"The interior of Sir Robert Taylor's rotunda in the Bank of England when it was used as a stock exchange with the arc of the pilastered wall and part of the domed ceiling forming a background. The floor is covered with groups of small figures, only th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand, Jany. 1792, & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Bank of England.
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Banks, Crowds, Interiors, Pilasters, Rotundas, and Stock exchanges
"The interior of an art-school. A stout woman (nude) sprawls awkwardly on an armchair on the model throne, round which fat Dutchmen are grouped. One, seated on an upturned tub (right), paints at a large canvas on an easel, the figure being realistical...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. by T. Rowlandson, No. 52 Strand, March 1792, & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"The head and shoulders of Lady Archer at different stages of her toilet. In the first (right), wearing a night-cap, with unsightly pendent breasts, she looks up to the left, tears falling from an empty eye-socket, her gaping mouth showing toothless j...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 29th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Grooming, Mirrors, Teeth, and Wigs
"A central monument [1] representing the French Republic is flanked by figures on pedestals inscribed [2] 'Liberty' and [3] 'Equality'. [1] A stout and frantic man rises from a tottering armchair which is poised on a pile of fragments of columns inscr...
"Nine clergymen stand in conversation, the most prominent being a stout bishop (right) wearing a gown and lawn sleeves; he turns superciliously from a clergyman who addresses him, and looks towards a stout parson wearing an apron in profile to the rig...
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Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"The patient sits in an armchair in profile to the left, in the centre of a well-furnished room. He wears dressing-gown and nightcap, his arms are folded and he stares fixedly, assailed by ghostly visions which float before his eyes, emerging from smo...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Hypochondria, Depression, Mental, Suicide, Skeletons, Hearses, Demons, Daggers & swords, Handguns, Physicians, Staffs (Sticks), and Medicines
"The patient sits in profile to the left with chattering teeth, holding his hands to a blazing fire on the extreme left Ague, a snaky monster, coils itself round him, its coils ending in claws like the legs of a monstrous spider. Behind the patient's ...
Alternative Title:
Ague and fever
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Two medallions placed side by side illustrate 'British Liberty' and 'French Liberty', these titles being inscribed on the borders of the medallions. [1] Britannia seated in profile to the right under an oak with her shield and the staff and cap of Li...
"A hand-coloured print of a company of Paviors outside the Tun Tavern. The Paviors hold rammers resembling large bottles. A portly cleric walks over the paving with an air of solemnity during which the paviors all cheer. On the left stands a woman wit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Clergy, Obesity, Taverns (Inns), Laborers, Baskets, and Pickaxes
"Above are two fashionably dressed courtesans (three-quarter length) seated facing each other; one (right) holds a punch-bowl, the other, who looks at the spectator with a leer, holds a glass. Below, two burly women, prostitutes of the lowest type, st...
"A young woman holds a little girl on her lap; an ugly elderly man (three-quarter length) leans towards the child, holding a piece of sugar between his lips. The child looks up delightedly. On a table beside them (right) is a tray of tea-things."--Bri...
"A design in three compartments, each with its title. [1] John Bull (left), very corpulent, a frothing tankard in his hand, sits in an arm-chair beside a table loaded with beef, pudding, and 'Home Brew'd'; he is approached by three famished Frenchmen,...
Alternative Title:
Reform begun and Reform compleat
Description:
Title from text etched above each image.
Publisher:
Pulished [sic] as the act directs, Jany. 8th, 1793, by Jno. Brown, No. 2 Adelphi
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, Meat, Beer, Pitchers, Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Peg legs
"A German soldier sits in the front row of a theatre gallery, his hands in a muff. He has moustaches, wears a high fur cap, a cloak, the braided tunic of a hussar, and looks fixedly to the right with a contemptuous frown. Those sitting in the same row...
"A German soldier sits in the front row of a theatre gallery, his hands in a muff. He has moustaches, wears a high fur cap, a cloak, the braided tunic of a hussar, and looks fixedly to the right with a contemptuous frown. Those sitting in the same row...
"A young woman holds a little girl on her lap; an ugly elderly man (three-quarter length) leans towards the child, holding a piece of sugar between his lips. The child looks up delightedly. On a table beside them (right) is a tray of tea-things."--Bri...
"A lean old woman in night-cap and shift sits in an arm-chair pouncing on an insect on her upraised knee. A cat sits on the arm of the chair. Bedroom furniture and utensils, with clothes thrown to the floor, are in the foreground. The bed-curtains for...
"Two elderly and bearded Jews (one wearing spectacles), shown three-quarter length, are seated facing each other across the table, greedily expectant, while a third (right) stands to carve a sucking-pig. Beside the table (right) is a wine-cooler holdi...
Alternative Title:
Peep into Dukes Place and Peep into Duke's Place
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Jews, depicted, Eyeglasses, Eating & drinking, Tableware, and Wine
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and ki...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs
"The interior of the Royal Exchange, showing part of two sides of the arcaded quadrangle, and the statue from the waist downwards of Charles II (by Grinling Gibbons) on a high pedestal surrounded by an iron railing. It is crowded with men, talking in ...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Decer. 28th, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A couple embracing on a couch at right are interrupted by the appearance at left of a grotesque, stout, bespectacled woman holding up a groaning moribund man wearing a shroud-like nightshirt; the young lover has his hand on a paper lettered 'last wil...
"A scene in the Assembly Rooms, Bath. The stout Master of the Ceremonies brings up an elderly man (right) who bows, chapeau-bras, with an ingratiating smile, to an elderly lady seated against the wall in profile to the right. She looks at him with a d...
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Title etched below image.
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Published Novemberr [sic] 24, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
"An actor, ugly and ragged, stands gesticulating, the left arm extended towards Sheridan, who sits in a low chair (right) before a small rectangular table. He fixes Sheridan with a hungry glare, clutching a small cocked hat in his right hand ... In th...
"French soldiers, who have just landed, are being bayoneted and ridden down by English troops. They flee in terror-stricken confusion. Among the Englishmen are yokels with pitchforks. Three Frenchmen, dead or painfully dying, lie in the foreground ; b...
Alternative Title:
Frenchmen naturalized
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Titles etched below image.
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Pub. March 16, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"Scene at the door of a rustic inn. Two soldiers (seated) and a handsome girl drink punch together. She stands, wearing the cocked hat and sword-belt of an officer who holds her hand; a child plays with the sword. An old woman chalks up the score. A b...
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Title etched below image.
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Pub. May 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"A fat 'cit' is being drilled by an officer in his shop, to the admiration of his household. A drummer beats his drum. In the background are large jars of snuff."--British Museum catalogue
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Title etched below image.
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Pub. June 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"Sunday in camp; hill-side sloping to right where tents are seen in valley below, to left under tree chaplain stands behind make shift lectern preaching to soldiers and other figures, some who stand, sit or sleep in foreground and centre."--British Mu...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1, 1798, at Ackermanns Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"Troops, crowded in carts, &c, approach Portsmouth, where distant ships are at anchor. In the foreground are country carts drawn by soldiers at a gallop. Other soldiers are in and on a coach, the 'Portsmouth Fly'; a drum and fife are being played on t...
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Instance of unexampled speed used by a body of guards
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. July 12, 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
"An imaginary scene on the deck of the 'Vanguard'. The sailors are crowded round an improvised table, drinking and huzza-ing. Nelson and his officers sit abovet hem in the stern; a wounded officer is wrapped in a blanket. An officer takes a glass held...
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Title etched below image.
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Pub. Octr. 20, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
