 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
"A woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy stands with folded hands, laughing, close to an elderly parson (right) of Dr. Syntax type who recoils in angry horror. Behind them is a high garden wall, with a notice: 'Man Traps laid in these Grounds'. Behind the woman (left) is a hole in the wall, through which looks the grinning head of a black servant. 'Broad Grins' is a collection of coarse comic songs by Colman, 1802, cf. British Museum Satires No. 11941."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Black joke
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. June 4th, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Pregnancy, Laughing, Clergy, Garden walls, Signs (Notices), Servants, and Smiling
"Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Mounted on page 21.
Publisher:
Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
"Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper ; plate mark 33.8 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 26.3 cm, and Mounted on leaf 13 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures.
Publisher:
Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
"Colonel Barré stands outside a gate in a high brick wall. Shelburne (right) stands, half within, half outside the gate, his left foot on the outside; he has a cynically complacent smile and is putting into Barré's left hand a paper inscribed "Pension 3000£ pr Ann". Barré, who wears a coat with military facings and half-boots, holds out his cockaded hat in his right hand as if asking for alms. Beneath the design is engraved: 'Rome's Veteran fought her rebel Foes, And thrice her Empire saved, Yet thro' her Streets bow'd down with Woes, An humble pittance craved. Our Soldier fought a better Fight, Political Contention, And grateful Ministers requite, His service with a Pension.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed with the monogram of James Sayers., and Ms. note in an unknown hand below plate mark.
Publisher:
Published 24th August 1782 by Charles Bretherton, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802, Belisarius, approximately 505-565., and Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Garden walls, Pensions, Military uniforms, and British
Title written in watercolor at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 87 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
Four characters participating in the quintet of the first act finale of Dibdin's "The Quaker" are shown here: Gillian and Floretta look over the garden wall while Steady attempts to keep Solomon from conversation with them
Alternative Title:
Scene in a farce called The Quaker
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Rowlandson in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: K,57.124., Plate dated "1783" in lower left corner., and Design includes portraits of the actors John Bannister and William Parsons. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Dibdin, Charles, 1745-1814., Bannister, John, 1760-1836, and Parsons, William, 1736-1795
"View of the grand house at Kenwood with walled garden, seen from the passing road; three figures on horseback riding by, a couple walking to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., "The design is attributed to [Jefferyes Hamett] O'Neale on stylistic grounds; the lively spotted dog is typical of his work"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.5592., Fourth in a series of twelve plates showing country seats outside London; the first plate bears the series title: Twelve views of gentlemens seats, in the environs of London., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., Mounted to 24 x 38 cm., and Leaf 49 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Published 12th Septr. 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Hampstead (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793 and Kenwood House (Hampstead, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Homes and haunts, Estates, Dwellings, Garden walls, Horseback riding, and Dogs
"Two cats on garden walls approach each other menacingly. One (left) is white, with the features of Queen Caroline, the other a dark tabby with the features of George IV. Each miaows, raising an angry paw. The Queen is on a 'Party Wall', at right angles to that of the King. In the garden below is a placard, 'Malbrou'. She says: "Meyough you -- you have no business to go Caterwalling." He says: "Meyough you B-- you have no business to come so near me." Below the design: 'Like two Cats on a Wall; They Quarrel & Snarl, To amuse the Weak Minds of the Nation. They Squander large Sums, Expose their bare Bums, For all which they deserve Castigation.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 42 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 31, 1821, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
"View of the palace from the surrounding formal gardens; a brick wall dividing gardens, a fountain and paths in gardens outside palace to the left; in the foreground two trees to the right, figures strolling amongst it and in formal gardens to the left and beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another print of identical composition
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Hampton Court
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication based on Robert Sayer's earliest year of activity. The address "near Sergeants Inn, Fleet Street" only appears on his very early prints; see British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., and Leaf 52 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Richmond upon Thames (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Hampton Court (Richmond upon Thames, London, England),
Title etched above image., Possibly after Woodward., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Seven lines of verse below title: Proceed we next unto the old incumbent at his gate ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Incumbents -- Old men -- Male costume: banyan -- Furniture: garden benches -- Architectural details: garden gates -- Spectacles -- Literature: parody on Shakespeare's As You Like It -- Literature: quotation from Richard Graves's The Spiritual Quixote.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1, 1790, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Older people, Benches, Garden walls, Gates, Reading, and Eyeglasses
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[3 February 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 63. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Obadiah (left) mounted on the coach-horse at full gallop attempts to pull up his horse, leaning back in the saddle, his cap in his right hand. On the ground is Dr. Slop's pony. Behind the pony on the right. Dr. Slop lies on his back; a spotted dog prances over him. The doctor lies under a sign-post terminating in a hand pointing "To Shandy Hall". Behind the coach-horse, which is wearing blinkers, is the angle of a high garden wall, in the distance (right) is a church spire among trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Overthrow of Doctor Slop
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of text below image, two on either side of title: "When Obadiah & his coach horse turn'd the corner rapid, furious, pop, full upon him ..." Vide vol. 1st, Tristram Shandy., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., Temporary local subject terms: Medical: Physicians -- Coach-horse -- Male costume: Riding hats., and Mounted on page 63 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 3d February 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
"The corner of a house seen from a walled garden. Death throws down a ladder which gave access to a window from which a distraught girl looks out; her lover, a young lieutenant, falls from it towards a pond, while an elderly colonel, the father, fires a blunderbuss towards cats on the wall, the charge being intercepted by the falling man. A prancing dog barks."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Assailant does not feel a wound; but yet he dies, for he is drown'd
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: The assailant does not feel a wound; but yet he dies, for he is drown'd., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 2, opposite page 241., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1 - 1816, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Accidents, Courtship, Military officers, British, Gardens, Garden walls, Skeletons, Ladders, Falling, Firearms, Dogs, Cats, and Lakes & ponds
