"The heads and shoulders of three persons fill the design, all studies in teeth, facial expression, and caricature. The profile head of the dentist is close to the fat face of his patient, a woman with a wide smiling mouth, open to show two rows of ar...
Alternative Title:
French dentist showing a specimen of his artificial teeth and false palates
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 26, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Dubois de Chémant, Nicolas, 1753-1824
Subject (Topic):
Dentures, Dentistry, Smiling, Hand lenses, and Signs (Notices)
"Whitefield preaching to a group of country-people by the roadside. A sign, a lion rampant on a post with the chequers which denote an alehouse, shows that the scene is outside an inn. Whitefield, his squint very pronounced, stands in gown and bands, ...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication information from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 15, 1774, by W. Humphry, St. Martin's Lane
Subject (Name):
Whitefield, George, 1714-1770
Subject (Topic):
Breast feeding, Clergy, Crowds, Drinking vessels, Outdoor religious services, Prayer, Signs (Notices), Sleeping, Taverns (Inns), and Waiters
"Long, dressed as a funeral mute or mourner, stands full-face, legs apart, carrying four large boards like a sandwich-man (then "board-man"). Only his draped hat and eyes appear above the central board. In his hand is a staff draped in black which is ...
Alternative Title:
Oracle of Harley Street
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Long, John St. John, 1798-1834
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Malpractice, Quacks, Signs (Notices), and Ducks
"Caricature on the trial of Queen Caroline with her accusers on the stage of St Stephens with a cast of witnesses from the trial, addressing John Bull."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. July 22, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic], London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. and St. Stephen's Chapel (Westminster, London, England),
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Stages (Platforms), Horns (Communication devices), Ethnic stereotypes, Witnesses, Staffs (Sticks), and Signs (Notices)
On the street in front of a tavern under a sign with a picture of a crown, the Chief Justice leans on hitching post as he vomits the words "Sec. of State". The other men play at the game "Bob-Cherry", the cherries, hanging from the sign. Behind them i...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Sold at the Print Shop in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763, Cotton, John Hynde, Sir, 1686-1752, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Pelham, Henry, 1695?-1754, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
"Alderman Wood, as a zany at a fair, stands on a platform outside a booth addressing a crowd of spectators, half length figures in the foreground forming the base of the design. He points with his right thumb to the Queen (left), who is ready to perfo...
Alternative Title:
Mat Pudding and his mountebank
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854, and Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Circus performers, Circuses & shows, Stages (Platforms)., Spectators, Honor guards, Trumpets, Banners, Fools' caps, Boots, Documents, Signs (Notices), Crowns, Feathers, Liberty cap, Donkeys, Swings, Show tents, and Flags
"A design in two compartments, each based on one of the familiar 'Cries of London': In 'Le--Gagne--Petit' (left) Fox is a knife-grinder busily sharpening a headsman's axe. Arranged along his barrow are four knives of various shapes inscribed respectiv...
Alternative Title:
Gagne petit and Poisson salé
Description:
Title from text between the two designs; subtitles from text above each design.
Publisher:
Published by Boyne & Walker, Great Turnstile
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Hastings, Warren, 1732-1818
Subject (Topic):
Impeachment, Fishmongers, Knives, Occupations, Puns (Visual works), and Signs (Notices)
"The Duchess of Devonshire (left) carries a fat butcher (right), both her arms round his waist, his right arm is round her waist, their faces are in profile looking at each other. She says, "I'll try all measures to bring the matter to a proper Issue"...
Alternative Title:
Her Grace carrying a plumper for Charly
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, for the proprieter [sic], by T. Bun, St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Butchers, and Signs (Notices)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 8th 1756.
Call Number:
Hogarth 756.03.08.02.3+ Impression 2 Box 200
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Outside an English country inn, over whose door a sign reads "Duke of Cumberland Roast and boil'd every day", a group of soldiers and sailors laugh at a large caricature of Louis XV on the tavern wall. They sit with two attractive young women around a...
Alternative Title:
England. Plate 2d
Description:
Title from Paulson: The invasion, Pl. 2. England.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Eating & drinking, Musicians, Signs (Notices), Soldiers, Taverns (Inns), War, and Women
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 8th 1756.
Call Number:
Hogarth 756.03.08.02.3++ Impression 1 Box 305
Collection Title:
Plate 81. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Outside an English country inn, over whose door a sign reads "Duke of Cumberland Roast and boil'd every day", a group of soldiers and sailors laugh at a large caricature of Louis XV on the tavern wall. They sit with two attractive young women around a...
Alternative Title:
England, Plate 2d
Description:
Title from Paulson: The invasion, Pl. 2. England.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Eating & drinking, Musicians, Signs (Notices), Soldiers, Taverns (Inns), War, and Women
