Design in an oval. A head with lank, unkempt hair and melancholy, twisted features, mouthing grotesquely, appears to emerge from a tub; this is a section of a tub held by the performer on a table. Reference to G.A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764).
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Half length front view of a young woman with ermine-trimmed gown and muff, and with extremely tall coiffure, of which beer barrels form the side curls. On top of her head an inverted rooster is held down by foxes on either side, the enormous tails of ...
Pubd. as the act directs, by T. Brown, Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Great Britain. Parliament, and Royal George (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Shipwrecks, Barrels, and Gambling
Leaf 43. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A short fat man standing on a stool in a cellar by a wine barrel, from which a stream of fluid pours directly into his mouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Bibo Bulky
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accord. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Wine cellars, Barrels, Wine, Obesity, and Eating & drinking
Leaf 43. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A short fat man standing on a stool in a cellar by a wine barrel, from which a stream of fluid pours directly into his mouth."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sir Bibo Bulky
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accord. to act by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Wine cellars, Barrels, Wine, Obesity, and Eating & drinking
