Title from item., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Unaccompanied melody., and Song in six stanzas, printed below title. The first stanza printed with music, the following five without music in three columns below.
Publisher:
Published 4th October 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Plate numbered '48' in lower right corner., Song in six stanzas, printed below title. The first stanza printed with music, the following five without music in three columns below., and Temporary local subject terms: Skulls -- Taxidermy -- Hour-glasses -- Puns.
Publisher:
Published 4th October 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Musical notation, Pregnancy, Shoemakers, Shoemaking, Stores & shops, and Wigs
"Eight three-quarter length figures of women in ovals, arranged in two rows on a dark background. Each has put on a new wig, ranging from heavy ringlets in confused profusion to a shock of lank hair. Some are old and ugly, others passable. Their words are engraved beneath the oval; some are horrified, others complacent."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below images., Publisher's advertisement below title: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design divided into eight compartments, each individually captioned., and Watermark: A. Stace 1798.
Publisher:
Pub. June 12, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St
Caption title engraved below image., Engraved throughout., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Song in five stanzas, printed below title. The first stanza printed with music, the following four without music in two columns below., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Methodists -- Furnishings: wig-stands -- Furniture: round-back chair., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st Sept. 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Page 223. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man leans from a rostrum (right), holding up his wig, addressing an audience of men and women, seated and standing, most of whom hold up their wigs, disclosing bald or cropped heads. In his left hand is a wig of luxuriant curls which he has taken from the head of a protesting old woman. Most of the wigs simulate natural hair, either short or in ringlets. On the wall is a placard: 'For Debate, \ Opinions \ on \ Baldness. \ It is the sincere wish of the \ proprietors of this Institution, \ that Gentlemen and Ladies will be Uncover'd on this important Occasion'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Debate on the baldness of the times
Description:
Title etched below image., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '217' in lower left of plate., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: rostrum & paneling., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 20.1 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 24.3 x 30.2 cm., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 223 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Page 223. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man leans from a rostrum (right), holding up his wig, addressing an audience of men and women, seated and standing, most of whom hold up their wigs, disclosing bald or cropped heads. In his left hand is a wig of luxuriant curls which he has taken from the head of a protesting old woman. Most of the wigs simulate natural hair, either short or in ringlets. On the wall is a placard: 'For Debate, \ Opinions \ on \ Baldness. \ It is the sincere wish of the \ proprietors of this Institution, \ that Gentlemen and Ladies will be Uncover'd on this important Occasion'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Debate on the baldness of the times
Description:
Title etched below image., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '217' in lower left of plate., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: rostrum & paneling., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799.
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
