"A corner of the opera house. A dancer is poised on her right toe, while she leans forward, both arms extended, her left leg extended horizontally towards the audience. Her head is turned full-face. Those in the pit are peering under her skirt, which,...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub. May 7, 1796 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Queensberry, William Douglas, Duke of, 1725-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Dancers, French, Performances, Opera houses, and Theatrical productions
"Five members of the Opposition watch with admiring surprise 'Ombres Chinoises': figures whose shadows are thrown on a sheet or screen, the scene enclosed in a circle: three fat Dutchmen seated on the sea advance directly towards the spectators. On th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):
Navies, Dutch, Soldiers, French, Cannons, Trumpets, Drums, Flags, Liberty cap, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Five members of the Opposition watch with admiring surprise 'Ombres Chinoises': figures whose shadows are thrown on a sheet or screen, the scene enclosed in a circle: three fat Dutchmen seated on the sea advance directly towards the spectators. On th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):
Navies, Dutch, Soldiers, French, Cannons, Trumpets, Drums, Flags, Liberty cap, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Five members of the Opposition watch with admiring surprise 'Ombres Chinoises': figures whose shadows are thrown on a sheet or screen, the scene enclosed in a circle: three fat Dutchmen seated on the sea advance directly towards the spectators. On th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by H. Humphrey
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, and Watson, Richard, 1737-1816
Subject (Topic):
Navies, Dutch, Soldiers, French, Cannons, Trumpets, Drums, Flags, Liberty cap, and Pipes (Smoking)
"A newly invented French telegraph (semaphore) stands on the coast, with the head of Fox, in back view but looking to the right with a fiercely determined expression. The crossbeam represents his arms and the arms of the semaphore; the raised right ha...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Flags, French, Forts & fortifications, Lanterns, Ships, and Telegraph
Leaf 5. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, wit...
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London [i.e. Field & Tuer] and Field & Tuer
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
Admiral Rodney is depicted receiving the submission of the defeated De Grasse after the Battle of the Saints, as English sailors bring ashore the spoils of war, and chagrined politicians Fox, Keppel, and the Duke of Richmond look on from the left, wit...
Alternative Title:
Admiral lee-shore in the dumps
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31st, 1782, by E. D'Achery, St. James's Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Grasse, François Joseph Paul de Grasse, comte de, 1722-1788, Rodney, George Brydges Rodney, Baron, 1719-1792, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, and Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, History, Naval, Admirals, French, British, Sailors, and Clothing & dress
