"View within the amphitheatre, near Westminster Bridge, on Surrey side; a central circular arena around which a man rides standing on the back of two horses, another man in ring directing horses, spectators seated around sides, and on balconies on thr...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1808, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Astley's Amphitheatre.
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Events, Interiors, Amphitheaters, Horses, and Chandeliers
"Heading to printed verses: 'Written and Sung by Mr. Emery, with unbounded Applause, at the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden'. A handsome young man wearing top-boots and striped waistcoat stands as if singing, in a landscape, outside a rustic inn (left). ...
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Nov. 14, 1808 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Heading to (printed) verses: 'Written by Mr. C. Dibdin Jun. composed by Mr. Reeve, and sung by Mr. Smith, with unbounded Applause, at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells'. A young man in academic cap and gown spears on a fork a bony fragment with a h...
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Published 23rd January, 1809 by Laurie and Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Clocks & watches, Fear, Fireplaces, and Landlord & tenant relations
"A young woman droops in a chair outside a dilapidated cottage. On the door is a horse-shoe, reversed. An owl seated on the window-sill gazes at her. The verses relate the death of 'a lorn damsel at the door' who 'All on the cold damp earth reclin'd'....
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 15, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
