A grotesque racist caricature of a buxom black woman in a white dress decorated with flowers and a bonnet with ribbons, grinning at the viewer and saying 'Don't you think you Fancy me now Massa'. Probably inspired by the "High Life in Philadelphia'' s...
"A design partly bisected by a vertical line. The same lady sits (left) directed to the left at her dressing-table, wearing only a long chemise or petticoat, and slippers. On the right she sits, in the same attitude but directed to the right, fully dr...
Alternative Title:
Fashionable lady in dress and undress
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dressing tables, Wigs, and Cosmetics
Print showing George IV dressed as a woman sitting in a parlor greeting his female guests, one guest kneeling on a cushion and kissing his hand may be Lady Conyngham
Alternative Title:
Pleasures of petticoat government
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1820 by Benbow, corner of St. Clements Church Yard, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
"A grotesque dandy walks in a landscape in profile to the right, bending at the waist, sucking a cane, left arm hanging stiffly. His features and dress are inscribed with the names of food, e.g. his red carbuncled rose is 'Currant Jelly', his shallow ...
Alternative Title:
Exquisite dandy. Prodigious!!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 12th, 1818, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, and Staffs (Sticks)
A young man wearing patched trousers stands next to a mile marker, bundled up against the cold with a scarf and hat. His hands have gone through the pockets of his long jacket, and are seen protruding beneath
"A scene on the Steyne, with the Pavilion as a background, and (left) the sea, with cliffs. Lord Conyngham, with a hideous profile, walks (right to left) with a lady on each arm. On the left arm is Lady Conyngham, as broad as she is tall, looking over...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 9th May 1822 by S.W. Fores, Picadilly [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Huntly, Elizabeth, Marchioness of, 1799-1839, and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England),
Subject (Topic):
Obesity, Clothing & dress, Bonnets, Shawls, Coastlines, and Official residences
Opposite title page. Journal of a tour to the Hebrides, with Samuel Johnson, LL.D.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 7030. Johnson, as a bear with a human head (a profile portrait), walks (left to right) up a mountain. Boswell as an ape with a quasi-human head is seated on the bear's back facing the tail, which he hol...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 19th April 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland.
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795., Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Clothing & dress, Bears, and Monkeys
"A young woman wearing a semi-transparent and low-cut dress sitting with her arm on the back of her chair, fingers knit together, glancing coquettishly towards the viewer, while a man enters the room in the background to left."--British Museum online ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clothing & dress, Floor coverings, Lust, and Prostitutes
