A satire on a working man's interest in reading: On a city street, a laborer with a large load of furniture -- desk, chairs, brooms, etc. -- is distracted with the paper he is reading and hits a gentleman in the face with the leg of the desk
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Ducote & Stephen's lithogy., 70 St. Martins Lane
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1 August 1834]
Call Number:
834.08.01.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four rows of designs with one to four designs in each row, individually titled. The pairs are visual puns, e.g., starting at the top row from the left, "A box at the opera" shows two men fist fighting; "A rain beau" shows a couple walking in the rain,...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from captions below each design, starting in the upper left.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, & sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, M.A. Organ, Ross & Nightingale, and Printed by Dean & Munday, 40 Threadneedle St.
"Two men engaged in a fist-fight in centre: the one to left (Daniel O'Connell) punching the other (Lord Althorp); to left, a man holding up a bottle in his left hand (Richard Lalor Shiel); a man standing to far left watching in excitement (Edward Sout...
Alternative Title:
Fancy sketch : showing a select specimen of the cross-palpable
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, Sheil, Richard Lalor, 1791-1851, Ruthven, Edward Southwell,, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791-1863, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Lefroy, Thomas Langlois, 1776-1869, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Inglis, Robert Harry, Sir, 1786-1855
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Fighting, Bottles, Clocks & watches, Spectators, and Conversation
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
1834.
Call Number:
Maidment G761 no. 12 Box 2
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the top scene, three men (King William IV, Duke of Wellington, and an unidentified figure) in a variety of dress stand arm in arm with a woman (Queen Adelaide) wearing a feather in her hat. They appear to be amused by the commotion next to them in ...
Description:
Titles from text below images.
Publisher:
J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Dance, Singing, Chants, politicians, dances (performing arts compositions), dances (performance events), chants, and dance (performing arts genre)
