Title from text above central image., Six lines of verse above imprint statement: This is a stick of rhetorick or to tell you plainly it's intent ..., Probably from Cruikshank's self-published series: My sketch book., Plate numbered in upper left corner: Pl. 2., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A man wearing in a nightcap leans out a window from the upper story of his cottage and aims a blunderbuss at a ghostly sprite who dances in the yard outside his front door. The man's face is contorted with anger and concentration as he points his gun
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1, 1792, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Title from item., Printmaker and publication year from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Publisher's announcement below title: In a few days will be publishd Ld T-ls observation on excessive damages dedicated to the D-e of Y-., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: bed -- Reference to George Carpenter, 2nd Earl of Tyrconnell, 1750-1805 -- Sarah (Hussey), Countess of Tyrconnell, 1764-1800., and Window mounted to 33 x 44 cm., matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pud. Decr 29 by S.W. Fores, N 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827 and Strathmore, John Bowes, Earl of, 1769-1820
"Three ladies are seated in a box, their arms to the elbow are in enormous fur muffs which project over the front of the box. Beneath them, to indicate the fur of the muff and (apparently) the character of the lady, is engraved respectively 'Mrs Bruin', 'Miss Chienne', 'Miss Renard'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to 23.3 x 23.3 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1, 1787 by J. Wicksteed, No. 30 Henrietta Strt. Covt. Garden
"A stout elderly man (three-quarter length) sits astride across a chair, his arms folded on its back; he wears a hat and holds a cane; his head is turned in profile to the left, and is seen through the wide-open sash of a window in Boodle's, St. James's Street. On the wall behind (left) is a portrait of a horse: 'Yellow Filly'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title and imprint statement: *Vide: a d---'d good coca-tree pun., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Coffee houses: Cocoa Tree -- Clubs: Boodles -- Paintings: Yellow Filly -- Architectural details: sash window -- Furniture: ladderback chair -- Sir Frank Standish, 1746-1812.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 28th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Two men play at a small round card-table, the cribbage-board between them. One (left), fashionably dressed, has thrown his cards on the table, rising slightly from his chair, with a stare of triumph at his opponent. The latter, elderly and old-fashioned, holds his cards, and stares with melancholy surprise at those on the table. A large snuff-box lies on the floor, overturned. Behind them is a folding screen which partly conceals a picture: a man, dressed as a jester, performing a conjuring trick to astonished spectators."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and One in a series of six prints. Series title varies.
Startling interogation, Startling interrogation, and New panorama
Description:
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Imprint continues: ... where complete sets of P-Pry caricatuers may be had., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from text above and below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two lines of verse below image, in lower right: I go; I go; look, how I go; Swifter than arrow from the Tartar's bow., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.