"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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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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Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
"A horse shies at a high and solid gate, throwing its fat rider, who flies sideways through the air, with arms extended. He wears red coat and top-boots. Behind shrubs on the. farther side of the gate lies a bull, the cause of the accident. Trees form...
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Publishd. August 20th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"A violent disturbance in a luxuriously furnished breakfast parlour. The only lady present has risen from her chair to pull a bell-pull. The frantic efforts of five elderly men to stop her have produced a sequence of disasters. An urn overturns and po...
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Publish'd November 20th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"A corner of a room hung with unframed canvasses is a background for five men, all in profile to the left. Four closely inspect a picture of two vast pigs lying outside a thatched hovel. The foremost, an old man, peers through spectacles held reversed...
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Publish'd Novr. 16th, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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Baillie, William, 1723-1810, Angerstein, John Julius, 1735-1823, Whitefoord, Caleb, 1734-1810, and Morland, George, 1763-1804.
"The undergraduate, cap in hand, stands with bent head facing a table at the opposite end of which stands the Master, obese, drink-blotched, and angry, delivering sentence. Six Fellows stand at the table, three a side, all glaring at the culprit, and ...
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Rake's progress at the university. No. 5
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Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
"Counsellor Clifford, realistically drawn, stands in profile to the left, his feet together, holding behind his back a flaming fire-brand, emitting thick clouds of smoke. He wears a hat, and has a sinister expression--a sly grimace with a hint of smil...
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Publish'd December 5th, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
