"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.
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Publish'd June 18th, 1807, 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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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd Novr. 16th, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Baillie, William, 1723-1810, Angerstein, John Julius, 1735-1823, Whitefoord, Caleb, 1734-1810, and Morland, George, 1763-1804.
"While crossing a ford the horse of a man with a lady seated behind him rears and snorts and prepares to gallop after the hunt: huntsmen follow a pack in full cry on the opposite hill (r.). The lady is very fat and wears a light, loose dress with a cl...
Alternative Title:
Danger of riding an old-hunter
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Title etched below image.
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Publishd. December 1st, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
"A thin, sharp-featured man walks in the teeth of the wind, holding on his hat, and with his left hand in his breeches pocket. His hat-brim, hair, cravat, coat, the tail of his shirt, the strings of his breeches and shoes, all fly backwards. He walks ...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
In front of Humphrey's print shop window, a man sits on the pavement, having fallen backwards; his legs are splayed up, his wig is falling off, and coins spill from his pockets. The man's predicament is unobserved by four men studying the Gillray pri...
Alternative Title:
St. James's Street
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Clergy, Coach drivers, Falling, Merchandise displays, Military officers, British, Older people, People associated with commercial & service activities, Prints, Syphilis, Stores & shops, Thermometers, Weather, Window displays, and Printing industry
"An elderly man sits in the middle of a garden seat, taking snuff, and looking delightedly to the left. Behind the seat are plants in pots, including an orange-tree and a rose. Behind these is a large tree; a thrush sings on a branch. There is a backg...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A fat 'cit' halts on the road beside a milestone on which he has hung his hat, to mop his dripping forehead. In his left hand is his wig. His waistcoat is unbuttoned. Against the stone, inscribed 'One Mile from..', leans his gold-headed cane. He stan...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A stout, elderly, well-dressed man walks along a pavement past a ramshackle hovel, holding, reversed, a closed umbrella, which he uses as a walking-stick. He steps on a stone which tilts, splashing his white stockings with filth. From a rotten pipe w...
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Topic):
Autumn, City & town life, Rain, Streets, and Weather
"A stout man skates towards the spectator, making curves on very cracked ice. Behind are snow-covered hills. Wild geese fly across the sky."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd Feby. 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
