"A number of ladies (eleven in all) sit at a table at the head of which is their president or chairman. They are balloting for the admission of a member, according to the 'Authentic Rules of the Female Coterie' printed in the 'Gentleman's Magazine', 1...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Clubs, Tables, Coffeepots, Coffee cups, Writing materials, and Books
"Burdett in armour stands with legs astride, sword raised, left fist clenched, making an onslaught on a book which is on the ground, its pages slashed and tattered. On these are fragments of inscriptions: 'Red Book for the . . .'; 'Treasury'; 'Pension...
Alternative Title:
John Bull turned Sancho Panza
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1807 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616., Quixote, Don (Fictitious character), and Panza, Sancho (Fictitious character)
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Armor, Daggers & swords, Books, Draperies, Helmets, and Feathers
Leaf 19. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a youth is being examined by a Cambridge don while his father looks on and an old servant and student laugh."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the design
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 10th, 1772, accor. to act
Leaf 19. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: a youth is being examined by a Cambridge don while his father looks on and an old servant and student laugh."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the design
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by MDarly, Strand, June 10th, 1772, accor. to act
Leaf 78. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satirical portrait of an elegant young man, whole length in profile facing left, reading through a glass at a book on which is printed the alphabet. Probably a representation of Henry Howard, 12th Earl of Suffolk
Alternative Title:
Illiterate macaroni of twenty-one learning his A.B.C.
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Suffolk and Berkshire, Henry Howard, Earl of, 1739-1779
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hand lenses, Books, and Wigs
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
An image derived from Henry Fuseli painting titled "The Nightmare" from 1781. The incubus has been replaced with a caricature of Napoleon. This image shows a woman asleep on a bed, a little man sitting on her chest pulling back her see-through covers,...
Alternative Title:
Nightmare
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fuseli, Henry, 1741-1825. and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Sleeping, Nightmares, Chamber pots, and Books
"Brougham, in wig and gown, stands in Old Square, Lincolns Inn, the roof of the Hall, which forms a background, being so inscribed; houses are on the right. He carries on his head, which is in profile to the right, a tray, inscribed London College; th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 1825. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, St. Albans, Harriot Mellon, Duchess of, 1777?-1837, St. Albans, William Beauclerk, Duke of, 1801-1849, Lincoln's Inn (London, England), and University College, London.
Subject (Topic):
Plazas, Head-carrying, Building models, Toys, Puppets, Books, Bags, and Ceremonial maces
