"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left s...
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left s...
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
"A scene in the House of Commons. Burke stands on the shoulders of two seated members: his right foot is on the left shoulder of Powys, his left on the right shoulder of Sawbridge. His arms are crossed on his breast, his right arm clutching his left s...
Alternative Title:
Burke on the sublime and beautiful and ***** on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 6th April 1785 by Thos. Cornell, Bruton S[tre]et
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Powys, Thomas, 1737-1809, and Sawbridge, John, 1732?-1795
Volume 2, page 35. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An organ grinder turning angrily to left at the sight of a soldier placing his hand on the arm of a beautiful girl from his troupe playing the mechanical organ at left, his dog at his ankles reflecting his sentiment by growling at another at the sold...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 20th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Street musicians, Organ grinders, Drums (Musical instruments), Soldiers, Monks, and Dogs
A view of a barber's shop with images of customers receiving various stages of services: shaving, hair cuts, care of wigs. Two dogs fight over a wig in the foreground
Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. The centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Volume 2, page 31. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene in a barber's shop during the Westminster Election of 1784. The centre figure is a man seated, full-face, swathed in a sheet, while a boy (left) applies tongs to his hair, which a man (right) is combing. From the pocket of the boy protrudes a...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street, & W. Dickenson [sic], No. 158 Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805., Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816., and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1784, Political elections, Barbers, Barbershops, Dogs, Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, Shaving equipment, and Wigs
Volume 2, page 23. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Three visitors regard with amusement a soldier who acts as barber. A soldier sits (left) outside a tent, his hair lank and undressed, his chin lathered, a cloth round his neck. The barber stands flourishing a razor; he is in full regimentals, wearing...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. June the 25th, 1784, by C. White, Stafford Row, Pimlico
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Military uniforms, Military officers, Soldiers, Tents, Barbering, Shaving equipment, Spades, Axes, Servants, Turbans, Riding habits, Whips, and Rifles
A lawyer wearing spectacles and with a feather pen in his mouth sits at a tall desk in his study while country bumkins solicit him with payment in dead animals and produce -- e.g., rabbits, fowl, and piglets. His clerk (behind him at the desk) smiles ...
Alternative Title:
Avocat de la campagne avec ses clients
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
"A companion print to British Museum Satires No. 6912; a similar group of men in a similar room stand or sit at a rectangular table singing from a large music-book held open on the table. Punch-bowl, wine-bottle, glasses, pipes, a tumbler are on the t...
Alternative Title:
Allegresse
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Singing, Smoking, Pipes (Smoking), Wine, Drinking vessels, and Dogs
