"Folding frontispiece to "A Political Lecture on Heads, alias Blockheads!! A Characteristic Poem: . . .Drawn from Craniological Inspection, after the Manner of Doctors Gall and Spurzheim, of Vienna. By Don Juan Asmodeus. London. Printed for the Author...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
John Fairburn
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canning, George, 1770-1827, Croker, John Wilson, 1780-1857, Melville, Robert Saunders Dundas, Viscount, 1771-1851, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
The sudden entrance, through the window, of Napoleon Bonaparte startles tailors assembled in their shop, i.e., the European rulers at the Congress of Vienna, busy "cutting out" portions of Europe for themselves. With a blood-dripping sabre in his hand...
Alternative Title:
Devil among the tailors
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd April 21st, 1815 by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821., Louis XVIII, King of France, 1755-1824., Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835., Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825., William I, King of the Netherlands, 1772-1843., Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840., Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823., Charles XIV John, King of Sweden and Norway, 1763-1844., Blücher, Gebhard Leberecht von, 1742-1819., and Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Congress of Vienna, Tailor shops, Clothing and dress, Scissors & shears, Hats, and Crowns
Frontispiece. Dandyism displayed, or, The follies of the Ton.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two couples, the men on the right and the women on the left: the couple at top half for 'dandies in a morning dress', the man in morning suit with hat and umbrella, the woman with large hat and shawl; the other couple at bottom half for 'dandies in a...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Duncombe
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Clothing & dress, Umbrellas, Hats, Handkerchiefs, and Headdresses
"A dandy (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13029), with a handsome profile, wearing knee-breeches, advances with a mincing step and outstretched hands towards an ugly farmer who stands facing him with a large stick and wearing top-boots and broad-brimme...
"A landscape is patterned with tiny children under huge wide-brimmed hats. Two girls in back view hasten towards three little boys who swagger forward, arm-in-arm; the hat of the tallest boy projects far beyond the heads of the others, who wear round ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 24, 1826 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. James's [sic]
