"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Two politicians out of office sit shivering in a garret with very downcast expressions. The man on the left writes on a paper entitled 'Abusing Administration', with other similar papers scattered at his feet and those of his partner. Their landlady p...
Alternative Title:
Hors d'emploi
Description:
Title from caption below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Chamber pots, Costumes, Prices, Interiors, Furniture, and Emblems
Two politicians out of office sit shivering in a garret with very downcast expressions. The man on the left writes on a paper entitled 'Abusing Administration', with other similar papers scattered at his feet and those of his partner. Their landlady p...
Alternative Title:
Hors d'emploi
Description:
Title from caption below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Chamber pots, Costumes, Prices, Interiors, Furniture, and Emblems
"Interior of the Pantheon on Oxford Street, during a masquerade; the hall crowded with figures in costume dancing and making merry; a band plays on the stage; other figures on balconies to left and right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Sheridan, fat and grotesque, dressed as Pizarro, strides to the front of the royal box, followed by the King and Queen in Court dress. He holds out a guttering candle in each hand and shouts towards the stage: "Stand by there, move that Stone out of ...
Alternative Title:
Pizarro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade and Drury-Lane masquerade
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "N" in "New" is etched backwards.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 11th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Jacobins, Theaters, Interiors, Costumes, Stages (Platforms), Candles, Jewelry, and Military uniforms
"Three men on the deck of a small sailing-vessel. Boswell, his knees flexed, stands in profile to the left holding the end of a rope and looking at Col, in Highland dress, who holds up his finger admonishingly. His Scots cap flies from his head, his c...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Inkstands, Dancing, Scottish, Costumes, Sailing ships, and Sailors
"A cobbler flourishes a strap, while a little woman in Turkish trousers and jewelled turban runs away behind him. On the left is his shed and a bench with tools. Behind is a large quasi-oriental building, with minaret and dome. The verses relate how t...
Alternative Title:
Cobbler's wife
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 12, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
