"Admiral Howe stands in a boat formed of a gold shell and drawn by two dolphins (as in BMSat 8469) towards the coast, where there is a stone with a hand pointing to Torbay. He covers his eyes with a hand to protect them from a shower of guineas which ...
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French hailstorm and Neptune loosing sight of the Brest fleet
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Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
"Design in an irregular oval. A Frenchman (bust) glares to the right, showing his teeth fiercely. He has long unkempt hair, a bristly beard, and wears a bonnet rouge with a tricolour cockade, and an ear-ring; his sleeve is splashed with blood. Above t...
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Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1794, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
"Design in an irregular oval. A woman (bust) glares fiercely to the left, her mouth closed and drawn down. Her cap and fichu are decked with tricolour ribbons, and in her cap is a dagger, point upward and dripping blood. Above the design: 'Des Tetes! ...
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Pubd. Feby. 26th, 1794, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"George III (three-quarter length) stands in profile to the left, nearsightedly examining an oval miniature of Oliver Cromwell by the light of a candle held in his left hand. The half length, looking to the right, in armour, probably derives from the ...
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Pubd. June 18th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
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George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658
"Fox, a ragged sansculotte with bloodstained hands and a dagger dripping blood thrust in his belt, sings "Ca ira!" He capers, right hand on his hip, left hand held up; expression and attitude suggest quasi-intoxication, a blast issues from his posteri...
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Reason & philosophy
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Pubd. March 1st, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"Grenville (left) stands in St. James's Park in profile to the right, firing a gun with a wide barrel at a group of winged money-bags, &c, flying in the upper right corner of the design, rising on smoke issuing from the chimneys of 'Buckingham House'....
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Billy Ranger the Game Keeper in a fine sporting country
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Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1792, by H. Humphrey, N. 18 Old Bond Street
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Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
"A companion print to BMSat 8659. Grenville seated in an ornate armchair peers near-sightedly at a map of 'The Globe' in two hemispheres which he holds up to his face. The eastern hemisphere, at which he is not looking, shows an exaggeratedly large tr...
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Pubd. June 8th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
"A companion print to BMSat 8656. Grenville stands on a hearth-rug, his back to a blazing fire (right), holding up to his face an open book inscribed: 'Fundamental Principles of Government for 1795', at which he looks sideways and near-sightedly. He r...
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Pubd. June 13th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
"Pitt and Dundas, Fox and Sheridan face each other across a long narrow table, smoking long pipes and puffing clouds of smoke in each other's faces. The gallery of the House of Commons is indicated in the background. At the head of the table (left) in...
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Pubd. by H. Humphrey, St. James's St.
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Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844
"A monster, representing Austria, puts to flight a disorderly rabble of French soldiers who fall over each other in their haste. He has enormous legs which are joined to his shoulders, probably to indicate that he is 'nobody' (cf. BMSat 5570); his hea...
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Pubd. May 12th, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
