"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
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Title from text within curly brackets below image, following series title.
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Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by Hh. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"Lord Galloway, standing in profile to the left., extends both arms in order to clap vigorously. The words "Bravo! - Bravo!" issue from his tightly-closed lips. His aged face is wrinkled and he wears a curiously shaped powdered wig terminating in a sm...
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Title engraved below image.
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Pubd. April 1st, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A procession from the open door of an inn (r.) towards the room destined for the traveller, a fat, ugly, elderly woman with a twisted, appraising profile, holding up a fan in her right. hand, from the little finger of which dangles a parasol; tucked ...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"Two skaters strike attitudes in the foreground. One (l.), with hands on hips, describes a curve on the outside edge of the left. foot, the r. foot being held out stiffly. He looks aggressively towards the other, a younger man who bends his knees, arm...
Alternative Title:
Elements of skateing : Attitude! Attitude is every thing! and Elements of skating : Attitude! Attitude is every thing!
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Title etched below image, following series title.
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Publish'd November 24th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic]
"A man dressed as a coachman stands directed to the left, holding a long-lashed coach-whip. He wears a shiny round hat with cockade and gold band over a powdered wig with double row of curls, double-breasted waistcoat, shirt-frill, and loose coat reac...
"The patient sits on a stool, averting his head from the surgeon who supports his left arm, from which the blood spurts into a bowl. The operator wears spurred top-boots, and has a bucolic appearance suggesting a veterinary surgeon. The patient wears ...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
"A bishop, full face, supports his elbows on his pulpit-cushion, the tips of his fingers together, his eyes turned up sanctimoniously. He is plump, smooth, and bland, wearing a small wig. He is framed by the carved back to the wooden pulpit which is a...
"A preacher in a bulky gown almost fills an hexagonal pulpit, in which he stands full face, the right hand raised in exhortation, left on a book which rests on the tasselled cushion. His face is repulsively sub-human, with broad flattened nose, scowli...
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Title etched at bottom of image.
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Pubd. Octr. 18th, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"The convalescent sits full face behind a small dinner-table. He holds up a glass of wine with a smile of satisfaction, and is about to carve a bird. He wears his nightcap. Behind his chair stands a stout footman in livery, smiling broadly."--British ...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London