A full-length caricature of a fashionably dressed Oxonian in profile walking to the left, with his left foot pointing elegantly as he steps. His gown is looped over his arms and his hair in a looped queue
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
A fashionably dressed Oxonian in cap and gown staggers along, full-face, yawning violently; his hair is short and dishevelled
Description:
Title from text inscribed in black ink above image., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., A copy of an Isaac Cruikshank etching published in Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches ... / by G.M. Woodward, One of a series of 13 drawings by the same artist., and For further information, consult library staff.
A soldier with an elongated nose appears to plead with or coax a woman wearing a stole, feathers in her hair, and a crucifix on a chain
Description:
Title from item., Signed in ink lower left: G.C., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information consult library staff.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it would swallow a man alive!" while an attorney continues with a question, "Neighbor Stump says very true, I never saw anything like it in the whole course of my practice as a country attorney. Pray my friend what do you call it?" A sailor smugly jests, "Why it is a shark d'ye see according to the lubbers lingo on shore, but we gemmen in his Majesty's service call him a sea lawyer!!!
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Artist's signature in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
Alternative Title:
Sinecure
Description:
Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 2 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A full-length caricature of an obese clergy man who wears a bishop's hat (?) and smokes a long pipe as he walks left. He carries a pig and a chicken under his left arm. He holds a Bible in his left hand, and he carries a bottle in his pocket. He has a very large nose and a round checks. His very large belly is exaggerated further in graphite
Alternative Title:
Sinecure
Description:
Title from caption written below image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Avarice, Chickens, Clergy, Obesity, Pipes (Smoking), and Swine
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be beastly intosticated [sic]." On the verso, a graphite drawing of a baker(?). On the verso a pencil sketch of the same tradesman, unfinished
Description:
Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Whatman 1830., and For further information, consult library staff.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 4 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The more finished of the two wash drawing on recto shows a drunken tradesman (perhaps sailor or dustman) holding onto a post. Above him is written by the artist, "Niccup who are ye staring at. Take a little sober advice and go home for you seem to be beastly intosticated [sic]." On the verso, a graphite drawing of a baker(?). On the verso a pencil sketch of the same tradesman, unfinished
Description:
Title from caption written below image on recto, in artist's hand., Attributed to C.J. Grant based on style and association with other signed drawings., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., Watermark on paper: J. Whatman 1830., and For further information, consult library staff.
A shield with four quarterings: first quarter contains a pair of boxing gloves; the second quarter is drawn showing a man uncorking a bottle. The third and fourth quarters show different moments in a fight. Above the shield is a clenched hand surrounded by laurels, with two "Bottle-holders" supporting either side
Description:
Image was used as the basis for a print published by George Humphrey in 1819: The Boxer's arms., See Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13395., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.