"The interior of a barber's shop. A very old and completely bald man reclines in an arm-chair (left), a cloth over his shoulders; a fat barber is about to place on his head a tie-wig. On the ground at his side lies a wig with a long pigtail queue whic...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. accd. to act, Dec. 13th, 1780, by TRowlandson & J. Jones, No. 103 Wardour Street, Soho
The new ministry is depicted on a large carousel, erected in front of the "Crown and Royal Bob" Inn. The structure is supported by a center pole held in place by pegs labelled "Treasury," "Navy" and "Army" terminating at the top with the head of the K...
Alternative Title:
New state whirligig
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 5th, 1783, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, and Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Politics and government, Taverns (Inns), Merry-go-rounds, Wigs, Flags, British, Robberies, and Clothing & dress
"An obese and carbuncled barrister stands in profile to the left, shouting with raised fingers; in his left hand is a sheaf of papers. He wears the wig of a serjeant-at-law, with its black patch (cf. No. 5900), and his gown drapes his old-fashioned pr...
Alternative Title:
Councillor
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"A domestic scene; a grotesque elderly woman sits at her toilette, pointing to a mirror on which a mobcap hangs, and looking upwards as a wig decorated with ribbons and a feather is about to be placed on her head by a young maid standing at right, who...
Alternative Title:
My aunt and my uncle and Couple of antiques
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 20, 1807, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Mirrors, Older people, Servants, Spouses, and Wigs
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a penny-barber's shop showing one corner of a small raftered room lit by a lamp hung from the roof and inscribed 'Shave with Ease & Expedetion for one Penny'. The barber (right) flourishes his razor above the head of a lean client who...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Barbershops, Shaving equipment, Signs (Notices), and Wigs
"A lank barber, holding his customer by the nose and negligently slicing at it with his razor, reads from 'The London Gazette' which his victim holds: They write from Amsterdam (cf. BMSat 9412). The enraged customer shouts "Hallohl you Sir - what are ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Augt. 30, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
"An elderly 'cit' sleeps in a low, upright chair, leaning back till his profile faces the ceiling. His hands are clasped over his chest, his wig dangles from his coat-collar, and he puffs from tightly shut lips. The room is bare with a boarded floor. ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"The interior of a luxuriously furnished room. A young woman (right), fashionably dressed, looks down demurely as she receives the eager advances of an elderly and toothless man wearing a bag-wig and sword and the ribbon of an order. He covertly gives...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 30, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Bribery, Courtship, Parlors, Daggers & swords, and Wigs
"A domestic interior. A fat and ugly citizen, wearing old-fashioned dress with a small unpowdered wig, stands on the hearth-rug (right), his back to the fire; he is meditatively reading the 'Gazette', headed: 'New Taxes', and 'Bankru[pts]', his left h...
Alternative Title:
Frugal family saving the guinea
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 10th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
"The head and shoulders of Lady Archer at different stages of her toilet. In the first (right), wearing a night-cap, with unsightly pendent breasts, she looks up to the left, tears falling from an empty eye-socket, her gaping mouth showing toothless j...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 29th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Grooming, Mirrors, Teeth, and Wigs
