"The debtor (left), a fashionably dressed man, stands meditatively at the end of a long table, stroking his chin, and looking at a bill to which one of the creditors, a butcher, points angrily: '[Squan]der Dr [to] Bluff Beef Mutton &c. £70'. The butch...
"Twelve figures arranged in two rows, each representing Dundas (not caricatured) in one of his capacities, title and words etched above each. [1] 'A Governor of the Charter House'. He walks (left to right), looking down at a document in his left hand ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 5, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
Subject (Topic):
Government officials, College administrators, Documents, Academic costumes, Printing presses, Coins, Barrels, Writing materials, Desks, and Military uniforms
Satire on the seditious toast given by the Duke of Norfolk at the birthday dinner in honor of Charles James Fox, January 24, 1798. See British Museum catalogue no. 9168
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feb. 12, 1798, by S.W. Fores, Corner of Sackville St., Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Page 3. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man and woman sit facing each other beside the counter, which stretches across the design; he holds a jelly-glass and puts a spoonful to her mouth; she sits with open mouth and folded arms, a closed fan in one hand. A third customer leans on the co...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 4th June 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Mary Aubrey, dismembering her husband's body with a broad-bladed knife, encouraged by two demons behind; her twelve-year-old son holding his severed head at left; small image inset behind at left showing her being burnt at Tyburn."--British Museum on...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1798 by J. Caulfield
Subject (Name):
Hobry, Marie, -1688,
Subject (Topic):
Homicides, Criminals, Dismemberment, Burning at the stake, Knives, and Demons
"Norfolk (left) and Fox (right) sit close together, hands on knees, the left knee of Norfolk and the right knee of Fox touching; their heads are turned in profile, each gazing fixedly at the other with a melancholy expression. On the back of Norfolk's...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 25th, 1798, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820., Leeds, Francis Godolphin Osborne, Duke of, 1751-1799., and Whig Club (London, England)
Portrait heads of fifty-five men, mostly in profile, identified elsewhere as portraits of various print sellers, collectors, artists, etc., sketched by Paul Sandby while attending print sales in London
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published Feby. the 1st, 1798, by Sylvester Harding, 127 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Auctions, Print dealers, Prints, and Collectors and collecting
Page 223. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man leans from a rostrum (right), holding up his wig, addressing an audience of men and women, seated and standing, most of whom hold up their wigs, disclosing bald or cropped heads. In his left hand is a wig of luxuriant curls which he has taken f...
Alternative Title:
Debate on the baldness of the times
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
