"A scene outside the orchestra at Vauxhall. A stout woman puts a handkerchief round her husband's neck to protect him from the night air. Her daughter holds her fan to her face and looks towards a beau in the middle distance who inspects her through his glass. A waiter walks off (right) with glasses and a bottle. There are other figures. The background shows the orchestra (left), with two musicians, and the organ; on the right are trees, and the 'covered walk'; two men sit at a table with a bowl of punch."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Vauxhall Gardens -- Pleasure gardens: London -- Orchestra -- Booths -- Female costume: England, 1784 -- Male costume: England, 1784 -- Walking staves -- Fans., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 17.7 x 22.6 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm.
"Satire on corrupt lawyers; a devil with a pronged fork beckons to a lawyer in night-cap and gown, who leaps startled from his bed, upsetting a chamber-pot on the floor; a picture with the figure of justice hangs on the wall, her scales inclined to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885.
Inside a coffee house, an ensign, his broken sword lying on the ground, is held against the wall by a man with a hot poker. Another ensign, attempting to stub the man with the poker in the back, is held back by another customer and a waiter. The scene is watched by a few alarmed customers, a parson reading a paper, and an upset young woman behind the bar
Description:
Title etched below image., From "A preservative against duelling" in The Wit's Magazine, 1784, p. 81., and 1 print : etching and engraving with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 19.6 x 23.9 cm, on sheet 22 x 25 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
England, London, and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Coffeehouses, Social life and customs, Interiors, Soldiers, Confrontations, Daggers & swords, Time clocks, Fireplaces, Maps, Chandeliers, Clergy, and Clothing & dress
"A lady wearing a feathered hat falls to the ground from the back of a dog on which she has tried to ride. A maidservant with a broom, and a servant-lad look grinning round the door (left). The carpet, wallpaper, an ornate chair, &c, show that the room is well furnished."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Artist identified as Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue.
"The interior of the temple, Mirth seated on a raised seat holding a book; she wears classical draperies and her hair is wreathed with vine leaves. On each side of her is a row of worshippers: on the left men hold their sides with laughter, one lies on the floor; on the right men and women jest together coyly, a lady looks at a man from behind her fan. Behind Mirth are two pictures, one (left) of Don Quixote with Sancho Panza and Rozinante, the other (right) Falstaff standing with shield and sword. On each of the two side walls are three busts in niches; on the right are 'Vol[taire]' and 'Stern[e]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"A sow takes in its teeth the coat-tails of a fat parson who lies face downward on the stones of the sty. From his pocket projects a 'Tything Table'. Three small pigs scamper about the sty. A yokel in a smock-frock enters with a raised club to release the parson. Another with a pitchfork leans over the low paling with a grin; a small boy much amused looks over; a woman with a child in her arms watches with amusement."--British Museum online catalogue
