Volume 1, opposite page 180. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole lengths, standing in a library, King on left, his hands clasped, before him a fallen screen, behind which, her back to a window, stands Mrs. Abington, elegantly dressed, holding fan before her face, Palmer points towards her with right hand whi...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, 12th May 1778, by John Harris, map & printseller, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., King, Thomas, 1730-1805,, Abington, Mrs. 1737-1815, (Frances Barton),, Palmer, John, 1742?-1798,, and Smith, William, 1730-1819,
"Design in a circle. A man and wife seated at a circular breakfast-table. The man, who is obese and a gourmand, sits in profile to the right. holding a bowl with a spoon in it in one hand, a bill of fare in the other inscribed "Soup . . . Turbot. Duck...
Alternative Title:
Man of taste
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. the 10th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
A well-dressed prostitute lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right h...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Rugs, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
A well-dressed woman lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right hand a...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
"An elderly invalid sits in an armchair, his gouty legs swathed, a shawl over his head, a pair of bands shows that he is a parson. He turns to his visitor, an elderly lady seated next him in a similar armchair, wearing a hooded cloak over her cap, and...
Alternative Title:
Comfort & relief often found in relating one's complaints and Comfort and relief often found in relating one's complaints
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20 Octr. 1786 by E. Jackson, Mary-le bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Visiting the sick, Muffs, Older people, Clergy, Sick persons, Visiting, Complaining, Servants, Interiors, Screens, and Mirrors
"Caricature of Bergami [Majocchi?] presenting a Milan Catechism to George IV seated in a chair with Lady Conyngham looking our behind a screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Non mi Recordo's visit to the fat good looking gentleman in Pall Mall & their conversation by signs and Non mi Ricordo's visit to the fat good looking gentleman in Pall Mall & their conversation by signs
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 10, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Majocchi, Theodore, active 1820, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Mistresses, Witnesses, Screens, and Portraits
A pretty, young servant girl serves an older couple tea on a tray. The man wears a monocle to eye the servant with pleasure as his wife looks on in horror. Behind them is a folding screen and on the wall a framed picture
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
W. Follit, Publisher City Repository of Arts, 63 Fleet St. and Printed by W. Kohler
"Satire on the affair of Admiral Byng, showing his ghost appearing to Newcastle, Anson and Hardwicke who are seen through a transparent screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
