A satirical broadside, with two vignettes of the "Weaver". On the left the weaver is at his loom his back to his wife who is seated at the hearth warming her hands over the fire. On the right he is shown in the disguise of a Friar receiving his wife f...
Alternative Title:
Weaver jealous of his wife like many, Still dream't of horns before the Knave had any ...
Description:
Title from engraved text above image.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne, map and printseller at the Globe in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Weavers, Looms, Fireplaces, Confessions, Costumes, and Monks
"A young woman walks mincingly (left to right), her left hand extended, in her right is a large closed fan. Check or tartan ribbons form the crown of her hat and the bows with which it is trimmed. A similar tartan is worn as a pelerine, crossed at the...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. June 21, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Between the Prince of Wales and the Duke of York trips the tiny Duchess of York, holding a hand of each, her arms raised in order to do so. Behind the three stands a colossal man in Highland dress wearing a plaid, sporran (with the Prince of Wales fe...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Frederica Charlotte Ulrica Catherina, Princess, Duchess of York, 1767-1820, and McDonald, Samuel, 1762-1802
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Scottish, Cows, Farms, Giants (Persons), and Swine
"A girl dancing holding in one hand a bow, the other stretched forward. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a trail of vine leaves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, & R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
"A girl dancing holding out in both hands a garland of roses. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a piece of striped drapery which is worn over one shoulder, tied with tassels at the waist and falli...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside as [the] act directs
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 24. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Publisher:
Published by E. Hedges No. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
The Coalition ministers are gathered around the table placed in the mouth of a cave. On the left sits Lord North wearing armor under his cloak, a goblet in his left hand. Opposite him on the right is Charles Fox, dressed as a centurion and sitting on ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
E. Hedges?
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Carlisle, Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1748-1825, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Cavendish, John, Lord, 1732-1796, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Costumes, Drinking vessels, Gambling, and Clothing & dress
A collection of prints and drawings probably assembled in the late 1830s or early 1840s, although the drawings may have been executed earlier. The wash drawings by Agnes Berry are of mostly Italian sites in Genoa, Florence, Naples, Rome, and Nice wit...
Description:
Title assigned by cataloger.
Subject (Geographic):
Italy
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Actresses, Carriages & coaches, and Costumes
On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee...
Alternative Title:
Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "e" inserted with a caret in the word "Dethron'd"
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 24th, 1784, by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
On the left, Charles Fox, dressed as an Oriental prince, lies on the ground having fallen off an elephant who has the face of Lord North; Fox's dice and dice box are scattered on the pavement. In the speech bubble above his head: "Perdition, take thee...
Alternative Title:
Billy's triumph and Carlo Khan dethroned
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs March 24th 1784 by S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
Subject (Topic):
East India Company, Politics and government, Costumes, Indian, and Elephants
The eighth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortun...
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Ballrooms, Costumes, Masquerades, and Parables
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A actor in a costume that includes a large bow at his waist, a cape, and a hat with large plumes demonstrates six positions to convey dramatic emotion, each of the six appear in separate boxes with captions
Alternative Title:
Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Coates, Robert, 1772-1848
Subject (Topic):
Movement (Acting), Study and teaching, and Costumes
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A actor in a costume that includes a large bow at his waist, a cape, and a hat with large plumes demonstrates six positions to convey dramatic emotion, each of the six appear in separate boxes with captions
Alternative Title:
Hamlet's advice to players, suit the action to the word, and the word to the action
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Coates, Robert, 1772-1848
Subject (Topic):
Movement (Acting), Study and teaching, and Costumes
"Satire on John Heidegger and the taste for the masquerades which he promoted. A London street scene in the foreground of which Heidegger sprawls on the ground, his watch and coins falling from his pocket, as he begs mercy of Hercules. Hercules, clad ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748. and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1790?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 1 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A richly dressed man stirkes a very dramatic theatical pose with one arm raised to full extension and his second arm crossed diagonally across his torso. Observers include a nearby onlooker with sword in hand and a full complement of lightly-armored s...
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in ink below image in the artist's hand.
"A woman, elderly, short, and broad, with swarthy Jewish features, stands, her head turned in profile to the right, holding a goose perched on her forefinger. In her right hand is the end of a ribbon attached to its leg. She says: "Say little foolish ...
"Portrait of Anna Friedrike Heinel, in character; whole length, dancing, in costume; wearing layered skirt, bodice with garland, beads and feather in hair, and choker; after Brandoin."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mlle Heinel in the character of a sultana and Mademoiselle Heinel in the character of a sultana
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, as the act directs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very ...
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[2 July 1772]
Call Number:
Bunbury 772.07.02.04.1 Impression 1
Collection Title:
Page 81. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two persons walking away from the spectator down a rectangular piece of grass, bounded by shrubs, and also on the left by a symmetrical line of trees. Under the shrubs on the right is a garden seat. The nearer figure wears a hood and cloak over very ...
Alternative Title:
Jack on a cruise. A missey in [the] offing
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs 2d July 1772 by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Kensington Gardens (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Shrubs, Trees, Sailors, British, Costumes, and Dogs
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13989 by the same artist, and with the same imprint. A Chinese interior resembling that of British Museum Satires No. 13986. George IV as a mandarin, languid and ill, sits cross-legged on a low settee. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Chinese, Interiors, Furniture, Draperies, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Documents, Smoke, Messengers, Vases, Figurines, and Dragons
"A companion plate to British Museum Satires No. 13989 by the same artist, and with the same imprint. A Chinese interior resembling that of British Museum Satires No. 13986. George IV as a mandarin, languid and ill, sits cross-legged on a low settee. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
Subject (Topic):
Costumes, Chinese, Interiors, Furniture, Draperies, Medical equipment & supplies, Physicians, Documents, Smoke, Messengers, Vases, Figurines, and Dragons
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
Two politicians out of office sit shivering in a garret with very downcast expressions. The man on the left writes on a paper entitled 'Abusing Administration', with other similar papers scattered at his feet and those of his partner. Their landlady p...
Alternative Title:
Hors d'emploi
Description:
Title from caption below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Chamber pots, Costumes, Prices, Interiors, Furniture, and Emblems
Two politicians out of office sit shivering in a garret with very downcast expressions. The man on the left writes on a paper entitled 'Abusing Administration', with other similar papers scattered at his feet and those of his partner. Their landlady p...
Alternative Title:
Hors d'emploi
Description:
Title from caption below image, in English and French.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Chamber pots, Costumes, Prices, Interiors, Furniture, and Emblems
"Interior of the Pantheon on Oxford Street, during a masquerade; the hall crowded with figures in costume dancing and making merry; a band plays on the stage; other figures on balconies to left and right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st March 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Sheridan, fat and grotesque, dressed as Pizarro, strides to the front of the royal box, followed by the King and Queen in Court dress. He holds out a guttering candle in each hand and shouts towards the stage: "Stand by there, move that Stone out of ...
Alternative Title:
Pizarro a new play, or, The Drury-Lane masquerade and Drury-Lane masquerade
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "N" in "New" is etched backwards.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 11th, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Theatre Royal, Drury Lane (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Jacobins, Theaters, Interiors, Costumes, Stages (Platforms), Candles, Jewelry, and Military uniforms
"Three men on the deck of a small sailing-vessel. Boswell, his knees flexed, stands in profile to the left holding the end of a rope and looking at Col, in Highland dress, who holds up his finger admonishingly. His Scots cap flies from his head, his c...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Inkstands, Dancing, Scottish, Costumes, Sailing ships, and Sailors
"Three men on the deck of a small sailing-vessel. Boswell, his knees flexed, stands in profile to the left holding the end of a rope and looking at Col, in Highland dress, who holds up his finger admonishingly. His Scots cap flies from his head, his c...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Inkstands, Dancing, Scottish, Costumes, Sailing ships, and Sailors
"A cobbler flourishes a strap, while a little woman in Turkish trousers and jewelled turban runs away behind him. On the left is his shed and a bench with tools. Behind is a large quasi-oriental building, with minaret and dome. The verses relate how t...
Alternative Title:
Cobbler's wife
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 12, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Boswell and two men in Highland dress dance a Highland fling on the summit of a low mountain, with the sea and a low spur of land on the horizon. Boswell, full-face, capers; his wig and pendant ink-pot with the pen in it, stream in the wind. He flour...
Alternative Title:
Dance on Duncan
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland. and Scottish.
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell and two men in Highland dress dance a Highland fling on the summit of a low mountain, with the sea and a low spur of land on the horizon. Boswell, full-face, capers; his wig and pendant ink-pot with the pen in it, stream in the wind. He flour...
Alternative Title:
Dance on Duncan
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland. and Scottish.
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell and two men in Highland dress dance a Highland fling on the summit of a low mountain, with the sea and a low spur of land on the horizon. Boswell, full-face, capers; his wig and pendant ink-pot with the pen in it, stream in the wind. He flour...
Alternative Title:
Dance on Duncan
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland. and Scottish.
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Leaf 74. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature portrait, whole length, of a man in profile walking to the right, grotesquely dressed, probably for a masquerade. In his right hand he holds a rod to each end of which is slung a fox's tail. A large fox's tail hangs from the back of his ne...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. accor. to act by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Costumes, Masquerades, and Feathers
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress c...
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress c...
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
"The King, in Chinese costume and seated on a cushion, among the chinoiseries of the Pavilion (cf. British Museum Satires No. 12749), throws up his arms in terror at the entry (right) of the Queen, closely followed by Alderman Wood. Her demure dress c...
Alternative Title:
More free than welcome
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 17th, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 50 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and Quentin, Georgina
"A scene from Act V of Murphy's play as performed at the private theatre of the Duke of Richmond at Richmond House, on 20 April 1787 and subsequently. Lovemore (Lord Derby) stands between Mrs. Lovemore (Mrs. Damer), who holds his right arm, and the Wi...
Alternative Title:
Veluti in speculum
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd Aprl. 23, 1787 by H. Humphries, Bond Strt
Subject (Name):
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Richmond, Mary, Duchess of, 1740-1796, Damer, Anne Seymour, 1748 or 1749-1828, Valletort, Viscount 1764-1839 (Richard Edgcumbe),, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, and Derby, Elizabeth Farren Stanley, Countess of, 1759 or 62-1829
"Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the lef...
Alternative Title:
Bad taste of the town
Description:
Titles, state, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Senesino, -1759?,, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
