A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the ...
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
Page 69. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Interior view of the temporary wooden structure built for the Strawberry Hill Sale of 1842. Men and women stand or sit on benches around a long table; auctioneer George Robins, surrounded by framed pictures, conducts the auction from a podium at the f...
Description:
Title from note in pencil below image, on mounting sheet.
Subject (Name):
Robins, George Henry, 1777-1847, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Opposite page 108. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
A man wearing his hat and holding his walking stick is seated in a chair before a fireplace enjoying the embrace of a lady seated to his right and with a high coiffure and feathered hat. A younger man with a tall egg-shaped toupée is being ushered ou...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Hairstyles, Couples, Clothing & dress, Interiors, and Wigs
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 6 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gentleman in a riding habit (left) rides his horse through the door of a cottage startling the family who sit at their dinner table. The man's hunting dog jumps at the young son who sits closest to the door; he screams in terror, his fork and knife ...
Description:
Title from caption written below image in artist's hand, with the words trimmed along the lower edges with loss of the descenders.
Watercolor drawing depicting one wall of the chancel inside Barnwell Church, where the carved head of King Henry III was formerly located. The bottom parts of two windows, one of stained glass, are seen at top; an arch is built into the bottom part of...
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 5 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the interior of a cottage with an old woman asleep in a chair, her feet resting on a low footstool in front of open door (left); in her lap she holds an open book and a pair of spectacles. On the right, a boy in a smock stands on a stool in ...
Description:
Title from caption in artist's hand written below image.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Cats, Cupboards, Dwellings, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Sleeping, and Women
