"George IV, as Falstaff, sits in a high-backed chair with a grotesquely fat Doll Tearsheet (Lady Conyngham) on his knee. He holds a large glass of wine and looks at her with appraising melancholy. She pouts her lips to kiss. Their words are engraved b...
Description:
Title from text above image.
Publisher:
Pub. by Thos. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Conyngham, Henry Conyngham, Marquess, 1766-1832, and Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829
"An archaic iron-studded door, with posts and lintel of solid but ancient oak, represents the door of the 'COMMONS' [inscription on lintel]. Above: '"They of Rome are enter'd in our Counsels Sh.' ['Coriolanus', I. ii]. An old-clothes' man stands at th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of religion, Catholic emancipation, Jews, Emancipation, Jesuits, Turks, Doors & doorways, Ethnic stereotypes, Knocking, and Monks
"A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left ..." (Source: British Museum catalogue). Print shows items brought ...
Alternative Title:
Results of the polar expedition!!!
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 18, 1819, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Ross, John, Sir, 1777-1856, Ross, James Clark, Sir, 1800-1862, Sabine, Edward, Sir, 1788-1883, Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820, Leach, William Elford, 1790-1836, and British Museum
