- Creator:
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as [the] act directs, November, 1778.
- Call Number:
- 778.11.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A man beats another man with a walking stick to the amusement of bystanders, who include a fishwife, a milkmaid, a chimney-sweep's boy, etc. A lengthy inscription in a scroll in the upper left corner begins: "Ha ha ha I can't help laughing ..."
- Alternative Title:
- Laugh and grow fat
- Description:
- Title from item., Trimmed within plate mark., and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Fighting, Crowds, Chimney sweeps, and Milkmen & milkwomen
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Laugh & grow fat [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs 1st Jany 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.01.01.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A thin man wearing a coat with military facings, draws after him (right to left.) a small four-wheeled carriage, similar to a bath-chair or perambulator, inscribed Cox Heath. In it sits a child with a doll. A dog stands at her feet barking at the man who draws the carriage, who has a bundle strapped to his back, apparently containing hay. At the back of the carriage in the place of a footman stands a ragged dwarfish man. On the farther side of the carriage is a recruiting sergeant playing a fife. In the foreground (right) a fat woman, the wife of the man drawing the carriage, walks along carrying a basket containing bottles and a large umbrella in her right hand; a musket is tucked under her left arm. She and the three men all wear oak-leaves in their hats. In the distance the tents of the camp are indicated. An inscription beneath the title has been cut off. One of a number of satires on the militia and the camp of Coxheath, see BMSat 5523, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Recruiting sergeant and contented mates
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Military camps, Baby carriages, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Recruiting serjeant and contented mates [graphic]
- Creator:
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- published as the act directs, 1st Jany. 1780.
- Call Number:
- 780.01.01.06.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A soldier on a great horse holds a rope attached to the legs of two prisoners who sit behind him facing the animal's tail; a drawn sword is in his right hand. Behind (right) is a haystack, on the top of which are two other Spaniards, much alarmed at the approach of a countryman who threatens them with his pitch-fork. A man and woman (left), both wearing coats with military facings, watch the scene; she points, he looks through a small telescope. In the foreground a sow and three young pigs are galloping. In the background is the sea, with fishing-boats."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate line.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Spanish, Captives, Soldiers, Swine, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Spanish dons overtaken by an ancient Briton in attempting their escape [graphic]
- Creator:
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [17 October 1781]
- Call Number:
- 781.10.17.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A man, shown full-length facing left, stands in a garden, with a hoe in hand
- Description:
- Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Possibly by William Austin.
- Publisher:
- Publis'd 17th October 1781 by John Williams No. 34 Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardening, Spades, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Young Meadows [graphic].
- Creator:
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [21 October 1776]
- Call Number:
- 776.10.21.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- An enraged man with clenched fists, the presumed speaker of the diatribe inscribed below image, is flanked by family members. On his right his wife attempts to calm him ("Brother patriot you'll choak yourself with passion") while his diminutive son tugs at his clothes pleading "Daddy I wish you'd let the Patriots alone & give my Mammy some money to buy a Calfs Head for Dinner for I'm sure the Patriots wont," while another son holds on to the woman saying "Mother shant I be a Patriot when I'm a man". A bootblack seated to the left of the group says "Have 'em blackd your Honor. Twig the patriot your Honor". Two dogs are present as well, one barking wears a collar inscribed Patriot, while the other urinates on the man's shoe. Quotes appear in balloons
- Alternative Title:
- I am a patriot d- me Sir and I am a patriot damn me Sir
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger; printmaker surmised by repository., Trimmed into image with loss of imprint and portion of inscription torn., Publisher statement from impression in the Library of Congress., Inscription beneath image: I am a Patriot d- me Sir and I will be a Patriot & what of that & pray G- D- me Sir what do you mean by asking my Reasons did you ever know a Patriot that could give a Reason - only D- me I hate every thing thats done by any body that could or would do good to their Country and so d- me Sir that's what we call Patriotism., Date of "1778" written in contemporary hand between image and inscription., and Mounted to 20 x 26 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. accordg. to Act of Parlt. Octr. 21 1776 by J. Lockington Shug Lane ...
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Patriotism, Clothing & dress, Shoe shiners, Dogs, Anger, Swearing, Fathers & children, and Families
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The patriot] [graphic].