"A sequence of disasters: a servant (left), entering with a joint of meat, is tripped up by a dog, falls forward, bringing his dish down heavily on the head of one diner. The latter falls backwards, grabbing the table, which tilts and, together with a...
A scene in a bedroom beside a canopy bed: A older gentleman with a caricatured face embraces a young servant woman who holds a warming pan in one hand and candlestick in the other. The man's wig is smoldering from the flame of the candle. The man's y...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Interiors, Seduction, Servants, and Women domestics
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An aged surgeon leans over a bag of instruments on a table (right), selecting a knife; he wears an old-fashioned wig, hat, coat, &c. A pretty girl seizes him by the arm; she shouts at him, pointing behind her to his subject, a young man lying on a tr...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
By Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Eyeglasses, Medical equipment & supplies, and Skeletons
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An aged surgeon leans over a bag of instruments on a table (right), selecting a knife; he wears an old-fashioned wig, hat, coat, &c. A pretty girl seizes him by the arm; she shouts at him, pointing behind her to his subject, a young man lying on a tr...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
By Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Eyeglasses, Medical equipment & supplies, and Skeletons
A man sits in a chair at a table reading about the French Revolution in The Gazetteer (newspaper). The candle in his right hand smokes heavily and is burnt down to a low stub. His tricorne hat is on the table and his walking stick is visibly leaning ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Newspapers, Reading, History, and Foreign public opinion
A young man (left) holds his right hand between his face and the flame of a candle in the candlestick in holds in his left hand. He is also shielding his view of the older woman who gazes down at him admiringly. She holds a rose in her right hand tha...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 2d 1793 by M. Benedetti, No. 92 Norton Street, Marybone
Satirical view of London life, with a riotous wedding party at the Tavern at Rederiff: for full description see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
"Pitt, fast asleep, wearing only nightcap and night-shirt, walks down a staircase holding up a lighted candle in his right hand. On his right only are banisters, on his left the steps abut on a gulf indicated by the top of an arch supporting the stair...
Alternative Title:
Sleepwalker
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Castles & palaces, Interiors, Quatrefoils, Sleepwear, Somnambulism, and Stairways
