"A haggard-looking man is seated in profile to the left in an armchair beside a small table on which are two candles (which light the room), a medicine phial, &c, and his breeches. He wears shirt, night-cap, ungartered stockings, and slippers. He rega...
"A ship-load of English courtesans has just arrived in Calcutta and is being sold by a thin and foppish auctioneer who stands on the extreme left on an improvised rostrum. The women are being inspected by Englishmen and orientals whose appearance is m...
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Title from item.
Publisher:
Pub'd May 16th 1786, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Strt
"A crowded scene in a bare room giving access to the theatre, which is seen through two open doors (right), each showing two boxes, and a section of gallery above, filled with spectators. Courtesans and ladies are being inspected and addressed by the ...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 5th, 1786, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Two men are seated at a table, the elder (on the left, identified as Martin Folkes) looks through his eyeglasses at a watch, a paper headed 'Votes of the Common' is on the table in front of him. On the right a younger man (identified as Addison) sits ...
Alternative Title:
Martin Folkes. Addison
Description:
Title from text in image above the two figures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. and Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.
Two men are seated at a table, the elder (on the left, identified as Martin Folkes) looks through his eyeglasses at a watch, a paper headed 'Votes of the Common' is on the table in front of him. On the right a younger man (identified as Addison) sits ...
Alternative Title:
Martin Folkes. Addison
Description:
Title from text in image above the two figures.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. and Folkes, Martin, 1690-1754.
"Theatre stage with two dancers; a woman (La Barbarina) jumping with her legs apart and a man (George Desnoyer) with his legs together; on either side a chorus, or audience, and statues of Comedy and Tragedy holding candles."--British Museum online ca...
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Title etched below image, preceded by letters "A.B." and followed by "C.C. Prickt lines shew the rising Height."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Campanini, Barberina, 1721-1799 and Desnoyer, George, approximately 1700-1764
"Vestris fils, as in BMSat 5905, on the same stage, is dancing in a similar pose, poised on his right toe, his back to the audience, looking over his left shoulder smiling. In his right hand is his hat, held out as before but full of notes or bills, i...
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He danced like a monkey, his pockets well crammed ... and Oh qui goose-toe!
Sketches of the heads and shoulders of clerics. The five at the top, labelled 'London Clergy' are in clerical clothes and full of white wigs. Some of the heads are shown sideways, some full face. Below are five heads labelled 'Country Clergy', not in ...
Alternative Title:
Country clergy
Description:
Title from text within image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3, Piccadilly
