Four monkeys in human dress form a quartet and give a concert, one singing, the others plating a piano, guitar and flute
Alternative Title:
Little music
Description:
Title etched above image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Date of publication from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of quoted text below image: "What softer sounds are these salute the ear, as if the center of all sweets met here? Ben Johnson., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Monkeys, Musicians, Musical instruments, and Animals in human situations
Final scene of six images showing the progress of a courtship gone wrong. The characters are monkeys in human dress. The original suitor having lost his tail to his revival runs away while the new suitor and the object of their desire lift their arms in despair
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Courtship, and Gardens
The fourth of six scenes showing the progress of a courtship, the couple being monkeys in human dress. A second male monkey dressed also a fine gentleman offers a rose to the well-dressed female monkey. The scene takes place in a formal garden
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Courtship, and Gardens
Twenty-four letterpress and engraved lottery puffs uncut on one sheet. Each puff includes engravings of Twelfth night character by George Cruikshank and an 8-line poem
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., On each lottery puff: Lottery begins drawing 12th January, 1820., and Includes puff numbers 1347-1370: John Bull, Sukey Salmon, Alderman Turtle, Queen, Tabby Turnip, Billy Bantam, Polly Pigface, Molly Maid, Toby Fillpot, The Grand Turk, Colly Calf-head, John Dory, Pomposa Pine-apple, Doughy Upper-crust, Dolly Dumpling, Timothy Tun-Belly, Simon Sheepface, King, Cissy Cowslip, Letty Lambkin, Dame Partlett, Kitty Cabbage, Giddy Goosecap, Solomon Sirloin.
Publisher:
J. & J. Sivewright ... 37, Cornhill, 11, Holburn, 38 Haymarket, 141, Oxford-St
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Topic):
Lotteries, Marketing, Advertising, Caricatures and cartoons, and Animals in human situations
Four scenes of various animals in human situations: Carriage riding; a dog facing a rooster; a monkey addressing a duck and her duckings; a fox in a chicken coop
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place and date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Mounted to 29 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Chickens, Dogs, Ducks, Foxes, and Monkeys
The fifth of a series of six scenes showing a courtship between two monkeys in human clothing. A second monkey dressed as a fine gentleman prepares to cut off the tail of the suitor as his paramour looks on with arms raised in distress
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Adultery, Envy, Gardens, and Revenge
The third in a series of scenes: A monkey dressed as a fine gentleman kneels before a well-dressed female monkey who looks away demurely behind her fan. The scene takes place in a formal garden
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Courtship, Gardens, and Marriage proposals
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
760.00.00.111+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on prostitution set in a brothel in which all the men have been given the heads of apes and the women those of cats. In the centre of the room a prostitute sits on the knee of an old man who fondles her, her legs splayed; she holds a glass in one hand and a flask in the other. A magistrate wearing a lace edged hat and holding a large candle stands over them. Constables with staves stand in the open door, behind which the prostitute's pimp (referred to as her bully in the verse beneath) is hiding; he is dressed as a grenadier. On the right, the brothel-keeper holds up a tally-board pointing out one of the symbols to three men who are startled at the entry of the constables; one is seated at a table holding a glass, another holds a large candle. On the table is a large flask, another rests on the floor beside a big jug, and another lies broken in pieces. In the background on the right a couple peer from being the curtains of a large bed. Hanging from the ceiling is a large birdcage on which a bird is perched."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title supplied from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue by Sayer of a print published anonymously around 1730. See no. 1860 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., Terminal date of publication based on publisher's street address; according to the British Museum online catalogue, Sayer moved from his "opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street" premises in 1760. A later date is also possible, as the series that included this print was advertised in Robert Sayer's catalogue for 1766; see no. 1858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Alas! poor whore, thourt fairly trap'd, Tho' by thy spark so sweetly lap'd; And for thy midnight vice and folly, Your fate is now to mill your dolly ...
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Interiors, Prostitutes, Military uniforms, Judges, Watchmen, Canopy beds, Birdcages, Doves, Wine, and Bottles
