"Brougham, in Chancellor's wig and gown, takes an enormous flying leap from 'York' (right), through a wide Gothic archway, over the heads of seated lawyers, and over the Table where the mace is lying, and is about to land on the Woolsack (left). The M...
Alternative Title:
Hasty stride, from Broom Hall to Westminster Hall
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1830 by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilly [sic], London
Subject (Geographic):
England and York..
Subject (Name):
Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, Scarlett, James, Sir, 1769-1844, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, and York Minster,
Subject (Topic):
Wigs, Robes, Jumping, Arches, Cathedrals, Lawyers, and Ceremonial maces
"The platform extends across the centre of the design. Below are the audience, three-quarter length and half-length, standing and seated. A man in patched clothes stands in the front of the semicircle of men seated on the platform, holding out his emp...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pulished [sic] June 21, 1827, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
British and Foreign Bible Society. and Religious Tract Society (Great Britain)
A man holding a fishing rod sits beside a body of water, gleefully looking out at whatever he's caught (not visible, being off the right side of the frame). Behind him, the head and shoulders of an angry looking man are visible above a fence; this sec...
"A man fallen into a hole on the ice with a sign 'R.H.S. Dangerous', trying to get out, looking another on the left for help, his friend looking back at him and running to the opposite direction."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by W. Soffe, 380 Strand and Printed by W. Kohler, 22 Denmark St., Soho
Subject (Topic):
Ice, Bodies of water, Accidents, and Signs (Notices)
"A hopeful young girl wearing pattens, leaning confidently on the counter of a general shop, saying 'If you please Mr Tomkins to give my mother change for sixpence, and she will send you the sixpence next week.', the shop owner leaning down to her wit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, Southampton St.
Subject (Topic):
Counters, Stores & shops, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Girls
"A hopeful young girl wearing pattens, leaning confidently on the counter of a general shop, saying 'If you please Mr Tomkins to give my mother change for sixpence, and she will send you the sixpence next week.', the shop owner leaning down to her wit...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1829 by S. Gans, Southampton St.
Subject (Topic):
Counters, Stores & shops, People associated with commercial & service activities, and Girls
"Two men preside over the collection of signatures on a large roll supported on a desk in an open-fronted booth (right), while a butcher holds a pen in the paw of his dog, which is on its hind legs at the desk. One of the two, wearing dark spectacles,...
"Lady Conyngham chases Eldon from the royal precincts; she threatens him with the sceptre and a clenched fist, saying, Je le veut [sic]. She is décolletée, much bejewelled, and displays an elephantine leg and tiny foot. Close behind her stands Knigh...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 21, 1827, by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly, London
Subject (Name):
Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Knighton, William, Sir, 1776-1836, Canning, George, 1770-1827, and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830
