"After the title: 'fully accow [crossed out and replaced with a 'u'] --tred the Hero lay.' Above the design: 'Review--PI 2.' Wellington, sword in hand, falls from his horse, his white trousers crashing into a patch of cow-dung. He wears (in place of h...
Alternative Title:
Oh what a falling off was there
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. May 29, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Hides & skins, Horses, Military officers, British, and Military uniforms
"Wellington's head, in profile to the right, projects from a huge spurred boot, showing the upper part of his embroidered collar. He wears an enormous field-marshal's cocked hat. He has a satisfied smile, the eyes turned towards the spectator. On each...
A fashionably dressed young woman (left) stands before a very large bear (left) dressed in a military uniform, wig, and tricorne hat. She strokes his chin with her left hand as she gently clasps the tip end of the spear that the bear holds in his left...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. as the Act directs Jany. 10, 1782 by T. James, No. 14 Castle Strt. Oxford Market
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Bears, Clothing & dress, Couples, Military uniforms, British, and Wigs
"A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
"A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
"A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 9th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
"A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 9th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
"Admiral Sir George Young, in naval uniform, stands in profile to the left, slim and erect, heels together, hand on the hilt of his sword. He wears a cocked hat and high boots. His expression is firm, alert, benevolent."--British Museum catalogue
Depiction of George IV in a rage against family members (Frederick and William) who are unwilling to lend their support for his divorce from Caroline; he kicks a man (Bloomfield?) while pursuing his brothers, who are in uniform and seen fleeing on the...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by H. Fores, Panton St., Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Bloomfield, Benjamin Bloomfield, Baron, 1768-1846, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Adultery, Anger, Kicking, Brothers, Pineapples, Military uniforms, and British
"A wild affray round a circular gaming-table seen at close range, only the heads and shoulders of those on the nearer side of the table being visible. An angry military officer wearing a cocked hat, with an empty wallet on the table before him, leans ...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1790 by Wm. Holland, Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Fighting, Gambling, Handguns, Men, French, Military uniforms, and British
William Petty, Lord Shelburne, braces himself against the door to the Treasury in order to resist the pull of the rope tied around his waist. He is helped by John Dunning dressed in legal wig and cloak. The four men attempting to remove Shelburne from...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 9th, 1783 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805., Dunning, John, Baron Ashburton, 1731-1783., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786., Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of, 1735-1806., and Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Ropes, Tug of war, Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, and Politics and government, 1760-1789
"A sailor walking (right to left) arm in arm with a young woman, her right arm in his left. He wears striped trousers, and carries a cane. She wears a ribbon-trimmed hat, short petticoat with an over-dress draped above it at the back, and an apron. Be...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sailors, British, Military uniforms, and Clothing & dress
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 April 1777]
Call Number:
777.04.10.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Seven members of the City Militia march out of step towards the right, 2 birds flying overhead. A short fat drummer begins the procession, followed by an officer with sword in left hand, 2 pairs of soldiers carrying bayoneted muskets, and in the rear,...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 10, 1777 by MDarly ...
Subject (Geographic):
England., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Militia, Militias, Military uniforms, British, Drums, and Musketeers
"A soldier and a woman in deshabille swapping clothes; the woman standing hands on hips on the left wearing the sword and tricorn; the man sitting demurely on the right holding a fan and wearing a bonnet; tea-tray and four poster bed behind, a dog jum...
Alternative Title:
Transmutation of sexes
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Cross dressing, Soldiers, Military uniforms, British, Boudoirs, Tableware, Furniture, Pets, and Clothing & dress
Leaf 92. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of a stout man in military dress in profile to the right. He appears to be marching, his right leg raised, his body thrown stiffly back. In his left hand he flourishes a sabre. His hair is in a long thin stiffened queue and he wears high boo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Decr. 24th, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Hairstyles, Daggers & swords, Boots, and Marching
Leaf 92. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of a stout man in military dress in profile to the right. He appears to be marching, his right leg raised, his body thrown stiffly back. In his left hand he flourishes a sabre. His hair is in a long thin stiffened queue and he wears high boo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Decr. 24th, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Hairstyles, Daggers & swords, Boots, and Marching
"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
"A farmyard scene, with a corner of the house on the left. A grossly fat and carbuncled parson on a quest for tithes encounters the farmer's wife, who runs towards him proffering an open bandbox, with a dangling lid inscribed 10th. A miniature hussar,...
Alternative Title:
Dandyfied coxcomb in a bandbox and Dandified coxcomb in a bandbox
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 10th April 1824 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Clergy, England, Obesity, Boxes, Farms, Donkeys, Roosters, and Pitchforks
Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 October 1778]
Call Number:
778.10.28.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A crowd of visitors on the right are shown approaching the military camps at Coxheath indicated on the left with tents and cannon. The crowd, preceded by a barking dog, is chiefly comprised of women, led by a prostitute in pseudo-military garb who is ...
Alternative Title:
Trip to Coxheath
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. Oct. 28 1778 by W. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Crowds, Military uniforms, British, Military training, Courtesans, Wheelbarrows, Dogs, and Clothing & dress
"A fight between Lyndhurst and Peel with Ellenborough and Wellington as bottle-holders. Lyndhurst (left), in Chancellor's wig and gown, staggers back, arms flung out, at a punch on the nose from Peel who lunges forward, ruthlessly pugnacious. Ellenbor...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Field, 65 Regents Quadrant
Subject (Name):
Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Ellenborough, Edward Law, Baron, 1750-1818, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Daggers & swords, Dandies, British, Judges, Military uniforms, and Wigs
"A raree-show man (right) is exhibiting his peep-show, in a box inscribed "A Vieu of Plymouth", to Lord Amherst, in profile to the right, who stoops down, his hands on his knees, to look through one of the two round holes. The showman says, "There you...
Alternative Title:
Vieu of Plymouth and View of Plymouth
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by M. Darly (39) Strand
Subject (Name):
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 and Great Britain. Board of Ordnance.
"The Duke of Somerset in military uniform rides in profile to the left. He wears a double-peaked cocked hat with plume. In the background is a camp with tiny soldiers being drilled."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):
Somerset, Edward Adolphus Seymour, Duke of, 1775-1855
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Military camps, and Horses
"A caricature portrait of the Marquis of Buckingham (George Grenville Nugent Temple) walking in profile to the left. He wears military uniform with cocked hat and spurred Hessians, and is enormously obese, his sword-belt grotesquely clasped across his...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Dighton, Spring Gardens
Subject (Name):
Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos, Duke of, 1776-1839 and Buckingham, George Nugent Temple Grenville, Marquess of, 1753-1813,
A version of British Museum satire no. 4765, in reverse. A narrow design with les sky and slightly less ground. Half of the dog on the left is cut off in the design. Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open sp...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
Two soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. The civilian gentleman have walking sticks tucked under their arms, and one carries a quizzing glass. The short, stout lady wears a large hooded cloak and carries a...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1779, by Watson & Dickinson, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is bein...
Description:
Title from captions below images.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is bein...
Description:
Title from captions below images.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
"In the centre of the design is an open grave from which a hand raises a wand topped by miniature antlers. It divides Lady Graves (left), youthful and handsome, from Cumberland, in the uniform of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues). They advance towards ea...
Alternative Title:
Alas there is no happiness on this side the grave!!! : - Then come my love to this and Resurrectionist
Description:
Title etched below image; alternative title etched above image: The resurrectionist.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1st, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Graves, Mary Paget, Lady, 1783-1835 and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) and the Prince of Wales (right), their arms round each other's shoulders, leap over a broom-stick (see BMSat 6929), inscribed 'Pro Salute Animæ', held out by Weltje who kneels (right) in profile. With his right arm he pushes th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1786, by I. Mills, Strand
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834
A lady, wearing over her dress a military coat with epaulets, stands plying her whip as she drives the two small white ponies who pull her carriage past the Cox Heath signpost. Her clothes mirror those of the fat and elderly militia officer who sleeps...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Military officers, Sleeping, Clothing & dress, Carriages & coaches, Covered wagons, Horses, and Hats
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
Description:
Title etched above imprint and below text.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
Shown full-length, a short man in ill-fitting uniform stands before a cannon. He leans on one sword and has another very large one swung behind his back
Description:
Title etched above imprint at the end of five lines of text.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Cannons, Dwarfs, Military uniforms, British, and Swords
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793., and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subject (Topic):
Firearms, Gallows, Lawyers, Military uniforms, British, and Shackles
Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a gr...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, and Drums
Outside a country tavern, a recruiting officer with a sword in his right hand holds up a purse in his left, facing right before 4 grotesquely drawn long-haired yokels who grin foolishly at the prospect. Behind the officer stands a drummer wearing a gr...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Recruiting & enlistment, Military uniforms, British, Hats, Drums, and Taverns (Inns)
An engraving showing a very tall military officer (full-length) walking towards the right, a cane under his right arm. By his sife is a very short, fat lady. Both are dressed in the fashion of the day
Alternative Title:
Captain Conquest and his baggage wagon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Robt. Sayer & J. Smith?
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Obesity, and Staffs (Sticks)
An engraving showing a very tall military officer (full-length) walking towards the right, a cane under his right arm. By his sife is a very short, fat lady. Both are dressed in the fashion of the day
Alternative Title:
Captain Conquest and his baggage waggon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Obesity, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, s...
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
"A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, s...
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
