"An elderly man in old-fashioned dress stands at his desk, his right hand on an open ledger, looking down with a calculating grimace. He wears a night-cap and slippers; a pen is behind his ear. His high stool is behind him. In the background another e...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
From the pulpit a minister wearing eyeglasses (right) reads to his small, mostly asleep congregation a sermon from a pile of papers resting on a pillow: "He brews, ten and twelve!!" A sleepy-looking man with a bulbous nose and carbuncels (foreground, ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Preaching, Religious services, and Sleeping
From the pulpit a minister wearing eyeglasses (right) reads to his small, mostly asleep congregation a sermon from a pile of papers resting on a pillow: "He brews, ten and twelve!!" A sleepy-looking man with a bulbous nose and carbuncels (foreground, ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses, Preaching, Religious services, and Sleeping
"A handsome young woman, in full dress with feathers in her hair, kneels on one knee, left foot thrust forward, arms extended, apostrophizing an ornate arm-chair on a dais (right). She appeals to Thalia and Melpomene for aid in her profession, asking ...
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Title from letterpress text printed below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd. 10th Augst., 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"A man in old-fashioned dress kneels in profile to the right at a high-backed elbow-chair, clutching a bundle of 'Bank Notes'. He addresses the 'Adorable and ancient Lady of Thread-needle Street', asking for wealth, for success to the conductors of th...
Description:
Title from letterpress text printed on same sheet as plate.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 1st, 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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Title printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
