Title etched above image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Charles Lee, 1740-1803. and Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Theater, Physiognomy, Heads (Anatomy)., Hearses, Coats of arms, and Obelisks
Page 73. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Exterior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842, with part of Horace Walpole's Gothic villa visible on the left
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, on mounting sheet., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 73 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
After front flyleaf. Case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman, and of his acquaintance
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Three-quarter length depiction of James Hackman after being hanged, his body lying on a table wrapped in a sheet
Alternative Title:
Sketch of the corpse of the Reverend James Hackman
Description:
Title written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Unsigned; artist unidentified., Date of production based on James Hackman's execution date of 19 April 1779., and Tipped in after front flyleaf in an extra-illustrated copy of: The case and memoirs of the late Rev. Mr. James Hackman ...
Title from inscription in artist's hand., Date supplied by curator., Drawing is by an anonymous British 19th century artist, from a letter addressed to Mrs. S.S. Stevens., Inscription continues: Dr. Thomas Jowl. Fellow of the Royal Col. of Physicians, late of Corpus.-Cantab: &c, &c, &c.-- A gentleman popularly proficient in appreciating the multifarious conditions of disease, and in correctly estimating medical evidences, which are far too complex and voluminous for the capacity of the common herd of Pracitioners.--, and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge).
Subject (Topic):
Royal College of Physicians of London, Physicians, and Eyeglasses
Watercolor drawing of a caricatured tailor standing in profile to the left revealing an enormous paunch. He stands before a railing on a boardwalk with the ocean waves below. He desperately clutches a small girl in his left arm, a cane between his legs, and fumbles with an umbrella as a forcible gale blows away the remainder of his possessions including a pattern book, wig, hat, the child's bonnet, and tape measure. A dog crouches on his side in the lower left
Alternative Title:
Embarras des richesses
Description:
Title from ms. caption inscribed below drawing., Artist from British Museum catalogue., and Original drawing for a print by the same name etched by G. Cruikshank and published by G. Humphrey. Cf. no. 13435 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.
Subject (Geographic):
Brighton (England),
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Girls, Sewing equipment & supplies, Tailors, Wigs, and Winds
Title from item., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Below title: "Drainage is to a tree, what proper purging is to the human body.", This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Hygeian System; The Lancet; Universal College of Health; Therapeutic cults; Medical fees; Proprietary Remedies; Criticism of Medical Profession.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Morison, James, 1770-1840.
Subject (Topic):
Patent medicines, Medical care, Cost of., Laxatives, Quacks and quackery, Physicians, Medical education, and Trees