Leaf 15. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a macaroni standing and throwing dice on a table around which five men wearing pointed hats with eye-shades in front are seated."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act March 9, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Wigs, Gambling, Hats, Furniture, and Chairs
Leaf 15. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a macaroni standing and throwing dice on a table around which five men wearing pointed hats with eye-shades in front are seated."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act March 9, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Wigs, Gambling, Hats, Furniture, and Chairs
A nude couple (Mrs. Fitzherbert and the future George IV) in enormous wigs stands under the "Tree of Life." A sheet of paper covering the man's hips is inscribed "Mr. Rock." In his left hand he holds a ticket to a masquerade at Pantheon, in the right ...
Alternative Title:
Adam and Eve regenerated
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd Novr. 24, 1786 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Adam (Biblical figure), and Eve (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Tree of life, Gambling, Wigs, Hairstyles, Devil, Hell, Dueling, and Horseback riding
Two renowned quacks demonstrate the superiority of each other's experiments and inventions. On the left, Graham, a quack, fashionable doctor and visionary, stands on the glass insulators used in his experiments with electricity and placed on top of a ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 17th 1783 by W. Humphrey No 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Graham, James, 1745-1794. and Katerfelto, Gustavus, fl. 1782-1783.
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, Experiments, Gog and Magog, Quacks, Devil, Medicines, Gambling, and Wigs
"A small table with three legs standing in centre, surrounded by two groups of men involved in the gambling game Thimble Rig; the operator of the game (Edward John Littleton), standing to right, with his hands on two of the three thimbles on the table...
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
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, Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791-1863, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
"A man standing at a small table at centre left, performing the thimble trick (Lord Melbourne), surrounded by a group of men and women (from left, Lord Morpeth, Lord Russell, Thomas Spring Rice, Queen Victoria, Lord Normanby, Ladies of the Household);...
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducotés lithoy
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848, Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess of, 1797-1863, and Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
