"Poor man on crutches cries out his song in the street during a thunderstorm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from similar prints after Joe Lisle that were published by Berthoud & Son in 1828. Cf. No. 15624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a later state published in 1830 by S. Gans, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1993,1107.43., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Handicapped.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Plate from book with the same title published by Tregear., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Mirrors -- Dandies -- Fashion.
Title etched below image., Text below title begins: Please sir mother says it's unpossible to wash your shirt any more without rubbing it in two ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Print signed using an unidentified artist's device: An image of an eye followed by three asterisks., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Promenades -- Walking -- Couples.
Steam-driven coaches and carriages and three-wheeled vehicles loaded with well-dressed passengers fill Regent's Park. The chaos and conjestion fill the park with dust and dark smoke and result in accidents
Description:
Title from text below image., Series title from text above image., Companion print to: View in White Chapel Road 1830., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Matted to 39 x 45 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 20, 1828, by S & J. Fuller, at their Sporting Gallery, 34 Rathbone Place
Subject (Geographic):
Regent's Park (London, England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Crowds, Parks, Steam automobiles, and Traffic accidents
Title from caption below image., Title continues: ... the "fat knight" floored!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Games.
Publisher:
Published Dec. 1, 1828 by Geo. Virtue, 26 Ivy Lane, Paternoster Row
"A lean middle-aged man reclines on a sofa, his face contorted with pain. A handkerchief over his head, and ungartered stockings suggest an interrupted nap. His left toe touches the ground; his right leg is drawn up, the toes bent. The bell-wire is broken. Above his head is a picture of a man turning a grindstone, and beside him are two volumes: 'Dr Buchan Family Médecine in 2 Vol', suggesting the hypochondriac. A cockatoo (left) screams at him, and he screams (words below the title): 'Ecot! it's Tied my foot in a Knot--Oh!--Oh!--O--O--o--o--o--'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Ecot! it's tied my foot in a knot. Oh! Oh! O O o o o o., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Muscle cramps -- Dr. Buchan Family Medicine., and 1 print : aquatint with etching ; sheet 273 x 211 mm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1828, by Gillard & Cornish, 48, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Couches, Cockatoos, Birdcages, Books, and Windows
A groggy surgeon-apothecary, awakened by knocking below, shouts down from an open window to an unseen patient requesting a night visit. He wears a nightcap and has a burning candle beside him. Two cats scurry away from the commotion, causing flower pots to tumble off the ledge. On the wall of the building, to the left of the window, is a depiction of a mortar and pestle as well as a sign reading "Hand in Hand Assurance" beneath two hands joined together (the emblem of the Hand-in-Hand Fire Office). The sign beneath the window reads "Cawdle, Accoucheur & Apothecary. NB. Bleeding, Cupping, Tooth Drawing &c. &c."
Description:
Title etched below image., 'Ego' is the pseudonym of M. Egerton. See British Museum catalogue., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Three lines of dialogue below title: Who are you? (Damn the cats!) What d' ye want young woman, hey? Oh, Sir, master begs you'll step over directly as Missus, if you please sir, is taken very bad in a a a !!!, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecaries., and 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 333 x 205 mm.
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Midwives, Obstetrics, Drugstores, Windows, Flowerpots, Cats, and Signs (Notices)
"Poor man on crutches cries out his song in the street during a thunderstorm."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication inferred from similar prints after Joe Lisle that were published by Berthoud & Son in 1828. Cf. No. 15624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 11., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a later state published in 1830 by S. Gans, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1993,1107.43., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Handicapped., 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; sheet 310 x 235 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge.
A poor family in rags sing on a city streets to earn money. The man, a veteran with a peg leg, plays the violin; his uniform is patched up. The boy wears no shoes and a coat too big for him; he holds out a hat to collect the money. The woman wears a ragged dress and a patched cloak covering a baby on her back; she carries a basket with loaded with the broadsides for sale
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication inferred from a "Novr. 1828" manuscript note on an impression of a print entitled "My girl," likewise designed by Mercer and published by Smyth and Parsey; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 828.11.00.01. An apparent companion to that print, entitled "My boy," is assigned a date range of 1825-1835 in the British Museum online catalogue (registration no.: 1905,0822.4)., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parsey, Burlington Arcade
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, Families, Poor persons, Singing, Violins, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Military uniforms, and Street vendors
