A satire of a Gretna Green marriage, taking place in front of smithy's shop. Erskine, disguised in woman's dress with a huge feathered bonnet over a barrister's wig, holds the right hand of a demure-looking woman, modishly dressed and apparently pregn...
Alternative Title:
More legitimates
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1819, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland, Gretna Green, Gretna Green (Scotland), and Gretna Green.
Subject (Name):
Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Erskine, Sarah Buck, Baroness, -1825, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Elopement, Breach of promise, Elopements, Ethnic stereotypes, Forge shops, Metalworking, Furnaces, Anvils, and Hammers
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline with her accusers on the stage of St Stephens with a cast of witnesses from the trial, addressing John Bull."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 22, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic], London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and St. Stephen's Chapel (Westminster, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Stages (Platforms), Horns (Communication devices), Ethnic stereotypes, Witnesses, Staffs (Sticks), and Signs (Notices)
New copy of verses, humbly presented to our wortoy masters & mistresses of the city of Norwich, by the Society of Lamplighters; for the year 1808 and New copy of verses, humbly presented to our worthy masters & mistresses of the city of Norwich, by the Society of Lamplighters; for the year 1808
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Adultery, Scandals, Thrones, Ships, Devil, Gallows, and Shackles
"A grotesque dandy walks in a landscape in profile to the right, bending at the waist, sucking a cane, left arm hanging stiffly. His features and dress are inscribed with the names of food, e.g. his red carbuncled rose is 'Currant Jelly', his shallow ...
Alternative Title:
Exquisite dandy. Prodigious!!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
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Pubd. Septr. 12th, 1818, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Lord Petersham sits erect on his horse in profile to the right, a large cocked hat in his right hand, the arm, in a long wrinkled sleeve dropped by his side. A family likeness to his father is stressed by the similarity of pose, see British Museum Sa...
Alternative Title:
Noble aide-de-camp
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Dighton Junr., Charing Cross
Subject (Name):
Harrington, Charles Stanhope, Earl of, 1780-1851
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Dandies, Horses, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A whole length portrait of a military officer standing in profile to the left holding papers in his (gloved) left hand; right hand behind his back. He wears a small pigtail, cocked hat, and sash. His sabre hangs very low, resting on the ground. He is...
Description:
Title etched below image.
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Pub. Decr. 1801 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Frederick Augustus Berkeley, Earl of, 1745-1810
"The Duke of Grafton stands directed to the left, his head in profile, both (gloved) hands resting on the head of his stick. He wears his accustomed and characteristic dress of an earlier fashion: small tricorne and full-skirted coat buttoned at the w...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1801, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
