A caricature image in two halves, with two men shown bust-length, the one on the left holding a sheet of paper with the words "Sherriffs return" written on the top; above his head "Corruptly in, he' he' he'". The man on the right is shown crying, his hands balled in fists and in the right hang a paper with the words at top "Return of the Comit[...] House of Commons". Above his head "Black balled out, oh! oh! oh!"
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: G. R.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 18th, 1805 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"An elderly, sharp-featured virago, with skinny neck and muscular arms, sits directed to the right, furiously kicking and shaking her left fist at the old-fashioned looking-glass which stands on a muslin-covered dressing-table. The glass has been shattered by the curling-tongs which she holds in her right hand, and a broken hand-mirror lies on the floor. She wears old-fashioned stays laced over a petticoat, but her head-dress is complete; two tall feathers, with flowers and striped ribbon drapery, poised on unconvincing curls. On the dressing-table are fragments of mirror, large comb, tiny hair-brush, &c., bottles labelled 'Milk of Roses' and 'Olimpian Dew'. A bottle of 'Circassian Bloom' lies on the floor. The tall window is partly covered by a curtain hanging in festoons from above. Behind the chair is a shallow wooden tub."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print signed using an unidentified artist's device: A Strassburg lily., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Companion print to: Looking glass in favour.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1805 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
