A scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a b...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann
Subject (Geographic):
Scarborough (England) and Great Britain,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Interiors, Libraries, Books, Bookcases, Window displays, Light fixtures, Dogs, and Stores & shops
"A dandy, with moustache, whisker, and beard, steps gingerly from an archway, one of three lit by hanging lamps, leading from the portico of the King's Theatre, Haymarket, to the street. Water from a spout descends on his top-hat, whence it gushes for...
Alternative Title:
Last man
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. June 1827 by T. Gillard, 40 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Covered walks, Arches, and Light fixtures
A satire on gin drinking: In a cellar distillery with a large cask a group of male figures with the heads of monkeys and women with heads of cats are drinking heavily with some vomiting
Alternative Title:
Gin-retailers (if there's any) who can by a licence get a penny ...
Description:
Title from description in the British Museum catalogue for the original version of the print.
A satire on gin drinking: In a cellar distillery with a large cask a group of male figures with the heads of monkeys and women with heads of cats are drinking heavily with some vomiting
Alternative Title:
Gin-retailers (if there's any) who can by a licence get a penny ...
Description:
Title from description in the British Museum catalogue for the original version of the print.
"Interior of a gothic vault, with a tomb on the left lit by a hanging lamp and decorated with a reclining man in tudor dress holding a baton; to right are a couple leaning against a pillar, and a man holding a torch gesturing towards the tomb ..."--Br...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16, 1799, at R. Ackermanns, 101 Strand ...
