Title from item., Engraved, with letterpress imprint and ornamental border and with a vignette above showing a street scene at night, with one man vomitting as he is supported by two companions. Across the street under a street light, a prostitute waves at the men., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Davison, printer, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Temperance, Intoxication, Prostitutes, and Street lights
A gentleman is shown half-length in profile to the right, pressing a walking stick to his chin and holding his hat under his arm; he stands in a disconsolate manner at table on the right on which are set tankard lettered "small beer" and paper "W. Davison druggist Alnwick sells".
Alternative Title:
Out of place and unpensioned
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Plate numbered "39" in upper right corner., After a print by John Collet published 9 November 1769 (see British Museum satires, no. 4338), in reverse., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A lady walking along a high orchard wall has her enormous headdress, trimmed wtih lace and ribbons, pulled from her head by a monkey perched atop the wall. She clasps her hand to her bare head, a look of surprise on her face. A man perched on a ladder picking apples in the orchard looks over the wall in amusement at the scene
Alternative Title:
Sleight of hand by a monkey, or, The ladys head unloaded and Ladys head unloaded
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., Numbered '23' in upper right corner., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published in 1776 by Carington Bowles. Cf. No. 4546 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Apple orchards, Clothing & dress, Hairdressing, Monkeys, and Wigs
An ugly woman with only two teeth and with holes in her sleeve, shown half-length to left, a scarf over her head and tied under her chin, one hand around a tankard, holding up the other hand with thumb and forefinger pinched together, a small round snuff box on the table
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published 2 March 1795 by Bowles & Carver. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2105., Plate numbered "22" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.7 x 16 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 18.6 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Snuff, Drinking vessels, Older people, and Poverty
An ugly woman with only two teeth and with holes in her sleeve, shown half-length to left, a scarf over her head and tied under her chin, one hand around a tankard, holding up the other hand with thumb and forefinger pinched together, a small round snuff box on the table
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge., Probably a copy of a mezzotint with the same title that was published 2 March 1795 by Bowles & Carver. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.2105., Plate numbered "22" in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Snuff, Drinking vessels, Older people, and Poverty
A dejected-looking man stands barefoot, his shirt open, next to a stump of a tree, pulling a louse from his chest. In the distance is a walled city with two church spires
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 23.8 x 15.25 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 16.7 cm., and Printed on wove paper; hand-colored.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Duvison [that is, Davison], Alnwick
A dejected-looking man stands barefoot, his shirt open, next to a stump of a tree, pulling a louse from his chest. In the distance is a walled city with two church spires
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left side., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Duvison [that is, Davison], Alnwick
A French woman engages in a fist fight with a startled customer as his friend looks on in horror. Her hook-nosed colleague sits at a table and extends an offer of a shellfish (lobster?) the brawlers
Alternative Title:
Frenchmen in Billingsgate
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '27' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 16.2 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 25.2 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.