"A half length portrait of Fox, looking to the left, in his accustomed attitude when speaking: legs bent, hat in his right hand with his right arm raised as if to make a downward thrust. His hair is unkempt, his stockings ungartered, his shoes unlatched, and he holds the end of his shirt which escapes from under his waistcoat"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. i, p. 285., Temporary local subject terms: Speaking -- Reference to Demosthenes, 384-322 B.C., Collings's signature not present, probably cropped. Cf. George., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm., mounted to 37 x 23 cm.
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconce. He is giving a musical entertainment. In the text he is ridiculed as Petronius Broadgrin, noted for consummate effrontery, and he is recommended the works of Joe Miller as a repertory of jokes. Below the title: 'Wags have at ye.'"--British Museum online catalogue and A description of Dibdin's musical entertainments, Oddities and The Wags
Alternative Title:
Oddity wags have at ye
Description:
Title etched above image. Above title: Attic miscellany., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., For another state published under different title, see: Marmaduke Momus., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Attic miscellany, v. ii, page 197., and Mounted to 27 x 20 cm.
Title from item., Plate from: The Attic miscellany, v. ii, p. 177., Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster election, 1790 -- Maces: House of Commons' mace -- Petitions: Westminster petition -- Mythology: Protheus., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm.
Title from caption below image., Earlier published by Bentley & Co., February 1, 1791, for The Attic miscellany, v. ii, p. 177, under title: Protheus on privileges., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., Plate from: The Carlton House Magazine, v. iii p. 233., and Temporary local subject terms: Elections: Westminster election returns, 1790 -- Maces: mace of the House of Commons -- Petitions: Westminster Petition.
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., Plate from the Carlton House Magazine, v. iii, p. 173., and Temporary local subject terms: Reforms.
"A young man in profile to the right, with a knotted bludgeon under his arm, holds a fierce mastiff by the collar. This collar, being inscribed 'Hamil[ton]', shows that the duke is Douglas, 8th Duke (1756-95), Duke of Brandon in the English peerage. He has cropped hair and wears the dress of the young blood of 1791, with the star of the Thistle."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Tiger and his master
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text above image: Engraved for the Carlton House magazine., Printmaker from earlier state with title, 'The Ruffian Duke', and lettered ''Attic Miscellany.' and 'Annabal Scratch fecit' issue in 1791., Caricatures published under the pseudonym Annibal Scratch have been attributed to Samuel Collings., and Cf. No. 7958 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.