"Political satire; a farmer rides to market on a cow from an inn named 'Joe Jolly', with a goose and a cockerel in a basket attached to his saddle, and a notice reading 'Tax on Horses' under the cow's hoof; a small group cheer him from the lintel and ...
Alternative Title:
Pitt outwitted
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Decr. 11th, 1784, for M. Smith, No. 46 Fleet Street
Men, horses, and (mongrel) dogs in wild but spirited confusion in a forest glade pursue a cow (left); the stag is in the background running in the opposite direction, followed by one man on foot. One horse and rider struggle in a ditch while a second...
Alternative Title:
Cockney comicalities in full chace and Cockney comicalities in full chase
A harnessed lion on the left struggles to pull away from "The Pit of ruin" into which he is being pulled backwards by four other animals whose harnesses are attached to a large hook at the end of his. They represent Spain (spaniel), France (cockerel),...
Alternative Title:
Ass-headed and cow-hearted ministry making the British Lion
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by J. Barrow, May 8, 1783 White Lion Bull Stairs Surry Side Block Friars Bridge
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Foreign relations, Harnesses, Donkeys, Dogs, Roosters, Snakes, Lions, Eagles, Cows, and Clothing & dress
A landscape divided by a stream. On the left, a desolate wasteland with a man cutting down the remaining apple tree while several other men attack a cow with knives or drink its blood. The cow bears on its rump a large stamp, alluding to the Stamp Act...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and America.
Subject (Topic):
Colonies, Children, Eating & drinking, Dancers, Milking, Cows, and Apple trees
In a country setting with cows and a windmill in the background, a young milkmaid sits on a bench under an oak tree, receiving a ribbon from a young sailor seated beside her. Another young girl looks on from behind, while the milkmaid's country suitor...
Alternative Title:
Jealous clown
Description:
Date surmised from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of Mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles."
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles at his map & print warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Clothing & dress, Sailors, Hats, Couples, Windmills, Dairy farming, Cows, and Dogs
A widow with her gouty foot elevated, sits on a stool in front of her cottage, as her daughter wipes away a tear in the doorway. A tax collector with a book under his arm examines the widow's possessions, which are strewn about the ground in front of ...
Alternative Title:
Widow Costard's cow and goods distrained for taxes
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett ... No. 53 Fleet Street ...
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Widows, Cows, Farmhouses, Tax payers, Country life, and Clothing & dress
"A cow representing the commerce of Great Britain stands passively on the sea-shore while an American with a feathered cap saws off her horns; one horn lies on the ground. A Dutchman milks the cow ... France, a foppishly-dressed Frenchman, and Spain, ...
Description:
Title and date from British Museum catalogue no. 5472.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States, Great Britain., Great Britain, and America.
Subject (Name):
Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799. and Howe, William Howe, Viscount, 1729-1814.
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, Commerce, Colonies, National characteristics, French, National characteristics, Spanish, National characteristics, Dutch, Milking, Cows, Lions, and Sleeping
