"A young jockey in peaked cap and spurred boots, slim and almost girlish, kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before a plain chair, his riding-whip beside him. On the wall is a picture of two jockeys galloping almost neck and neck. He pra...
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Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
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Pub'd. Augst. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
On the right a Jewish stockbrocker with a very large belly stands in the door way of his establishment; the sign over the door identifies him as "Solomon Stock broke[r]". He addresses two jolly-looking 'cits'; their dog barks angrily at the stockbroke...
"A man, fashionably dressed and vulgar, kneels on one knee, praying to a large framed picture of Fortune. She stands blindfolded on her wheel, empties coins and notes from a cornucopia, and holds out a placard: 'Peter Puffs Lucky Lottery Office'. He b...
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Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
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Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden and R. Ackermann
"The tattered flag ('Vive l'Egalité), on which stands Paul, grotesque, mean, and arrogant, has been altered to a torn paper: 'Treaty of Alliance'. The background is the sea with on the horizon (right) a castellated Malta flying the British flag. Above...
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Title etched below image.
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Publishd. Jany. 20th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
A thin man in shabby clothes, kneels in prayer before a candle on a chair, bedcurtains on either side of the chair; his toes through his worn shoes. The window panes in his room are broken
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Pubd. Feby. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
A thin man in shabby clothes, kneels in prayer before a candle on a chair, bedcurtains on either side of the chair; his toes through his worn shoes. The window panes in his room are broken
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Title printed in letterpress below image.
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Pubd. Feby. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"A fat elderly John Bull kneels in profile to the left, clasping his hands above the seat of a chair on which lies a long tobacco pipe. On the floor is a frothing tankard inscribed 'Golden Lion'. On shelves (right) are small spirit-casks, punch-bowls,...
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Pubd. Septr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
"A fat elderly John Bull kneels in profile to the left, clasping his hands above the seat of a chair on which lies a long tobacco pipe. On the floor is a frothing tankard inscribed 'Golden Lion'. On shelves (right) are small spirit-casks, punch-bowls,...
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Pubd. Septr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
A medicine vendor kneeling and praying. Doctor Rock (Richard Rock 1690-1777) was an itinerant medicine vendor who frequented the London areas of St. Pauls and Covent Garden. He was famous for his "anti-venereal, grand, specifick pill". He was satirise...
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R. Ackermann and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Rock, Richard, 1690-1777 and Doctor Botherum.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Selling, Drugs, Medicine, Chests, Ducks, Costume, Candelabra, Draperies, Prayer, Quacks, and Patent medicines
"A young sailor sits on a large sea-chest with folded arms, right leg raised above the chest. He wears short jacket, striped trousers, and buckled shoes, and smokes a short pipe. Behind, rigging and a sail are indicated. He prays to 'Mighty Neptune' f...
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Pubd. Sept. 12, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
