"The Prince of Wales, languid with repletion, leans back in an arm-chair, holding a fork to his mouth. His waistcoat is held together by a single button across his distended stomach. On his right a circular table covered with the remains of a meal, wi...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 2d, 1792, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
"Illustration to verses printed below in four columns. Six grinning 'cits' stand round one of their number who is in night-cap and waistcoat. Behind is a curtained bed. The verses relate a trick at a Sunday 'dining country jaunt' for which lavish prov...
Description:
Letterpress title printed partially on plate below image, partially below plate line.
Publisher:
Published 2d Decr. 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London and Jack Rider, printer
Subject (Topic):
Sweating-sickness, Beds, Bedrooms, Chamber pots, Interiors, Obesity, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Practical jokes
"A fat ugly woman sits squarely on a stool, in stays and petticoat with clumsy ungartered stockings. Three women, grotesquely ugly, advance towards her, one with a cap, the other with a petticoat, a third with a chamber-pot. On the ground are combs, h...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 8th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Venus (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Fashion, Vanity and pride, Clothing & dress, Fans (Accessories), Drinking vessels, Chamber pots, and Combs
