"A boxing encounter; the combatants, wearing waistcoats and gloves, stand facing each other with clenched fists. One (left) says:"I'll Box the Minister about if I get in & tip him Seven the Main". The other (right) says: "Now Mr Alderman I vil Show you vone Jews Blow". Each has a second; on the extreme left a backer sits on a cask inscribed 'Combe's Entire [scored through] Small hopes'; he holds a paper inscribed 'Aldn Combes for ever' and says: "He'll Make a better Boxer than a Parliament Man". On the extreme right the bottle-holder of Combe's opponent stands holding a bottle and a lemon. On the ground are books and papers: 'Brothers Prophecys' (see British Museum Satires No. 8627, &c.); 'Pains Rights of Man' (see British Museum Satires No. 7867, &c.); 'The Whole art of Boxing made Easy'; 'A Petition for Peace on giving up all the West India Islands Corsica [see British Museum Satires No. 8516] Fleet &c &c'; 'King Lord and Commons [erased and replaced by] A New System of Governt on the French Republican Plan'. On the wall (left) is a map (represented by meaningless scrawls) of 'Teritories Conquerd by the Republic of France & Indivesible Equality for Ever'. On the right is a bust portrait of the King in profile to the right, torn at the neck."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Strong recommendations for a membr. of Parliament and Strong recommendations for a member of Parliament
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Aldermen -- Prints in print: 'The Constant Couple' -- Literature: Reference to Thomas Paine's Rights of Man -- London by-election, 3-5 March 1795 -- Reference to Harvey Christian Combe, 1752-1818 -- William Lushington, fl. 1790., and Watermark: center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 3, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818., and Lushington, William, 1747-1823.
Subject (Topic):
City council members, Boxing, and Political elections
Title from item., Publisher's statement following imprint: who has lately fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic] admittance one shilling. NB. folios of caracatures [sic] lent out., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Dutch Light Horsemen -- Timpani -- Trumpets -- Pulleys -- Smoking: pipes -- Guns: muskets., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub. July 24, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's statement following imprint: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: French military uniforms: Bonaparte & soldiers., Mounted to 37 x 47 cm., matted to 47 x 62 cm.; printmaker's and subjects' names printed on mat below image., and Watermark.
Title from caption below images., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: A shooting party; A fishing party., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Fishing -- Hunting., and Watermark: C. Ansell 1807.
Half an hour before dinner! and Half an hour after supper!
Description:
Title from caption below images., Publisher's announcement following imprint: NB. Folios of caricatures lent for the eveng., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: Half an hour before dinner! ; Half an hour after supper!, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dining -- Parlors -- Parties -- Dining table., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Title from caption below images., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: Playing at hazard; A private concert., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Games: Hazard -- Double bass -- Timpani -- Tambourine -- Cats imitating singing., and Watermark: A. Stace 1798.
Title from caption below images., Publisher's announcement following imprint: NB. Folios of caricatures lent., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: A tea party; A card party., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Tea services -- Cards: Card parties., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Four lines of text below image: Justice: Well, then you avou you have been married seven years ..., Plate numbered '167' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lawyers: justices -- Food: bacon -- Civil uniforms: epaulettes with aglets -- Male dress: aglets -- Customs: claiming the flitch of bacon., and Watermark: (partial) Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Published 8th Feby. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from caption below image., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of twelve figures in two rows, each with lines of text etched above., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 2, pl. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Crim. con., and Watermark: 1818 IIS&S.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 4th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.