"A toilet scene. The Regent stands in profile to the right at his dressing-table, rouging his cheek with a small brush. An attendant, resembling McMahon, laces the stays which in front resemble a waistcoat; he tugs at the lace, standing on a low stool...
Alternative Title:
Regency a la mode
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, and Dionysus (Greek deity),
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"A soldier, apparently on sentry duty on a castle rampart, embraces a pretty young woman, holding his cloak round her. He has whiskers and a moustache and wears a busby with aigrette and bag, indicating an hussar regiment. He wears a sword but his bay...
"A corner of the stage at Drury Lane slants diagonally from left to right, showing part of the orchestra and pit (right) with part of two stage-boxes on the extreme right. The stage manager, Raymond, stands addressing the clamorous audience, while on ...
Alternative Title:
Poet in a pet : with a chip of the block, mounted on Papa's Pegasus
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 21, 1812, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Raymond, James Grant, -1817, Busby, Thomas, 1754-1838, Busby, George Frederick, active 1812, Byron, George Gordon Byron, Baron, 1788-1824., and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Interiors, Theater curtains, Theater audiences, and Donkeys
"An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with ...
"An elderly man in profile to the right sits heavily on a horse which plods slowly with lowered head. He holds the single rein awkwardly; in his right hand is a cudgel. He wears old-fashioned dress with round hat and high-quartered buckled shoes with ...
"A stout lawyer puts his left arm across the shoulders of a lean and distraught client, gripping him with a sinister show of affection, while he scrutinizes his face with the calculating smile of false friendship. He takes a sheaf of 'One' pound notes...
"A stout lawyer puts his left arm across the shoulders of a lean and distraught client, gripping him with a sinister show of affection, while he scrutinizes his face with the calculating smile of false friendship. He takes a sheaf of 'One' pound notes...
"A grossly obese bishop, almost spherical, walks with a lean parson, right to left, and slightly towards the spectator. Both wear hat, gown, and bands. Their features are not dissimilar in type, but one is gross, carbuncled, and surly, the other lean ...
"A grossly obese bishop, almost spherical, walks with a lean parson, right to left, and slightly towards the spectator. Both wear hat, gown, and bands. Their features are not dissimilar in type, but one is gross, carbuncled, and surly, the other lean ...
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"Two sailors, one black, both stripped to the waist, are seated astride a long chest, inscribed 'Arm Chest GR.', to which they are lashed, facing each other with clenched fists. Other sailors look on, amused, or fiercely intent. Behind the white pugil...
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"Two sailors, one black, both stripped to the waist, are seated astride a long chest, inscribed 'Arm Chest GR.', to which they are lashed, facing each other with clenched fists. Other sailors look on, amused, or fiercely intent. Behind the white pugil...
"A portrait of George, 3rd Earl of Pomfret (see British Museum Satires No. 9923), standing in profile to the left, with his left hand in his breeches pocket. He is obese, with powdered hair in a small tail, and a dark whisker. He wears an open double-...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry. 26, 1812, by H. Humphrey, N. 27 St. James's Street
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 11924 by Rowlandson, with the same imprint. Lord Petersham stands full-face, as if on a flight of steps, the right foot advanced below the left, right hand on hip, holding a long cane, his hat in his le...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. January 10th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"The Duke of Cumberland walks in profile to the left, putting his spy-glass to his right eye. He holds hat and cane, wears a high-collared coat with a star, blue with red facings (the Windsor uniform), leather breeches, and spurred top-boots. Behind i...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. January 10th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
A sailor grasps the ears of his horse as he is hurled forward over its neck, just as they reach the edge of a cliff overlooking the ocean. In the distance is a ship at full mast. Behind them on a cliff is a castle (Dover Castle?).
In the center an auctioneer, hammer in hand, stands behind a podium having sold a pack of hounds with the human faces; Sheridan holds the hounds leashes. One dog sleeps on the floor as another urinates on its bone. On the left, a grey horse neighs as...
Description:
Possibly by Williams, based on style.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th 1812 by Wm. Holland No 11 Cockspur Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
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"A family conclave. A pretty young woman sits holding an infant in long clothes with curiously adult features; she turns towards an elderly man beside her (left); her sailor husband, who has risen from his chair, stares warily at his father. The old m...
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"A companion plate to No. 11983. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a black fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only white, and 'Tonkanoo' bowing to each other...
"A design in six compartments arranged in two rows, each with a title. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a negro fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only whit...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Ts. Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Celebrations, Courtship, Dance, Intoxication, Marriage, and Musicians
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1
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Abstract:
"A companion plate to No. 11983. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a black fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only white, and 'Tonkanoo' bowing to each other...
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"A design in six compartments arranged in two rows, each with a title. [1] 'Johnny, Newcome landing in the Wt Indies'. Johnny, wearing top-hat (blown off), breeches, and top-boots, steps through surf towards a sandy shore (right) where a giant crab ad...
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"Three figures on the after-deck: a naval officer pointing with a telescope to the left, looks round at a rough-looking elderly sailor who holds the helm, to say: "Now en't you a pretty fellow for a Pilot? to see Land and not know where we are!" The m...
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"Three figures on the after-deck: a naval officer pointing with a telescope to the left, looks round at a rough-looking elderly sailor who holds the helm, to say: "Now en't you a pretty fellow for a Pilot? to see Land and not know where we are!" The m...
A young man on the extreme right turns and looks back at four older men, two of whom are on crutches and fat, and at the extreme left, two well-dressed but plain ladies
"A woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy stands with folded hands, laughing, close to an elderly parson (right) of Dr. Syntax type who recoils in angry horror. Behind them is a high garden wall, with a notice: 'Man Traps laid in these Grounds'. Behi...
Alternative Title:
Black joke
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. June 4th, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Pregnancy, Laughing, Clergy, Garden walls, Signs (Notices), Servants, and Smiling
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1
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"A grotesquely ugly candidate (right) bows low, top-hat in hand, right hand pointing to his breast, before a sturdy and ragged rat-catcher, who stands facing him, scratching his forehead. The latter holds by a strap a rectangular cage of rats; across ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Political elections, Ratcatchers, Rats, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
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1
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"A grotesquely ugly candidate (right) bows low, top-hat in hand, right hand pointing to his breast, before a sturdy and ragged rat-catcher, who stands facing him, scratching his forehead. The latter holds by a strap a rectangular cage of rats; across ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Political elections, Ratcatchers, Rats, Swine, and Taverns (Inns)
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1
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Abstract:
"Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the sh...
"Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the sh...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Prostitution, Baths, Warm, Courtesans, Public baths, Doors & doorways, and Signs (Notices)
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1
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"Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the sh...
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1
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"Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the sh...
"Two men sit in a dilapidated room, the floor completely covered by water in which three pigs wade, ducks swim and dive, and geese run aggressively towards a dog. Their feet rest on boulders. One stout man in a broken chair sits with his elbows on a s...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Two men sit in a dilapidated room, the floor completely covered by water in which three pigs wade, ducks swim and dive, and geese run aggressively towards a dog. Their feet rest on boulders. One stout man in a broken chair sits with his elbows on a s...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Two men sit in a dilapidated room, the floor completely covered by water in which three pigs wade, ducks swim and dive, and geese run aggressively towards a dog. Their feet rest on boulders. One stout man in a broken chair sits with his elbows on a s...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 12th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"A satire on the rebuilding of Drury Lane Theatre. Whitbread, Chairman of the Committee, bestrides a barrel, the head inscribed 'The Butt M, T' [empty]. He has long ass's ears and points to a table beside him on the extreme right where there is a mode...
Alternative Title:
Punishment of a modern Midas
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England), Whitbread, Samuel, 1764-1815, Moore, Peter, 1753-1828, and Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840
Subject (Topic):
Theaters, Architectural models, Barrels, and Traffic signs & signals
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1
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Abstract:
"A scene in court, with the Chief Justice (Ellenborough) seated between two other judges. In front and below are three counsel and two clients. A barrister stands to examine a witness, a stout man, well dressed but countrified (right): "Well Sir, you ...
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1
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"A scene in court, with the Chief Justice (Ellenborough) seated between two other judges. In front and below are three counsel and two clients. A barrister stands to examine a witness, a stout man, well dressed but countrified (right): "Well Sir, you ...
Napoleon disguised as "Count Vicenza" sits in a sled that is pulled by a horse, running at full speed, with a large devil on its back. Another smaller devil sits at the Count's feet while another large devil leans over the seat of sled. In the distanc...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Battlefields, Demons, and Sleds & sleighs
Print shows a man and a boy chasing a pig in the yard of a country alehouse. In the background, another man pauses to remove his hat and wipe his brow, while a fourth has evidently tripped and lies sprawling on the ground. A dog barks at the commotion...
Print shows a man and a boy chasing a pig in the yard of a country alehouse. In the background, another man pauses to remove his hat and wipe his brow, while a fourth has evidently tripped and lies sprawling on the ground. A dog barks at the commotion...
"Lady Hertford, seated regally on a small sofa, cuts locks from the head of the Regent who reclines against her knees, asleep. The locks already cut are on the ground inscribed respectively 'Sheridan', 'Norfolk', 'Moira', 'Holland', 'Erskine'. She is ...
Alternative Title:
Delilah depriving Sampson of those locks in which consisted his strength
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 1812 by Walker and Knight, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Hertford, Isabella Anne Ingram-Seymour-Conway, Marchioness of, 1760-1834, Hertford, Francis Charles Seymour-Conway, Marquess of, 1777-1842, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823., Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816., Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834., Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815., Holland, Henry Richard Vassall, Baron, 1773-1840., Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826., Samson (Biblical judge), and Delilah (Biblical figure)
"Syntax sits beside a pretty dairymaid in a dairy, while a cat laps from a bowl of cream. They are watched from the doorway by a distressed woman, who unjustly suspects Syntax's intentions."--British Museum catalogue, description of an earlier state
"The doctor, mounted on Grizzle, is beside a four-direction signpost on an open heath with a group of asses in the middle distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later version of the design
Alternative Title:
Doctor Syntax losing his way
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 1 May 1812, at R Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Teachers, Horseback riding, Traffic signs & signals, and Donkeys
The highlander falls back against a table, his one leg held by the 'druid' who sits on a chair made from a barrel as he tends a wound on the Scotsman's calf
A angry old hag sitting in a chair is lowered into a body of water by jeering crowd. A little boy on the right urinates in her direction. A cat in a bowl floating in the water howls in her direction. A calf sits between the large man blowing a trump...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12th, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
On a hilly rural scene a man in a Northumbrian[?] checkered-plaid over shirt and cap, with bare feet and legs, carries a stave on which are tied his shoes and trousers. The man is followed by a similarly barefooted and barelegged boy carrying waterbot...
A scene in a sitting room, a man in a fit of anger kicks over a chair and table set with tea; a pitcher, cups and saucers, tongs and other tableware are in flight or shattered on the floor. The man holds his wig in his left hand as a woman looks on wi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Anger, Couples, Kicking, Interiors, Tables, Fireplaces, and Cats
"Satirical print showing a fat Englishman mocked by a group of Parisians. The Englishman, built along the lines of John Bull, stands at right in his shirtsleeves, clapping his right hand to his forehead in wonder; at left, at least five French people ...
Alternative Title:
French people astonished at our improvement in the breed of fat cattle
"Satirical print showing a fat Englishman mocked by a group of Parisians. The Englishman, built along the lines of John Bull, stands at right in his shirtsleeves, clapping his right hand to his forehead in wonder; at left, at least five French people ...
Alternative Title:
French people astonished at our improvement in the breed of fat cattle
"Four elderly parsons, grossly fat, apparently Fellows of Brasenose College, are seated in stuffed arm-chairs at a small dinner-table. One (right) carves a capon, another ladles soup from a tureen, the others drink. One servant hands wine, another bri...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. by T. Rowlandson, March 20th, 1812, No. 1 James St., Adelphi
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1
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Abstract:
"Five women, fashionably dressed, are grouped by a round table (right). Three play cards, one (right) weeps, reading a book: 'Excessive Sensibility a Novel in 21 Volumes by the Auth[or] of Tears & Sighs / Chap 1st'. A fifth stands with her back to the...
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1
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Abstract:
"Five women, fashionably dressed, are grouped by a round table (right). Three play cards, one (right) weeps, reading a book: 'Excessive Sensibility a Novel in 21 Volumes by the Auth[or] of Tears & Sighs / Chap 1st'. A fifth stands with her back to the...
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1
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"General Frost towers above Napoleon who stands in the snow, his arms folded, while Frost, standing behind him, holds his victim's nose, and flourishes a large razor of 'Russian Steel'. Frost is a grotesque monster, nude to the waist and with the legs...
"A stout man seated by a table (left), one hand resting on a book as if sitting for a portrait. He holds a crutch, one gouty foot is bandaged; his hair is tousled, his face ludicrously contorted buy a frown. Four framed prints of men on horseback or l...
Top design: A group of happy, cheering young men toast each other with wine as they sit around a table, a victory cup and wine caraffes on the table. In the design below "Muck worms" an group of older, sour-looking men over punch and wine, many in sp...
Alternative Title:
Muck worms
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, No 1. James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Eyeglasses, Soldiers, British, and Toasting
Top design: A group of happy, cheering young men toast each other with wine as they sit around a table, a victory cup and wine caraffes on the table. In the design below "Muck worms" an group of older, sour-looking men over punch and wine, many in sp...
Alternative Title:
Muck worms
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, No 1. James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Eyeglasses, Soldiers, British, and Toasting
On a stage a man in a hat extracts a tooth from a patient as a clown taunts him; the audience on three sides of the stage look on with looks of horror or amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Teeth, Extraction, Dentistry, Audiences, Clowns, and Pain
A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternat...
A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternat...
A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternat...
A man with a stern look upon his face and a whip in his hand, rides his horse along a road. A signpost on the leftt show him heading toward York & Carlisle
A man stands facing the viewer, a pipe in his left hand and a paper labelled "London Gazette" sticking out of the pocket of his coat. He gleefully points with his left hand to two bottles set on a drop-leaf table beside him. The room is decorated with...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Alcoholic beverages, Pipes (Smoking), and Staffs (Sticks)
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Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
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Abstract:
"Three burlesqued and bare-legged peasants run (left to right) splashing through a bog. The leader is a man carrying on his pitchfork his (patched) breeches and a pair of 'Brouges' or clumsy shoes. He holds a large jug of 'Butter Milk' and under his a...
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1
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Abstract:
"Three burlesqued and bare-legged peasants run (left to right) splashing through a bog. The leader is a man carrying on his pitchfork his (patched) breeches and a pair of 'Brouges' or clumsy shoes. He holds a large jug of 'Butter Milk' and under his a...
"Satire on the gullibility of Englishmen travelling abroad; an Italian dealer at right showing a framed painting supposedly by Guido Reni representing Mary Magdalene to a young Englishman and his advisor at left; paintings attributed to old masters on...
Alternative Title:
Italian picture dealers humbugging My Lord Anglaise
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 30, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Art dealers, Dandies, Quizzing glasses, and Paintings
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Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Jack Frost, bestriding a bear (left), hurls snowballs at Napoleon, who tries to escape, trudging through snow with skates attached to his spurred and tasselled Hessians. Two strike his back, another has knocked off his plumed bicorne. He holds his no...
Alternative Title:
Jack Frost attacking Boney in Russia
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821 and Alexander I, Emperor of Russia, 1777-1825
Print shows a caricatured Jewish peddlar or pawnbroker purchasing a pair of breeches from a young soldier on street corner. The jewish man holds up the breeches for inspection, grinning at the soldier who holds out his hand for his purchase money
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"A vast and hideous negress (left), almost spherical, is embraced by a lean and elderly military officer with a long pigtail. They are on the ramparts of a heavily fortified castle, indicated by a massive pillar and a raised portcullis beyond which is...
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Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
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Abstract:
"A vast and hideous negress (left), almost spherical, is embraced by a lean and elderly military officer with a long pigtail. They are on the ramparts of a heavily fortified castle, indicated by a massive pillar and a raised portcullis beyond which is...
"Popular print, satire, after print published by Laurie & Whittle in 1794 (British Museum satires no. 8596): five men sit at a small square table on which are glasses and an empty punch-bowl, all have expressions of deep melancholy: one reverses his g...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Crying, Eating & drinking, Tables, Pipes (Smoking), and Sadness
"A tall and elegant officer walks left to right and slightly towards the spectator, his hand on the hilt of his sword. He wears cocked hat, high tasselled Hessian boots; gold aiguillettes hang from his right shoulder below the waist. Donald Macdonald,...
A satire on London hunters: A hare crouching in long grass beside an old tree at left while a young man runs forward dragging his gun, and holding out his hat to throw it over the animal. Two dogs follow behind him and a second man squats down with hi...
A young huntsmen with a barnyard rooster hanging from his waist, negligently uses a ramrod. His pot-bellied companion leans against a fence, voraciously gnawing a cold chicken, a bottle of 'Porter' in front of him. Near him lies a dead cat. The men ar...
