Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
[1 August 1834]
Call Number:
834.08.01.04+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four rows of designs with one to four designs in each row, individually titled. The pairs are visual puns, e.g., starting at the top row from the left, "A box at the opera" shows two men fist fighting; "A rain beau" shows a couple walking in the rain,...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from captions below each design, starting in the upper left.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Kendrick, 54 Leicester Square, & sold by T. Dewhurst, T. Drake, R. Thorley, M.A. Organ, Ross & Nightingale, and Printed by Dean & Munday, 40 Threadneedle St.
Two men stand on the sidewalk under a street lamp, one of whom is a dustman with a pipe sticking out of his cap who asks the other, a large tradesman in an apron about his emaciated, muzzled dog. The dialogue below the title reads: I say Joe, what mak...
"A small table with three legs standing in centre, surrounded by two groups of men involved in the gambling game Thimble Rig; the operator of the game (Edward John Littleton), standing to right, with his hands on two of the three thimbles on the table...
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791-1863, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation