"Talleyrand, using a stick, hobbles along (left to right). His club-foot is not shown as in caricatures by Gillray and others. Palmerston, very erect, walks beside but slightly behind him, his left arm in the other's crooked right arm; he stares befor...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by A. Ducôté, succr. to C. Motte, 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838 and Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Ambassadors, French, Government officials, British, and Staffs (Sticks)
"A scene in the House of Commons, showing the Ministerial benches, with the Speaker's Chair and the Table partly cut off by the right margin. The Speaker (Manners Sutton) and one of the Clerks are just within the design. Castlereagh is speaking; he st...
Alternative Title:
Whatever is, is right. Pope! and Weighty argument in favour of the Catholic Emancipation
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1821 by G. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Canterbury, Charles Manners-Sutton, Viscount, 1780-1845, Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, and Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons,
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Legislative bodies, Politicians, Public speaking, Popes, Crosiers, Keys (Hardware), Demons, Masks, and Candles
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1830?]
Call Number:
830.00.00.169
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two asses on a bare patch of ground, with the first line of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' below. The play begins with three witches in a storm deciding when to meet next ('When the hurlyburly's done, / When the battle's lost and won'). That there are only t...
"A toilet scene. The Regent stands in profile to the right at his dressing-table, rouging his cheek with a small brush. An attendant, resembling McMahon, laces the stays which in front resemble a waistcoat; he tugs at the lace, standing on a low stool...
Alternative Title:
Regency a la mode
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, and Dionysus (Greek deity),
"A front elevation of a theatre-box crammed with delighted children fills the design. In the front row are a lady and four little girls. In the middle sits the father, one small boy on his knee, an arm round another child. Eight more children fill the...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 26th, 1826, by S. Knights, Sweetings [A]lley, Royal Exchange
A scene in a kitchen showing a French male cook on his knees beside a cross-looking female cook holding a spatula. In the background, a roaring fire in the hearth with a slab of beef on a spit
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd 1st March 1794 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Kitchens, Cooks, and Pleading (Begging)
"An exciseman stands in profile to the left, his lower lip protruding grotesquely; his chest is much thrown out, right hand thrust under his coat, left arm behind his back. From his pocket protrudes an 'Excise Book'. His ink-bottle is attached to his ...
