"A young woman plays the piano (right) with painful intentness, and sings, as does the man who holds open her music-book, inscribed 'On Rosy Bed by Tinckling Billy'. A middle-aged military officer stands full face playing the flute. A fat elderly 'cit...
Alternative Title:
Delights of harmony
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Publisher:
H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Figurines, Music rooms, Musicians, and Sleeping
"A grotesquely hideous man, lean and elderly, sits in an armchair addressing a comely young woman who stands demurely (l.), her pose accentuating her pregnancy. Behind them is an empty fireplace; on the chimney-piece is a Venus pudica flanked by cupid...
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Publish'd Feby. 2d, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"The Marquis of Blandford walks in profile to the left. on a flagged pavement. He is stiffly erect, a cane held horizontally in his right. hand, his left. arm hanging vertically. He has sloping shoulders and long arms, and wears a double-breasted tail...
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Pubd. March 9th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Marlborough, George Spencer Churchill, Duke of, 1766-1840
"Lord Galloway, short, bulky, and ugly, rides in profile to the left. He wears a wrinkled Jean-de-Bry coat (see BMSat 9425), with a star, round hat, and top-boots, and uses a gold-headed cane as a riding-switch."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scotch poney commonly called a Galloway and Scotch pony commonly call'd a Galloway
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Publish'd June 4th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A country barber, his assistant, and a boy, are engaged in shaving and wig-dressing. An elderly rustic sits full-face and well-lathered in an arm-chair in the centre of the shop, while a lean and tattered barber holds the bowl. A stout farmer in top-...
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Now first published May 15th, 1818, by G. Humphrey, nephew and successor to the late Mrs. H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A provincial Assembly Room, with dancers in violent action in the background, in country dance or cotillion. In the foreground is an ugly foppish and conceited fellow standing with raised coat-tails and his back to the fire. He holds cocked hat and c...
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Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Ballrooms, Clocks & watches, Dancers, Fireplaces, and Sconces
"A sea-side scene on a hot day. The centre figure is a tall young woman, in a muslin dress with bare arms and neck, holding an open parasol and a patterned scarf. A fat 'cit' trudges along, much distressed; he mops his bald head, holding his hat with ...
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Publish'd May 16th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"The pair, seated in a gig, drive (r. to left.) along a country road, preceded by a mongrel dog carrying a large bone. The man drives the miserable hack with the air of an expert, flicking a heavy lash over the animal's neck. He is smartly dressed wit...
Alternative Title:
Cockney and his wife going to Wycombe
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Publish'd June 10th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
"On the left. Fox stands at his tavern-door, which is at r. angles to the front of the house (r.), where a large open sash-window faces the spectator. Below the window is a large inscription: 'C. J. F & Co. Dealers Rectifiers and Compounders [the 'nf'...
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Design for a scene in the intended new melodrama entitled The forty thieves
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Pub. March 25th, 1805, by I. Hays, 25 Marylebone St., Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1766-1839, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, and Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
"One man falls violently, arms and legs in the air; he brings the ferrule of his stick heavily down on the eye of a neighbour who has just landed on his posterior, his legs and arms extended. In the background three other skaters have fallen, and lie ...
Alternative Title:
Fundamental error in the art of skating, Elements of skateing : a fundamental error in the art of skaiting, and Elements of skating : a fundamental error in the art of skaiting
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Publishd. November 24th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"The Duke of Bedford [Identified in the House of Lords Gillray Collection as Mr Norton.] stands directed to the right., his head in profile, on a mound watching a race. He wears riding-dress with spurred top-boots and holds a riding-switch. Three hors...
Alternative Title:
Sir Solomon in all his glory
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Pubd. July 7th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Lord Moira, a candle in each hand, stands in the doorway of his house. He wears a dressing-gown in place of a coat He has opened the door to a young officer, who steps forward unsteadily raising his cocked hat. An ugly watchman (l.) in Highland dress...
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Publishd. July 9th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
Subject (Name):
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
"A middle-aged man in gold-laced coat and waistcoat, with powdered hair and pigtail, bows stiffly in profile to the left. with a grimace of pleased surprise. He puts his right. hand across his breast, holds a tricorne hat at arm's length, and extends ...
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Publisher:
Publishd. Jany. 10th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"The Prince of Wales and McMahon ride side by side (r. to left.) past Carlton House, followed by a groom. The Prince, stout and dignified, sits very upright on a high-stepping horse. McMahon s much smaller mount canters; he rides (on the Prince's l.) ...
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Publish'd Feby. 25th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"William Smyth, slim, and fashionably dressed under his gown, delivers a lecture. He stands in profile to the left, his hands resting on the cloth-covered table on which his reading-desk stands, its slope covered with the sheets of the lecture. Heavy ...
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Publisher:
Publishd. March 20th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Name):
Smyth, William, 1765-1849 and Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863.
"A violent storm of wind and rain strikes prome-naders on the sea-shore. The dress or cloak of a fat woman blows over her head, and her umbrella is blown inside out. A dog stands facing her. A man tries to walk against the wind (right). In the middle ...
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Publish'd May 16th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A very obese man with very short legs stands on a mound in profile to the right. He has short jagged hair, wears a round hat and a coat, which though not long in cut reaches to his boots He has an expression of concentrated calculation; he holds a pe...
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Publish'd June 9th, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A tall thin man on a well-bred hone gallops (l. to r.) close to the sea. He bends forward, his flying coat-tails making his back a concave line. The cliff and curving pier of Scarborough, with a low coastal fortification, are on the extreme left."--B...
Alternative Title:
View of the peer of Scarborough
Description:
Title etched below image; the first 'e' in 'peer' is scored through and an 'i' inserted above using a caret.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 18th, 1807, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"The undergraduate walks diagonally (right to left) across the grass of a College court; under his arm is a book: 'Advice to Freshmen'. Behind him (right) the grossly obese Master stands in a Gothic doorway leading from a staircase, pointing angrily a...
Alternative Title:
Rake's-progress at the university. No. 2
Description:
Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"Two Fellows in cap and gown (l.), walking l. to r. under a stone arcade, see with shocked disapproval a dismayed undergraduate emerging from a door giving on to the arcade. He is slim and fashionably dressed. Another undergraduate (r.) with gold-embr...
Alternative Title:
Rake's-progress at the university. No. 1
Description:
Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
Publisher:
Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by Hh. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
