"A grotesque old maid having woken at night, the open door of her bedroom behind at left, approaching the foot of a staircase with a candle, only partly dressed and with her bosom hanging outside her dress, led on by a cat; above at left, the young ni...
"A yokel puts his head through a trap-door (left), holding up a lantern and pitchfork. He gapes in horror at the sight before him. Two witches (right) sit over a fire burning in a bowl; one holding a broom gazes grimly towards the creatures they have ...
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Title etched below image.
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Published April 29, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
"A kitchen scene. A handsome young cook in her mistress's hat and gown, worn over her own cap and petticoat, with her breast bared, postures in the kitchen before a hanging mirror, holding out a fan. Three amused girls (a woman with two young girls) w...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Brooms & brushes, Cats, Kitchens, Interiors, Mirrors, Role reversal, Tableware, and Women domestics
A quaint delineation of a church-interior during service; the pastor, who is somewhat of the Dr. Syntax type, is holding forth. There is a squire's pew, a rosy, sleepy clerk, a large leavening of fat slumberers (among the rest the sexton and pew-opene...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and Cornwall.
Subject (Topic):
Churches, lergy, Interiors, Peg legs, Sleeping, and Religious meetings
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808 and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Murder, Criminals, Prisoners, and Shackles
"J.P. Kemble stoops, with hands on knees, while a small and sprightly child, young Roscius, supports himself on his shoulders and is about to leap over his head. He says: "Alas! is it come to this Ah! woe is me Seeing what I have seen Seeing what I se...
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Title etched below image.
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Published 30 November, 1804, by R. Akermann, No. 103 Strand
Subject (Name):
Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823 and Betty, William Hen. West 1791-1874 (William Henry West),
In a well-furnished parlor, a woman (left) sits playing at a harpsichord as she turns to gaze with admiration at young military officer who looks at her with intimacy; an older officer to her left scowls at them, his hand in the breast of his vest. O...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. July 14, 1807, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James S[t]., Adelphi
