Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1 October 1834]
Call Number:
834.10.01.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four rows of designs with one to three designs in each, individually titled. In the upper left and reading across, "Daddy Longlegs" shows a very think, long-legged man poised to smash the insect on his wall. To the right, on top "The itinerant chance...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from captions below each design, starting in the upper left corner.
Publisher:
Published by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, and sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, Wiseheart, Ross & Nightingale, and Printed by Dean & Munday, 40 Threadneedle St.
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868
"Social satire; four soldiers in uniform with bayonets, shooting at bugs on the wall, and uttering threats, including "I'll lodge a bullet in his Thorax"; one walks off, smiling, a bug speared on the end of his bayonet, saying "There is a Trophy of my...
Alternative Title:
Volunteer corps in action
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 23d 1798 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, Rifles, Bayonets, Insects, and Interiors
An elderly antiquarian guides a fashionably dressed young lady and gentleman through a natural history museum, unaware that the gentleman is passing a letter to the lady. In and around the cases are exotic animals, insects, reptiles, and a mummy
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Sept. 20, 1793, by T. Prattent, 46 Cloth Fair, West Smithfield
A caricature of an entomologist whose body is composed of butterflies, moths, caterpillers, grasshoppers, beetles, and other bugs. He examines a butterfly with the triangular magnifying glass in his left hand and holds a net in his right
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by C. Tilt, Fleet Street [...] and Printed by G.E. Madeley
Subject (Topic):
Caterpillars, Entomologists, Arcimboldesque figures, and Insects
