"Pushed by Knighton and pulled by Lady Conyngham, George IV, more corpulent than in other prints, walks in an ornate circular stand or support on castors (as used for toddling children, cf. British Museum satires no. 7497) towards Virginia Water (righ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 27th, 1827, by S.W. Fores, Pciadilly [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836, and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Bonnets, Fishing & hunting gear, Mistresses, Obesity, Physicians, British, Pulling, Scepters, Medical equipment & supplies, and Traffic signs & signals
An imitation of the celebrated Paris sign-board of the restaurant Au Boeuf à la mode, rue de Valois, of which there is a French print. ... A cow wearing a hat, cravat, and shawl gazes to the right. On hind-legs (left) are boots of Hessian type, on t...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd Febry. 14, 1800, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Bonnets, Cows, Jewelry, Signs (Notices), and Slippers
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
Octr. 28, 1777.
Call Number:
777.10.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A very corpulent couple facing left, promenade arm in arm. The gentleman, behind the woman, wears a military coat, ruffled shirt and a tricorne hat with a bow on the front. He carries a walking stick, and the pommel of his sword is just visible behin...
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1799]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 19 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A mother dressed in a poke bonnet and long loose-fitting white dress holds the hand of her young daughter who wears a blue sash and feather plumed hat. The child says "Mamma I want some money to buy cakes" while her mother responds "How can you be so ...
Description:
Signed by the artist; title from caption in the artist's hand.
Two women sit in chairs facing one another, discussing the animal costs of fashion. The woman on the left wears a bonnet and has one hand inside the large muff on her lap
Description:
Title from lines of dialogue below image.
Publisher:
Published by W. Soffe, 380 Strand and Printed by W. Kohler, 22 Denmark St., Soho
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 37 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A monkey wears a white bonnet and sits on a chamber pot with arms crossed across her lap in imitation of an elderly woman facing opposite with her dress raised sitting upon a 'closet stool'. The pair stare and grin at each other
Description:
Title from inscription below image in the artist's hand.
Subject (Topic):
Chamber pots, Monkeys, Imitation, Bonnets, Women, Urination, and Defecation
"Alderman Wood, dressed as an elderly woman (as in British Museum Satires No. 13858) in bonnet with a lace frill, worn over a cap, and tippet, comes out of his house in South Audley Street, grasping in a gloved hand a large bottle inscribed 'Popularit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
