"A tall, stout fish-wife has seized a fashionably dressed man round the waist and lifted him up; his hat and tasselled cane have fallen to the ground. She is neatly dressed, with a flat hat tied over her cap, a checked apron, clocked stockings, and bu...
Alternative Title:
Cornish hugg
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 5th 1781 by Wm. Wells no. 132 (opposite Salisbury Court,) Fleet Street, London
A young woman wraps her arms around an older gentlemen who appears to resist her flirtatious gesture. A young man mischeviously peeks at the embrace from behind a large tree
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bott...
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th Augt. 1785 by T. Smith, No. 6 Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Military officers, Flutes, Hugging, and Kissing
"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...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Adultery, Barbers, Couples, Hugging, Lawyers, and Tailors
"The King steps forward to embrace the Prince of Wales, who throws himself into his father's arms, saying, "against Heaven - and before thee, and am no more worthy------" (the words fade out). George III wears court dress, the Prince's dress is tatter...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 18, 1804, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Augusta Sophia, Princess, daughter of George III, King of Great Britain, 1768-1840, Elizabeth, Princess of England, 1770-1840, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, and Dartmouth, George Legge, Baron, 1755-1810
"An elegant young woman in a décolletée dress with bare arms, and a fat elderly monk (right) embrace. Their profiles are concealed behind the pillar supporting the double arch through which the confessional is seen."--British Museum online catalogue...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Monks, Hugging, Confessionals, Columns, and Arches
"Gloomy and agitated Ministers stand round Eldon who sits glumly on a sack (the Green Bag as in British Museum Satires No. 13954), from which issues a puff of smoke. Wellington and Liverpool are conspicuous, with Sidmouth (with his clyster-pipe) and C...
Alternative Title:
Y, for the youths of the archer's delight, dumb with astonishment - pale with affright! ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, and Canning, George, 1770-1827
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Lawyers, Depression (Mental state), Bags, Smoke, Medical equipment & supplies, Bishops, Beaches, Hugging, and Yachts
