A caricature of a couple, shown full-length, dancing awkwardly. A lanky man attempts to dance with a corpulent woman but steps on her dress hem in the process
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Title written in ink below image., Attributed to William Heath by curator., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
An image of two couples who appear to be dancing. The couple on the left includes a short, stocky man and a large buxom woman. The man is standing on his toes looking up to the woman while she gazes beyond his head. The couple on the right includes a lanky gentleman who is holding onto the index figure of a woman wearing a large plume in her hair
Alternative Title:
Precision & ease and Ardour and dignity ; Precision and ease
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Titles written in ink below each image., William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840., and Sheet has a long crease down the center.
A couple, caricatured and shown full-length, stand with the feet intertwined as the man clasps the woman under her arms. He has long legs and arms and a jutting chin; she, somewhat older than the man, is sharp-featured and appears to be falling
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William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
A caricature of a couple, shown full-length, dancing awkwardly. The woman (left) wears a pink dress and holds a heart-shaped pruse. She rests her arm on the shoulders of the man as he wraps his arm around her waist
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Title written in ink below image., Mounted on paper the verso of which shows a map of the estate, Ballygorn, of John Henry Keogh, Esq., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
A man and a woman are shown in profile, half-length; their facial features fit together likes pieces of a puzzle
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Signed in ink lower left: GCk., Original drawing, basis for a publish print: Sure such a pair were never seen so justly form'd to meet by Nature!!! See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal satires, v. 9, 13131., George Cruikshank, English graphic artist, 1792-1878., and For further information, consult library staff.
A caricature showing a couple full-length as they dance. The older man with a very large and balding forehead holds the arm of a young girl; both are standing on their toes. She is holding a fan and looking away from the man
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Title written in ink below image., Attributed to William Heath by curator., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
A caricature of a couple, full-length and fashionably dressed in a simple way, are shown in profile kissing. The length of their arms is exaggerated and are in contrast to their short legs. The woman's eyes are open but the man's are closed
Alternative Title:
Conclusion
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Title written in ink, below image., Mounted on the verso of an estate map of Creeves, in Limerick County, Ireland., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
An awkward couple, caricatured and drawn full-length, are shown dancing. An older woman whose decorative plumage extends beyond the man's head, has a crooked nose and lanky features. The man, somewhat younger, has a protruding chin
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Title from caption in brown ink, below image., Questionable attribution to William Heath., Mounted on the verso of an estate map., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
A scene from Horace Walpole's Gothic novel The castle of Otranto, with the characters Frederic and Hippolita shown full-length at center, the latter wearing a pink gown. Frederic, who wears a sword at his side and whose feathered cap has fallen to the floor, kneels in front of the standing Hippolita and looks up at her, holding her right hand; she looks down at him tenderly, her left hand at her breast. A statue on a pedestal stands besides the pair on the right; an arched window and a column are in the background on the left. A man, probably Manfred, lurks in the shadows; he carries a dagger(?) and peeks out from behind the column
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Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in lower right corner., Date of production based on artist's death date., Page reference written in ink below lower right corner of image: P. 222., and Bound in opposite page 222 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. The castle of Otranto. Parma : Printed by Bodoni, for J. Edwards, London, MDCCXCI [1791].