"An elderly man, bent to deformity, thin and shambling, in profile to the left, follows two flamboyant prostitutes who walk arm-in-arm, looking behind them. He supports himself on a walking-stick; from his pocket protrudes a book: 'Modest Prints'. The...
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Example for fathers
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Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Fox runs hurriedly from the House of Commons through an arched doorway; he excretes as he runs, saying, "I never said he had a right to the Regency I didn't indeed! indeed I didn't!" In a porter's chair (right) sits an elderly man (Cornwall, the Spea...
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Opposition flux'd and Opposition fluxed
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Pubd. Decr. 12th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Cornwall, Charles Wolfran, 1735-1789, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797
Seven small images on sheet; each individually captioned: Carving of Cowper cultivating letters in his garden at Olney, he is tending his favourite the T behind is the U tree contributed by a lunatic asylum; Art manufactures sent in as pictures & reje...
"George Hanger rides in profile to the left on a pony with a heavy body and short legs; his right foot thrust forward, the end of his bludgeon resting on the right toe. He wears a round hat tilted over the right eye, a striped neck-cloth, and prominen...
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Pubd. Novr. 23rd 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
"Pitt, very thin and elongated, poises on one toe on a tight-rope; he holds a long balancing-pole in both hands, on one end (left) sits the Sultan, on the other (right) Catherine II. The Turk, whose end of the pole is slightly the lower, clutches it d...
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Posterity of the immortal Chatham turned posture master
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Publishd. April 21st, 1791, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond St.
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Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Selim III, Sultan of the Turks, 1761-1808, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A scaffold extends across the foreground: Fox raises an axe to strike the neck of George III, whose head is held by Sheridan. The scaffold is surrounded by a dense and cheering mob. On the right is the gate of the 'Crown & Anchor' tavern, and from tw...
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Pubd. July 19th, 1791, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
"A view of the Crystal Palace, crowds of people cheering and waving their hats, guards lining the road and cavalry riding to the right, Queen Victoria, Prince Albert and their children walking towards the entrance guarded by beefeaters, trees to the l...
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Industrial Exhibition of All Nations
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Title from text within banner in top portion of image.
