"A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Ireland
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; sheet 20.4 x 16.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from top edge.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Irish, Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, and Witches
"A witch-like old woman floats in the air in profile to the left, playing an Irish harp. An infant is at her back, supported by her cloak. Beneath her is a pleasant landscape with a waterside town and a background of low mountains. Under the title: 'This Portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull is humbly dedicated to her Husband the great Mr John Bull'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Ireland
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of text below title: This portrait of Lady Hibernia Bull ..., and Text below title erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Topic):
Irish, Harps, Leprechauns, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, and Witches
"A grotesque figure, resembling Punch, kneels in profile to the left, with a large thistle in the foreground (right). He bestrides a sack or bundle which rests on the ground, one end forming the 'Mull of Galloway', the other 'St Abbs Head'. The coast-line from the 'Murray Firth' to the 'Firth of Tay' is formed by his hump."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Scotland
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with engraving and stipple engraving ; sheet 19.8 x 16.2 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Topic):
Scots, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Scottish, and Maps
"A grotesque figure, resembling Punch, kneels in profile to the left, with a large thistle in the foreground (right). He bestrides a sack or bundle which rests on the ground, one end forming the 'Mull of Galloway', the other 'St Abbs Head'. The coast-line from the 'Murray Firth' to the 'Firth of Tay' is formed by his hump."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Droll caricature map of Scotland
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted to 37 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Topic):
Scots, Ethnic stereotypes, National emblems, Scottish, and Maps
Louis XVI gives his last speech as he stands before the guillotine
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Quote below title: "To thee, O God, I commend my soul! I forgive my enemies, I die innocent."
A woman in a pink dress gazes expectantly at a man on the right of the print, whilst hitching up her apron to reveal a green underskirt by placing her hands on her hips. The man returns her gaze in profile with a disapproving expression, whilst clutching onto carrots and turnips in the crook of his right elbow and left hand. The woman has ginger hair, and wears a white bonnet with red ribbons, and the man wears a black hat
Alternative Title:
Will you give us a glass of gin
Description:
Title from dialogue etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1793, by R. Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Gin, Occupations, Oysters, and Vegetables
A woman in a pink dress gazes expectantly at a man on the right of the print, whilst hitching up her apron to reveal a green underskirt by placing her hands on her hips. The man returns her gaze in profile with a disapproving expression, whilst clutching onto carrots and turnips in the crook of his right elbow and left hand. The woman has ginger hair, and wears a white bonnet with red ribbons, and the man wears a black hat
Alternative Title:
Will you give us a glass of gin
Description:
Title from dialogue etched below image., Leaf 13 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.9 x 14.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1793, by R. Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Gin, Occupations, Oysters, and Vegetables
