"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powdered wig. Beside him (left) lies an empty and dilapidated bag inscribed The Old Bagg [cf. British Museum Satires No. 12883]. He looks down with a gloomy scowl, and from his closed lips rise the words: Pity the sorrows of a poor old man [cf. British Museum Satires Nos. 13991, 16236]--vide beggars petition, Tricked out of Work by a Soldier. Round his neck is tied a placard reaching below the waist, and inscribed: Pity a poor Old Man out of Place, at the age of 78 [76], and though extremely anxious, for employment, disappointed in, all his expectations of procuring the Same. His pension is only 4.000 P A [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10714] and not a Dinner has been dressed in his house within the memory of man! He has a wife to support, and a Son to provide for, who holds only Eight Appointments! Beside him an emaciated dog stands on its hindlegs holding a begging-dish, with a piteous expression."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
To a benevolent public
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left sides.
"Young woman dressed in her ballgown half-reclines on a settee in her bedroom while her elderly maid yawns with tiredness."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A figure of Paul Pry., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1995,0930.40., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermarked paper: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Ball dresses, Bedrooms, Couches, Yawning, Candles, Dogs, and Women domestics
"Thomas Coke of Norfolk leads his bride through a pastoral landscape; he prances gaily along hat in hand, turning to look at her, and singing, Oh the Days when I was Young; in his left hand is a book: Coke upon Littleton [see British Museum Satires No. 14423]. She takes his left arm, holding back the gauze veil that floats from a bonnet trimmed with flowers and towering feathers. Her tight-waisted pelisse has a deep crimson border. She is gravely demure, but sings: Of all the Gay Lads that Dance on the Green, Old Tommys the Lad for Me. He looks younger than 67, she older than 18. Behind them (right) is a country church, before them a signpost pointing To the Breeding Park and To the Nursery. An old ram branded C approaches a sheep; a French greyhound prances towards a decrepit and shaggy dog."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Collector's stamp in red on verso: half-length raised figure of fox with initials MW below., and Watermark: A. Stace 1801.
Publisher:
Pub. March 26th, 1822, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Name):
Coke, Thomas William, Earl of Leicester, 1752-1842 and Keppel, Anna Amelia, Countess of Leicester, 1803-1844
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Walking, Dogs, Sheep, and Traffic signs & signals