"A lady stands in profile to the right, her hands in an enormous globular muff, on which rests the projecting gauze which covers her breast. Her petticoats project at the back in the fashionable manner, but scarcely balance the muff. Her wide-brimmed ...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Feby. 20th 1786 by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond St.
On the right, a hatched-faced woman, in a Duchess of Devonshire hat and costume, sits in front of a harpsichord with a sheet of music entitled "Time has not thinned my flowing hair." On her lap is a book labelled Werter (Goethe's Sorrows of Young Wer...
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Title from item.
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Sepr. 10th, 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, G: Square
Subject (Topic):
Clocks & watches, Floor coverings, Furniture, and Harpsichords
"An advertisement for the theatre around a tree, two women standing either side, at left kneeling and holding out a ribbon inscribed 'As you like it', at front a man seated on the floor holds out a sheet of paper upon which is written 'The Agreeable S...
"An advertisement for the theatre around a tree, two women standing either side, at left kneeling and holding out a ribbon inscribed 'As you like it', at front a man seated on the floor holds out a sheet of paper upon which is written 'The Agreeable S...
"A ship's boat, containing the Prince of Wales and his friends, puts off from shore. In the stern is Sheridan clenching his fist at two bearded Jews (left) who kneel in supplication for payment of their debts. Behind them stands Perdita Robinson, her ...
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Title etched below image.
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Publishd. as the Act directs, Novr. 1ts [sic], 1786, by H. Humphreys, Bond St., & E. Hedges, N. 92 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809
"George III is seated (left) on a rectangular altar bending forward, his posteriors bare and irradiated like a sun. He wears a crown; he bends forward as if to caress three fanged serpents emerging from the altar, inscribed, 'The King of Prerogative'....
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Title etched below image.
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Published by G. Humphrey No.48 Long Acre
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, and Ireland. Parliament. House of Commons
A jolly fat parson,with an egg basket over his right arm and chicken, pigs, and geese bursting from his pockets and the tops of his boot, rides a horse to the right towards a sign that reads "120 Miles to London." On the extreme left a pig walks from...
Alternative Title:
Country parsons return from tithing
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Title etched below image.
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Publish'd & sold by W. Humphrey, No. 3 Lancaster Street
"The stern of one of the hoys from London to Margate, with passengers suffering from the effects of a fresh breeze. The steersman, leaning against the tiller, holds up a mug of frothing beer. The eight passengers are in various stages of distress and ...
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Title engraved below image.
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Printed & publish'd by W. Hinton No. 5 Sweetings Alley Road Exchange
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Hats, Military uniforms, British, Resorts, Sailors, Ships, Peg legs, and Wigs