"Courtenay (right), as the chairman of a tavern club, sits at the head of an oblong table, in profile to the left, smoking. He says to George Hanger, who faces him at the foot of the table: "I say, Georgey how do Things look now?" The words issue from...
Alternative Title:
Feast of reason and the flow of soul and Wits of the age setting the table in a roar
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 4th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, and Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
"Courtenay (right), as the chairman of a tavern club, sits at the head of an oblong table, in profile to the left, smoking. He says to George Hanger, who faces him at the foot of the table: "I say, Georgey how do Things look now?" The words issue from...
Alternative Title:
Feast of reason and the flow of soul and Wits of the age setting the table in a roar
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby 4th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Taylor, Michael Angelo, 1757-1834, and Courtenay, John, 1738-1816
On the cobblestone street in front of an elegant house, a man in Scottish Highlander attire uses his back to hoist an obese woman into an awaiting carriage. The coachman stands beside him with a whip in hand; his nose is disfigured (syphilitic?).
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Title engraved below image.
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Published 25th November 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"An elderly man, bent to deformity, thin and shambling, in profile to the left, follows two flamboyant prostitutes who walk arm-in-arm, looking behind them. He supports himself on a walking-stick; from his pocket protrudes a book: 'Modest Prints'. The...
Alternative Title:
Example for fathers
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sepr. 26th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"An officer walks, on a broad pavement, away from the spectator, his head slightly turned to the left, showing his profile. He wears Light Horse uniform, a plumed helmet, short tunic, sash, and long sabre. The toes of his tasselled boots terminate in ...
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Title etched at bottom of image.
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Pubd. Decr. 6th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"An officer walks, on a broad pavement, away from the spectator, his head slightly turned to the left, showing his profile. He wears Light Horse uniform, a plumed helmet, short tunic, sash, and long sabre. The toes of his tasselled boots terminate in ...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 6th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"A 'cit' smokes angrily over his glass, tilting his chair, while his pretty young wife sits with folded arms. A handsome young officer opens the door, apparently unseen by both. Below the design: 'Husband. - What makes you look so thoughtful my Love, ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 10th October 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Military officers, Adultery, Mirrors, Pipes (Smoking), and Chairs
"A stout lady wearing a tartan scarf supports the Prince of Wales, who is tipsily waving a lighted (and broken) candle, towards the open door of a bedroom (right). He is dishevelled, with ungartered stockings; his left arm is round the lady's neck. Sh...
Alternative Title:
A cure for the heart ache!!
Description:
Title text below image.
Publisher:
Pub by S.W. Fores, N.50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, and Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805
"A stout lady wearing a tartan scarf supports the Prince of Wales, who is tipsily waving a lighted (and broken) candle, towards the open door of a bedroom (right). He is dishevelled, with ungartered stockings; his left arm is round the lady's neck. Sh...
Alternative Title:
A cure for the heart ache!!
Description:
Title text below image.
Publisher:
Pub by S.W. Fores, N.50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821, and Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805
The scene is the interior of a gothic church, with a view of part of a lateral gallery, the tower arch, and west door (on the right). The foreground and the gallery are filled with couples, in general elderly, ugly, and fashionably dressed, in convers...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published by Allen & Co., 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Churches, Clothing & dress, Couples, Interiors, and Monuments
"A fat, bald-headed man draped in a sheet, his beard coated with lather, sits full-face, looking sideways with angry apprehension at a lean barber (left) holding a razor."--British Museum online catalogue
