A foppishly dressed young man, intended to represent a starving Frenchman, is begging for a "letel bite" from a boy in a butcher's apron. The boy is holding a large bone in his hands and has a slab of beef ribs sticking out of his pocket
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Publishd. Decr. 1st, 1780, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
National characteristics, French, Starvation, Butchers, Dandies, French, Meat, and Clothing & dress
"The head of a lady in profile to the right, yawning violently. A mob-cap perched on her hair has long lappets which fall on her shoulders."--British Museum online catalogue
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Pub. 22 May 1788 by H. Humprey [sic], N. 51 New Bond St.
"Soldiers march impassively in double file through a crowded street, and over the prostrate bodies of those whom they have overthrown. Military arrogance and foppishness are personified by the officer, much caricatured, with a grotesquely elongated wa...
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Pubd. Augt. 22d, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Military uniforms, Military officers, Marching, Food vendors, Porters, Rifles, Barbers, Newspaper carriers, and Storefronts
"Soldiers march impassively in double file through a crowded street, and over the prostrate bodies of those whom they have overthrown. Military arrogance and foppishness are personified by the officer, much caricatured, with a grotesquely elongated wa...
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Pubd. Augt. 22d, 1787, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, British, Military uniforms, Military officers, Marching, Food vendors, Porters, Rifles, Barbers, Newspaper carriers, and Storefronts
"Three men, each holding up an umbrella, meet and seem to find difficulty in passing. An officer, his hair in a long pigtail queue, walks (left to right), his umbrella held in his right hand and resting on his left shoulder. A lean man, holding his um...
An obese old lady is shown seated at a card table, wearing a flowered dress, her hair piled high and topped by a cap from which a spider dangles behind her
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Pubd. Nov. 26th, 1782, by H. Humphrey, No. 51 New Bond Street
"Bust portrait of a good-looking lady, directed to the left. In the gauze projection which covers her bust are four small dogs. Her hair is not extravagantly dressed, and is decorated with three ostrich feathers, which suggest that she may be intended...
Alternative Title:
Fashionable bosom
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Publishd. the 2d fo [sic] Aprl. 1786 by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre, London
"On the right is a bedroom, a man and woman embracing on a bed with a high tester draped with curtains. A man leaves the room by a door on the extreme right. On the left is a staircase, descending from left to right and ending in a door leading to the...
Alternative Title:
Peep into Lady Worsley's seraglio
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Pubd. April 29th, 1782, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
"Four men, their feet cut off by the lower margin, play whist at a rectangular table; each has one card in his hand and is about to play the last trick, the tricks piled on the table show that each side has six tricks. Sir Joseph Mawbey (left) looks a...
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Pubd. Decr. 10th, 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
