"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
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are rais...
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Publish'd November 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. ...
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Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"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
"The undergraduate advances dejectedly, raising his cap to a Fellow wearing cap and gown and gaiters, who walks with another wearin clerical wig and bands with a cocked hat, long coat to the ankles, and gold headed cane. The former points angrily at t...
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Rake's progress at the university. No. 4
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Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"The undergraduate (r.) finds himself face to face with the Master who is walking with a Fellow across the College quadrangle. He stops, putting his hand to his cap, while his dog tries to take cover behind his legs and gown. A college servant behind ...
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Rake's progress at the university. No. 3
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Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
"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...
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Rake's-progress at the university. No. 2
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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...
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Rake's-progress at the university. No. 1
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Publish'd October 22d, 1806, by Hh. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"Young women, gaily dressed, ride donkeys along a rough road at the edge of a cliff indicated by a railing and the sea below. There are three groups inscribed respectively 'Kicking-Sett', 'Active-Sett', and 'Passive Sett'. On the extreme left. one don...
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Publish'd Jany. 24th, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A man who is falling through the ice clutches desperately at the leg of a passing skater so as to drag him towards the hole he has made. From the edge of the ice (r.) projects a post with a notice-board: 'Humane Society - Whereas this Pond is very de...
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Elements of skateing : making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency! and Elements of skating : making the most of a passing-friend in a case of emergency!
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Publishd. November 24th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street