An old woman, the prude, is standing near a crowd of people huddled around a bonfire in Covent Garden. She is crossing Covent Garden Piazza, disapproving of the amorous scenes outside the notorious Tom King's Coffee House. The print shows the morning ...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published August the 1st, 1797, by G.G. & J. Robinson, Pater-noster Row, London
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Children, City & town life, Couples, Crowds, Fighting, Food vendors, Kissing, Prostitutes, Quacks, Servants, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Women
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[31 August 1839]
Call Number:
839.08.31.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on the legal case between two purveyor’s of medical ointments Felix Albinolo and Thomas Holloway in the form of a dialogue between Mr. Bull, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Sawney; with an image with a cartouche "Albinolo's, or, The St. Come et St. Damien (...
Alternative Title:
No family ought ever to be without a pot of Albinolo's ...
