"Inside a cottage, a young mother seated in the centre, suckling a baby; a young girl kneeling in front of her, praying; on left, a bed with a sleeping infant; on right, a cot, and a boy seated on the floor taking off one of his stockings; in backgrou...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Interiors, Domestic life, Families, Infants, Breast feeding, Prayer, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Eldon stands with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, carrying a great stack of petitions under each arm. On his head is a porter's knot made of a pair of green bags (emblem of 'Old Bags', see British Museum Satires No. 12883); on this rests a third pile of...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bags, Head-carrying, and Lifting & carrying
'Artillery bringing up the field pieces (14730). A hussar leads a pretty coquettishly dressed girl, holding a rake, from a hay-field, pointing to a waiting post-chaise. Behind (right) a second soldier carries off a girl in his arms. Cf. British Museum...
Watt, W. H. (William Henry), 1804-1845, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[June 1828]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait; short half-length standing facing front, looking away to left, arms slightly extended, wearing a dark double-breasted coat with a high collar, dark cravat tied in a bow around a wing collar and a monocle on a ribbon around his neck; in an o...
Description:
Title in open letters below image.
Publisher:
Published June 1828 by W.H. Watt and Printed by McQueen
"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powder...
An aspirational dustman in ragged clothes, a monocle hanging from his hat, and smoking a cigar, sits in a chair before the hearth reading a book, "An introduction to the pleasures of ... schince by Barnart Botherum [...] dedicated to the majesty of th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published April 1828 by S. Maunder, 10 Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Garbage collecting, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Interiors, Fireplaces, Smoking, and Reading
A poor family in rags sing on a city streets to earn money. The man, a veteran with a peg leg, plays the violin; his uniform is patched up. The boy wears no shoes and a coat too big for him; he holds out a hat to collect the money. The woman wears a r...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. Smyth & sold by A. Parsey, Burlington Arcade
Subject (Topic):
Ballads, Families, Poor persons, Singing, Violins, Peg legs, Disabled veterans, Military uniforms, and Street vendors
A groggy surgeon-apothecary, awakened by knocking below, shouts down from an open window to an unseen patient requesting a night visit. He wears a nightcap and has a burning candle beside him. Two cats scurry away from the commotion, causing flower po...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Midwives, Obstetrics, Drugstores, Windows, Flowerpots, Cats, and Signs (Notices)
"A lean middle-aged man reclines on a sofa, his face contorted with pain. A handkerchief over his head, and ungartered stockings suggest an interrupted nap. His left toe touches the ground; his right leg is drawn up, the toes bent. The bell-wire is br...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1828, by Gillard & Cornish, 48, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Couches, Cockatoos, Birdcages, Books, and Windows
A stereotyped image of an old maid who wears a cap and sits very upright in a high-back chair as she reads a newspaper, The Morning Herald. She has a large, hooked nose and wears spectacles, her lips pursed with disapproval at what she reads. She ha...
Alternative Title:
Misanthropy
Description:
Title from caption below image ; the second "s" in "Miss" and the second "n" in "Ann" are lightly crossed out, suggesting the word "misanthropy."
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Misanthropy, Single women, Newspapers, Kettles, Parrots, Snuff, Dogs, Cats, and Taxidermy
"Fashionably dressed men and women, in acute discomfort, hasten from right to left. A lady in the foreground (right) taking the arm of a dandy resembles Mrs. Robertson, see British Museum Satires No. 14557. There is a background of bushes and trees. T...
Alternative Title:
Tis necessary to quicken your motions
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Cheltenham (England)
Subject (Topic):
Hydrotherapy, Health resorts, Dandies, British, and Servants
"George IV as the 'Great Babe' lies asleep in his cradle rocked by Lady Conyngham, while Wellington, seated before a pier-glass, places the crown on his own head. The glass reflects the dark emaciated features of British Museum Satires No. 15520. The ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), Cradles, Toys, Military uniforms, British, Daggers & swords, Boots, and Scepters