A grotesque racist caricature of a buxom black woman in a white dress decorated with flowers and a bonnet with ribbons, grinning at the viewer and saying 'Don't you think you Fancy me now Massa'. Probably inspired by the "High Life in Philadelphia'' s...
"Eldon stands with his shirt-sleeves rolled up, carrying a great stack of petitions under each arm. On his head is a porter's knot made of a pair of green bags (emblem of 'Old Bags', see British Museum Satires No. 12883); on this rests a third pile of...
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Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838
Subject (Topic):
Petitions, Bags, Head-carrying, and Lifting & carrying
"On the pavement outside a pawnshop are a man selling pamphlets and a woman with household goods tied up in two handkerchiefs. The man is a ragged shambling scarecrow, tall and thin, with a battered top-hat, shock of hair, and huge whiskers (signs of ...
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Pub. March 10th, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Topic):
Catholic emancipation, Peddlers, Pawnshops, Storefronts, Doors & doorways, and Show windows
"Wellington sits behind a small cloth-covered table flanked by eight other representations of himself, as depicted in recent caricatures, apparently all by W. Heath. The arrangement is evidently that of Charles Mathews' 'At Homes', see British Museum ...
Alternative Title:
All the world's a stage &c. S-
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Pub. June 15, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Mathews, Charles, 1776-1835.
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Robes, Crowns, Military uniforms, Daggers & swords, Coach drivers, Sarcophagi, and Draperies
"Scarlett, in wig and gown, stands in profile to the left, his right forefinger knowingly before his face, his eye a mere slit. His gown is looped over his left arm and he holds a bulky (blue) brief-bag. Above: '"To suck, to suck, the very blood to su...
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Pub. June 12 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Prys caricatures - none are original with T. McLeans name
"Wellington, in old-fashioned dress except for boots reaching to the calves, stands full-face, holding out a large Grenadier's bearskin in his right hand, a coaching whip in the other. He wears a white wig projecting behind his head, spectacles on his...
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Pub. June 12 1829 by T. McLean 26 Haymarket sole publisher of P. Pry caricatures. None are original without his name
"Eldon as a street-beggar kneels on both knees on straw placed on paving-stones, wearing a cap resembling those worn by butchers and the rags of a Chancellor's gown over tattered breeches. He supports himself by a staff, and holds out his short powder...
An old woman in patched-up clothes with her harp huddles in a doorway. The satire contrasts the life of a street singer with the sweet lyrics of the popular ballad by Thomas Moore
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Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket, London
Subject (Name):
Moore, Thomas, 1779-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Street musicians, Harps, Older people, Poor persons, Women, and Doors & doorways
"Lyndhurst stands beside a dressing-table (left), in shirt-sleeves, wearing his Chancellor's wig. He puts one hand into the arm-hole of a coat which a footman in livery holds out, saying, 'Your Lordship's Coat is become very threadbare for you know yo...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. March 24, 1829, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Lyndhurst, John Singleton Copley, Baron, 1772-1863, Lyndhurst, Sarah Garay, Lady, 1795-1834., and Dudley, John William Ward, Earl of, 1781-1833.
Subject (Topic):
Dressing tables, Mirrors, Servants, Wigs, Coats, Ceremonial maces, and Robes
