"An adaptation in reverse of No. 7508 by Sayers. The Prince's head, set in a star which is the head of the comet, is as in No. 7508 except for the addition of a stock between the wings of the coat-collar. In the comet's tail the first profile head is ...
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Pubd. Jany. 1811 by T. Moon, Westminster
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George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839, Ponsonby, George, 1755-1817, Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"An elderly man, holding his umbrella in front of him to form a sail, cannonades into another skater, who falls, the apex of the umbrella entering his mouth, while his foot strikes the stomach of the aggressor. The ice cracks beneath them. The latter ...
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Elements of skateing : the consequence of going before the wind and Elements of skating : the consequence of going before the wind
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Publish'd November 24th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A fashionably dressed man canters in profile to the left on a well-bred horse. He holds his single rein with both hands. He has a large whisker, and wears a small hat, swathed stock, and shirt-frill with tail-coat and top-boots. No background."--Brit...
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Publish'd June 29th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A stout man in regimentals holds a greyhound on a leash; he looks with a sly smile towards a yokel (l.) who points to the left., as if to show the whereabouts of a hare. The officer slyly indicates with a forefinger two horses whose heads only appear...
"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 Duke of Clarence stands full face, realistically depicted but cruelly caricatured, with porcine features. He wears a cylindrical hat with curved brim, a double-breasted coat with star, cut away to show the lower part of a double-breasted waistcoa...
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Publishd. June 26th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"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...
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Danger of riding an old-hunter
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Publishd. December 1st, 1807, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
"A young woman stands in profile to the left, at a dressing-table, while a buxom ladies' maid laces a pair of long stays. She wears a boudoir cap tied under the chin, and holds a flat ruler-shaped stick under the stays in front to regulate the operati...
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Progress of the toilet : the stays
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Publish'd February 26th, 1810, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Sheridan, as Punch, grotesquely caricatured, stands on a platform, above the heads of a cheering crowd, blowing soap-bubbles. Clusters of soap-suds fall from the pipe, and from it rises an oval containing a figure of Young Roscius, in Highland dress ...
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Publishd. Jany. 7th, 1805, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Jordan, Dorothy, 1761-1816, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834
"Three handsome young men, stooping slightly, walk languidly arm-in-arm along a pavement in profile to the left. They have a strong family resemblance, with variations in profile and in the size of their whiskers. They are dressed alike, except for di...
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Pubd. June 16th, 1803, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
