"General Manners walks in profile to the left, with knees flexed, bending forward, his hands clasped behind his back, a cane under his arm. He wears a round hat, small pigtail, and plain, old-fashioned dress."--British Museum online catalogue
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Pubd. Novr. 4th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"General Manners walks in profile to the left, with knees flexed, bending forward, his hands clasped behind his back, a cane under his arm. He wears a round hat, small pigtail, and plain, old-fashioned dress."--British Museum online catalogue
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Pubd. Novr. 4th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"Sinclair, tall and thin, stands full-face, holding up in his right hand a balance (steelyard, or stilliard) inscribed 'Vive le Egalité'. A large British flag at the right end of the beam much outweighs a bunch of objects at the other; three document...
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"Improvement in weights and measures" and Sir John Seeclear discovering the ballance of the British flag
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Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Sinclair, tall and thin, stands full-face, holding up in his right hand a balance (steelyard, or stilliard) inscribed 'Vive le Egalité'. A large British flag at the right end of the beam much outweighs a bunch of objects at the other; three document...
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"Improvement in weights and measures" and Sir John Seeclear discovering the ballance of the British flag
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Pubd. Decr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A lady, ugly and elderly, sits at a piano in profile to the left, playing and singing. Her open music-book shows her 'Song: would you hurt a harm less maid maid I am young and sore afraid afraid'. Beside her in an arm-chair a fat man with short clums...
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"Lullaby!" Soothe him with a lullaby!
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Pubd. July 12th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess' [sic] Street
"A lady, ugly and elderly, sits at a piano in profile to the left, playing and singing. Her open music-book shows her 'Song: would you hurt a harm less maid maid I am young and sore afraid afraid'. Beside her in an arm-chair a fat man with short clums...
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"Lullaby!" Soothe him with a lullaby!
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Pubd. July 12th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess' [sic] Street
"Horne Tooke, not caricatured, sits at an easel on which are juxtaposed two canvases, three-quarter length [Horne Tooke described his portraits as 'not whole lengths, and left for some younger hand hereafter to finish . . .', p. 7.] portraits of Fox (...
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Publishd. December 1s [sic], 1798, by J. Wright, Piccadilly, for [the] Anti Jacobin review
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Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Machiavelli, Bernardo, ca. 1426-1500, and London Corresponding Society.
"Horne Tooke, not caricatured, sits at an easel on which are juxtaposed two canvases, three-quarter length [Horne Tooke described his portraits as 'not whole lengths, and left for some younger hand hereafter to finish . . .', p. 7.] portraits of Fox (...
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Publishd. December 1s [sic], 1798, by J. Wright, Piccadilly, for [the] Anti Jacobin review
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Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Machiavelli, Bernardo, ca. 1426-1500, and London Corresponding Society.
"Horne Tooke, not caricatured, sits at an easel on which are juxtaposed two canvases, three-quarter length [Horne Tooke described his portraits as 'not whole lengths, and left for some younger hand hereafter to finish . . .', p. 7.] portraits of Fox (...
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Publishd. December 1s [sic], 1798, by J. Wright, Piccadilly, for [the] Anti Jacobin review
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Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Machiavelli, Bernardo, ca. 1426-1500, and London Corresponding Society.
"A lady (left) sits at a piano, in back view, playing and singing. Beside her is a man playing the cello. Both sing: "Beviamo tutti tie" [sic]. Two men sit side by side, in profile to the left, one playing the violin, the other the flute. A little gir...
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Evenings entertainment in Sussex
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Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843. and Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
"A lady (left) sits at a piano, in back view, playing and singing. Beside her is a man playing the cello. Both sing: "Beviamo tutti tie" [sic]. Two men sit side by side, in profile to the left, one playing the violin, the other the flute. A little gir...
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Evenings entertainment in Sussex
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Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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Augustus Frederick, Prince, Duke of Sussex, 1773-1843. and Billington, Elizabeth, 1765-1818
A man with a gouty foot sits at a table on which a caraffe and decanter sit with a glass. The figure of the devil sits in an upholsered armchair grinning at the man as he pours a glass of liquid on his head. To their right a skeleton on a three-legge...
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Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
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Death (Personification), Gout, Alcoholic beverages, Devil, Physicians, Pitchers, Sick persons, Skeletons, Stools, and Undertakers
A man with a gouty foot sits at a table on which a caraffe and decanter sit with a glass. The figure of the devil sits in an upholsered armchair grinning at the man as he pours a glass of liquid on his head. To their right a skeleton on a three-legge...
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Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
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Death (Personification), Gout, Alcoholic beverages, Devil, Physicians, Pitchers, Sick persons, Skeletons, Stools, and Undertakers
"Eight scenes arranged in two rows. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind". Two cronies concur in "hunting the bottle". An old military officer pursu...
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Pub. March 8th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
"Two lovers embrace within a small shed inscribed 'Strong Box' supported on a pole; a tailor with huge shears is about to cut the pole, saying, "I'll upset the basket". The open doors of the shed are 'Modesty' and 'Chastity'. Behind is sketched an equ...
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Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
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Great Britain
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Divorce, Adultery, Barbers, Couples, Hugging, Lawyers, and Tailors
"'Truth', fully draped, her name on her belt, hurries forward, holding up an irradiated torch which directs darts of lightning at creatures in the mouth of a cave (left). This is formed by an arch of rocks, from which 'The Lethean Stream' emerges. Jac...
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Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, 169 Piccadilly, for the Anti Jacobin review
"'Truth', fully draped, her name on her belt, hurries forward, holding up an irradiated torch which directs darts of lightning at creatures in the mouth of a cave (left). This is formed by an arch of rocks, from which 'The Lethean Stream' emerges. Jac...
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Pubd. Septr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, 169 Piccadilly, for the Anti Jacobin review
"Twelve figures arranged in two rows, each representing Dundas (not caricatured) in one of his capacities, title and words etched above each. [1] 'A Governor of the Charter House'. He walks (left to right), looking down at a document in his left hand ...
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Published Feby. 5, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Name):
Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811
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Government officials, College administrators, Documents, Academic costumes, Printing presses, Coins, Barrels, Writing materials, Desks, and Military uniforms
"An imaginary scene on the deck of the 'Vanguard'. The sailors are crowded round an improvised table, drinking and huzza-ing. Nelson and his officers sit abovet hem in the stern; a wounded officer is wrapped in a blanket. An officer takes a glass held...
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Pub. Octr. 20, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
"An imaginary scene on the deck of the 'Vanguard'. The sailors are crowded round an improvised table, drinking and huzza-ing. Nelson and his officers sit abovet hem in the stern; a wounded officer is wrapped in a blanket. An officer takes a glass held...
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Pub. Octr. 20, 1798, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Plate [16] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
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"Afred the Great sitting enthroned to right under an awning spread over tree branches, surrounded by knights, gesturing with clemency at Hastings' wife and children as he frees them, while a man in chains kneels in the right foreground, hiding his fac...
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Published by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery, Pall Mall
"Lansdowne (left) in 'profil perdu', stoops forward, encouraging a dog with the head of Jekyll to bark at a bust of Pitt; the word Bow issues from the mouth of Jekyll, who wears a legal wig, bands, and gown. The bust stands on the ground framed in a l...
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Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
"Lansdowne (left) in 'profil perdu', stoops forward, encouraging a dog with the head of Jekyll to bark at a bust of Pitt; the word Bow issues from the mouth of Jekyll, who wears a legal wig, bands, and gown. The bust stands on the ground framed in a l...
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Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
"Troops, crowded in carts, &c, approach Portsmouth, where distant ships are at anchor. In the foreground are country carts drawn by soldiers at a gallop. Other soldiers are in and on a coach, the 'Portsmouth Fly'; a drum and fife are being played on t...
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Instance of unexampled speed used by a body of guards
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Pubd. July 12, 1798 at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
Portrait of Ann Countess Temple; as an older woman; half length face almost in profile to left; wearing frilled fichu and matching cap with a dark scarf around chin
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Published by T. Kirgate
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Chamber, Anna, Countess Temple, 1709-1777, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Plate [184] Plate in: Series of one hundred and ninety-six engravings, (in the line manner) by the
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"Vignette to Bowyer's edition of Hume's 'History of England'; portrait medallions of Selden, Spelman, Cotton and Leland along a tomb, with one of Ashmole leaning at right, before a ruined arch and surrounding buildings, a mountain in the background, a...
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Antiquaries
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Published 25 Feby. 1798, by R. Bowyer, Historic Gallery
Satire on the seditious toast given by the Duke of Norfolk at the birthday dinner in honor of Charles James Fox, January 24, 1798. See British Museum catalogue no. 9168
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Pubd. Feb. 12, 1798, by S.W. Fores, Corner of Sackville St., Piccadilly
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, and William III, King of England, 1650-1702
Page 3. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
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"A man and woman sit facing each other beside the counter, which stretches across the design; he holds a jelly-glass and puts a spoonful to her mouth; she sits with open mouth and folded arms, a closed fan in one hand. A third customer leans on the co...
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Published 4th June 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Bonaparte, burlesqued, stands, swaggering, with legs astride, head in profile to the left. In his right hand is a sabre, dripping blood, inscribed 'Egalité'; he holds out the scabbard (chained to his waist) in his left hand. Under his right foot is ...
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Pubd. Decr. 8th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
"Bonaparte, burlesqued, stands, swaggering, with legs astride, head in profile to the left. In his right hand is a sabre, dripping blood, inscribed 'Egalité'; he holds out the scabbard (chained to his waist) in his left hand. Under his right foot is ...
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Pubd. Decr. 8th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James Street
Full length portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram who began his career in shipping and trading, both in America and England, gaining a wide knowledge of colonial affairs. Later became projector of the Foundling Hospital, shown sitting, directed, fac...
