Watercolor of a beggar dressed in ragged, patched clothes, leaning on two crutches and wearing a bag slung across his body with the words "Scraps thankfully received" lettered upon it. He wears an eye patch on his right eye; a pipe sticks out of his h...
Alternative Title:
Scraps thankfully received
Description:
Title, a quote from Hamlet, written in ink beneath image.
A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the ...
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
A man stands at a shop door leaning on a cask while looking at another man sitting on the pavement who is pointing towards the man. Canisters of tea are displayed in the shop window
Description:
Title from published print based on this original drawing: The Retort Courteous.
