A scene in a crowded coffee house with a mad dog on a table and terrified customers scrambling for cover. On the wall, a broadside titled: For the brasiles the Cerberuse Capn. Popitner ... bruden ...
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Publisher:
Pubd. March 20th, 1809, by Thos. Rowlandson, No 1. James Street, Adelphi, London
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Crowds, Dogs, Fear, Eating & drinking facilities, and Interiors
"From the bustle and life visible on all sides it would seem that the period is fair-time, when the rustics and agricultural population of the vicinity in general flock into the town, holiday-making. A travelling mountebank has established his theatre...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 6 March 1800 at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Teeth, Extraction, Jews, City & town life, Plazas, Medicine shows, Audiences, Crowds, Peddlers, and Butchers
"Carriages approach the east front of Buckingham House (left), watched by spectators. The first coach is stopped by a monster who stands on the shoulders of two beefeaters, wearing a cap inscribed Gout; flames issue from broad nostrils, barbed darts f...
Alternative Title:
Birthday hoax, or, The gout at court and Gout at court
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 28th, 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Name):
Buckingham Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Carriages & coaches, Monsters, Honor guards, Crowds, Sedan chairs, and Servants