"A number of men seated round a circular table over the wine manifesting sleepiness or exhaustion in different ways, while an officer in regimentals harangues them on some campaign. He sits over the table, in profile to the right, gesticulating with o...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Boredom, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Sleeping, Storytelling, and Yawning
"A number of men seated round a circular table over the wine manifesting sleepiness or exhaustion in different ways, while an officer in regimentals harangues them on some campaign. He sits over the table, in profile to the right, gesticulating with o...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 25, 1802, by John Harris, No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street
Subject (Topic):
Boredom, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Sleeping, Storytelling, and Yawning
"The King and Queen (left), seated under a canopy decorated with a crown and the royal arms, listen enraptured to a concert; the performers are arranged in a pyramid on the right. Numbers on the figures refer to notes engraved beneath the design. Geor...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd May 10th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1749-1789, Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Jefferyes, Elizabeth, active 1787-1791, Ashbridge, John, -1799, Bates, Joah, 1741-1799, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
"An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket....
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
"An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket....
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Dressed in the garb of a wizard, King George III sits in a chair, arms across his chest holding a long stick in one hand and legs also crossed; his eyes are closed, but he faces the large bust with the head of Pitt, its eyes also closed. The caption b...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Anglo-French War, 1793-1802, Sleeping, and Wizards
"Social satire; two men seated on chairs, one dozes, his legs crossed and his hands tucked into his waistcoat, the other yawns, stretching his legs; below the first is written "Symptoms of Drowsiness", beneath the second "Symptoms of Laziness"."--Brit...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 17th Decr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd May 29th, 1773.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An illustration to Scarron's 'Roman Comique' (1651), Book II, ch. xx. The scene is the room of an inn. Ragotin, almost bald, sits in an upright chair wearing a long sword and jack boots; his legs do not reach the ground. The ram (left), on its hind-l...
Description:
Title etched below image; letter "n" in "interrupted" is etched backwards.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd May 29th, 1773.
Call Number:
Bunbury 773.05.29.03+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An illustration to Scarron's 'Roman Comique' (1651), Book II, ch. xx. The scene is the room of an inn. Ragotin, almost bald, sits in an upright chair wearing a long sword and jack boots; his legs do not reach the ground. The ram (left), on its hind-l...
Description:
Title etched below image; letter "n" in "interrupted" is etched backwards.
An angel with a crown of flowers on her head holds two sleeping babies in her arms as she flies to the left. The sky is drawn with a crescent moon, clouds, stars, two bats, and an owl. Below her, a rural scene with cows sleeping to right and a boy (a ...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Bats, Cattle, Infants, Owls, Rural life, and Sleeping
