"A tall handsome young woman walks, left to right, looking to the left with a coquettish smile. An ugly man (left), small and deformed, one leg heightened by an iron, looks up at her, saying, "Queer my Sconce but thats a D------d fine Woman, now if sh...
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Pubd. April 30, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
"Scene at the door of a rustic inn. Two soldiers (seated) and a handsome girl drink punch together. She stands, wearing the cocked hat and sword-belt of an officer who holds her hand; a child plays with the sword. An old woman chalks up the score. A b...
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Pub. May 1, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"Fox and Norfolk meet on the pavement outside Brookes's. Fox (left), much caricatured, with his shaggy hair standing on end and stockings slipping down, says, with an expression of angry despair: "Scratch'd off! - dishd! - kick'dout! - dam'me!!!" Norf...
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Pubd. May 12th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
"Nicholls, M.P. for Tregony, sits in an arm-chair directed to the left; in his right hand is a tall staff in whose head is an eye; his left hand is thrust under his coat, which is buttoned. From a tricolour ribbon round his neck is suspended a small m...
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Pubd. May 15th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Sir George Shuckburgh, in the white draperies with tricolour border and white cap of a Judge of the High Court, stands full-face on a low platform of stone slabs. His right hand is raised as if expounding a principle. Two tufts of hair project latera...
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Pubd. May 15th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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Shuckburgh-Evelyn, George Augustus William, Sir, 1751-1804
Temporary local subject terms: Duels: Pitt and Tierney, 27 May 1798 -- Weapons: pistols -- Gibbets -- Allusion to the execution of the highwayman Abershaw -- Putney Heath
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Pub. by R. Newton, No. 13 Brydges St., Covent Garden
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England.
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Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Tierney, George, 1761-1830
"Erskine stands directed to the right, a sheaf of papers in his right hand, his left held out in a declamatory gesture. He wears a long gown over a black tunic and sash, with a broad white collar. His advocate's wig has a red patch on the crown of his...
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Pubd. May 21st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Courtney sits heavily in an arm-chair directed to the right, his head in profile to the right; his hands rest on his knees. His dress is that of a Membre du Tribunal Criminel, except that his cloak is long instead of knee-length, and except for the c...
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Pubd. May 21st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street