"A glutton lies in bed, asleep, assailed by the fish, flesh, and fowl of a City dinner. A huge turtle is on top of him, a lobster pinches his nose, a pheasant swoops to peck an eye. He holds in each hand a bottle labelled 'Wrights Cham[pagne]' [see Br...
Alternative Title:
Lord Mayor's Day nightmare and Fatal effects of gluttony
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqre
Subject (Topic):
Gluttony, Nightmares, Beds, Animals, and Champagne (Wine)
A scene of a busy market in the West Indies with enslaved, free Africans, and white persons mingling amongst the vendors: The Black vendors are seated on the ground with their wares displayed around them, including produce (mellons, pineapples, banana...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Printed by Motte, 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Antigua.
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Animals, Farm produce, Markets, Poultry, and Slave trade
Leaf 97. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The standing figure of a man whose head is that of a double-headed animal, to the left an ass, to the right a bear. With his left hand (which also holds a whip) he leads an elephant whose head and trunk appear from the right. His right hand rests on ...
Alternative Title:
Chevalier de l'Étoile Polaire
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, March 7, 1773, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796
Subject (Topic):
Monsters, Animals, Elephants, Donkeys, Bears, and Pagodas
Leaf 97. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The standing figure of a man whose head is that of a double-headed animal, to the left an ass, to the right a bear. With his left hand (which also holds a whip) he leads an elephant whose head and trunk appear from the right. His right hand rests on ...
Alternative Title:
Chevalier de l'Étoile Polaire
Description:
Title etched at top of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by MDarly, March 7, 1773, 39 Strand
Subject (Name):
Chambers, William, Sir, 1723-1796
Subject (Topic):
Monsters, Animals, Elephants, Donkeys, Bears, and Pagodas
A coat of arms divided by a speckled saltire; with a winged spur in the top quadrant, and a fleur-de-lis in the remaining three. At the center of the saltire is a trefoil. At the helm, backed by leafing, is a knight's helmet; at the crest, atop a tors...
A coat of arms with three eagle heads above two lateral bands. At the helm is a knight's helmet; at the crest, a lion centered within a chapeau. The coat of arms is surrounded by mantling. Above is the motto I Dive Into The Depths.
Subject (Name):
Colbeck, E. H.
Subject (Topic):
Animals, Armorial, Armorial bookplates, Physicians, Shield, and Shields
Two men stand atop a monument that appears to be engraved with a scene from a laboratory flanked by two engravings of bottles and other laboratory equipment. Between the men is the title text, bordered by a decorative scroll-like frame covered with fl...
