Title from signboard in image., Artist from original drawings in the British Museum., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Design consists of six horizontal rows of small figures, five of the rows having titles etched within them: [The arts and manufactures of] Switzerland; The arts and manufactures of Italy; The arts and manufactures of Germany; The arts and manufactures of China; The arts and manufactures of Scotland., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of image or text on right and left sides.
"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 prominent shirt-frill. Behind is the corner of (lower) 'Grosvenor Street', showing the door and a window of the famous coffee-house, 'The Mount', the name inscribed over the door."--British Museum catalogue
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '426' in upper right corner., Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates." Cf. No. 8889 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7., and Printed on verso of: Gillray, James. A corner near the Bank, or, an example for fathers. Pubd. Sept. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street.
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Pubd. Novr. 23rd 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
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 & rejected accordingly ...
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Title from text above design., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Eighth numbered plate in a series of at least 8 etched plates.
Title from text above design., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Text below title: The foreign lodgers., Six small individually captioned designs on sheet: Police constable Nubbles Z 999 is obliged to put an end to a puglistic encounter between the Emeror of R--a and and enthusisatic adherent of M. Kossuth ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from text above design., Date of publication based on dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Five small individually captioned designs on sheet: Affecting recognition; Big life guardsman surveying Prussian and Austrian with mingled astonishment and contempt ..., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Artist's signature appears within design., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Two individually captioned designs on sheet showing Native Americans in London. On the left, an Native American man and woman attempt to ride bus, much to the horror of the passengers. On the right, a Native American man steadies himself by holding onto a lamppost outside the Coal Hole Tavern as two boys point and laugh at him; a policeman looks on.
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Title from captions below images., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from captions below images., Date of publication based on running dates of the Great Exhibition: 1 May to 15 October, 1851., Two individually captioned designs on sheet., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Wise saw and sword fish from Sheffield and Sandwich box
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Title from text below first design, upper left., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Nine small images on sheet, each individually captioned., Numbered '3' in upper right; in a series of at least 8 etched plates., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.