"An imitation of British Museum Satires No. 8913, by Woodward. A fat parson sits drinking beside a small round table. His face is fiery and carbuncled. He wears gown and bands, with unbuttoned waistcoast, and ungartered stocking; his wig is back to fr...
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Publishd. June 16th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Alcoholic beverages, Pipes (Smoking), and Lemons
"Bust portrait in an oval. Scarcely a caricature but a study in facial expression of a cornered swindler. A man, fashionably dressed, but with dishevelled hair, gazes fixedly to the left, with pursed mouth and wrinkled forehead. Below the design is a ...
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Publishd. Novr. 18th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
"Bust portrait in an oval. Scarcely a caricature but a study in facial expression of a cornered swindler. A man, fashionably dressed, but with dishevelled hair, gazes fixedly to the left, with pursed mouth and wrinkled forehead. Below the design is a ...
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Publishd. Novr. 18th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street, London
"Two terrified riders meet face to face on Hounslow Heath; each takes the other for a highwayman. One (left) losing his stirrups holds out his purse, saying, "Here is my Money! Spare my Life". The other dropping his whip, puts his hand in his waistcoa...
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Publishd. June 6th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"Two terrified riders meet face to face on Hounslow Heath; each takes the other for a highwayman. One (left) losing his stirrups holds out his purse, saying, "Here is my Money! Spare my Life". The other dropping his whip, puts his hand in his waistcoa...
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Publishd. June 6th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
A caricature of a Jewish broker, standing full-length on the street outside a door. He uses his kerchief to wipe his spectacles. His walking stick is tucked under his right arm and a roll of papers under his left arm
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Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
A caricature of a Jewish broker, standing full-length on the street outside a door. He uses his kerchief to wipe his spectacles. His walking stick is tucked under his right arm and a roll of papers under his left arm
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Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"A fat and vulgar woman, indecently décolletée, stands with right hand on her hip, a fan in her left hand, looking arrogantly up and to the left. She wears a large paradise plume in her hair with a small bunch of flowers. Her head is framed by an erec...
Alternative Title:
Lioness
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Publishd. July 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"Three brothers, with similar but identical profiles, sit squeezed together in a small rustic phaeton drawn (left to right) by three prancing goats, two being wheelers. The driver is nearest the spectator; all have leeks in their round hats; that of t...
Alternative Title:
Welsh tandem
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Publishd. June 21st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Williams-Wynn, Watkin, 1772-1840, Wynn, Charles Watkin Williams, 1775-1850, and Williams-Wynn, Henry Watkin, Sir, 1783-1856
"A Welshman and a Yorkshireman drink together at a table outside a rustic building; one holds a halter, waiting for a horse which a boy in the background is catching. The former says: '"Gots splutter I tell the County where I came from is so fertile t...
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Pub. July 1, 1801 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"Mrs. Billington, directed to the right, sings with head thrown back, right hand on her breast, left arm extended. She is stout and majestic, wears many jewels and quasi-contemporary dress, with four tall feathers and jewelled aigrette in her hair, fr...
Alternative Title:
Mandane
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Title etched at top of image.
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Publish'd Decr. 22d, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Sir William Hamilton, old and bent, inspects his antiques. He stands in profile to left, looking through spectacles held in his right hand and reversed. He wears a round hat, a spencer over his coat and spurred top-boots, a stick in his (gloved) left...
Alternative Title:
Cognocenti contemplating the beauties of the antique and Cognoscenti contemplating the beauties of the antique
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Pubd. Feby. 11th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Sir William Hamilton, old and bent, inspects his antiques. He stands in profile to left, looking through spectacles held in his right hand and reversed. He wears a round hat, a spencer over his coat and spurred top-boots, a stick in his (gloved) left...
Alternative Title:
Cognocenti contemplating the beauties of the antique and Cognoscenti contemplating the beauties of the antique
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Pubd. Feby. 11th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
As she looks directly at the viewer, a short, plump woman dressed in a short dickey bares her breasts as she stands, legs apart, between a dresser and an armchair. A cat with a shocked expression looks up under her short chemise
"An obese and carbuncled barrister stands in profile to the left, shouting with raised fingers; in his left hand is a sheaf of papers. He wears the wig of a serjeant-at-law, with its black patch (cf. No. 5900), and his gown drapes his old-fashioned pr...
Alternative Title:
Councillor
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Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"An obese and carbuncled barrister stands in profile to the left, shouting with raised fingers; in his left hand is a sheaf of papers. He wears the wig of a serjeant-at-law, with its black patch (cf. No. 5900), and his gown drapes his old-fashioned pr...
Alternative Title:
Councillor
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Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"A half length portrait of Matthew Day standing in profile to the right. He is very obese, wears round hat, long coat, tasselled Hessian boots, and holds a cane in his gloved hand."--British Museum online catalogue
"An elderly man in old-fashioned dress stands at his desk, his right hand on an open ledger, looking down with a calculating grimace. He wears a night-cap and slippers; a pen is behind his ear. His high stool is behind him. In the background another e...
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Title etched below image.
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Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"An elderly man in old-fashioned dress stands at his desk, his right hand on an open ledger, looking down with a calculating grimace. He wears a night-cap and slippers; a pen is behind his ear. His high stool is behind him. In the background another e...
Description:
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801 by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly
"A whole length portrait of a military officer standing in profile to the left holding papers in his (gloved) left hand; right hand behind his back. He wears a small pigtail, cocked hat, and sash. His sabre hangs very low, resting on the ground. He is...
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Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 1801 by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Berkeley, Frederick Augustus Berkeley, Earl of, 1745-1810
"The Duke of Grafton stands directed to the left, his head in profile, both (gloved) hands resting on the head of his stick. He wears his accustomed and characteristic dress of an earlier fashion: small tricorne and full-skirted coat buttoned at the w...
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Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1801, by Dighton, Charg. Cross
Subject (Name):
Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
"Two heads emerge from the highly-polished boots of their respective owners, which face each other. They are finished portraits of Skeffington and Montagu Mathew, inseparables, see BMSat 9699. Skeffington's boot (left) is a tasselled Hessian; its poin...
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Publish'd March 10th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850 and Mathew, Montague James, 1773-1819
"Two heads emerge from the highly-polished boots of their respective owners, which face each other. They are finished portraits of Skeffington and Montagu Mathew, inseparables, see BMSat 9699. Skeffington's boot (left) is a tasselled Hessian; its poin...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 10th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Skeffington, Lumley St. George, Sir, 1771-1850 and Mathew, Montague James, 1773-1819
"A sailor and a young woman in a low-necked dress standing next to and gazing at each other, an arm around each other's shoulders and clasping hands, their speech written above their heads. The girl says, 'you shall go with me I insist on it -'. The s...
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
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Pub'd. Sept. 12th, 1801 by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"Fox (left) standing on English soil, and Hervey, Bishop of Deny (right), standing on land representing Ireland, embrace across a narrow piece of water inscribed 'St George's Channel'. The bishop resembles, and is probably copied from, the figure in B...
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Pubd. 1st August 1785 by Thos. Cornel [sic], Bruton Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Ireland
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Bristol, Frederick Augustus Hervey, 4th earl of, Bp. of Derry, 1730-1803, and St. Paul's Cathedral (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Clergy, Bishops, Ships, Fires, and Torches
"An obese and elderly citizen stands almost full-face holding up a (?) turbot, with an expression of intense satisfaction. His left hand holds his head, pushing up his wig. His dress is old-fashioned, with a flapped waistcoat. Between his feet is a sh...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"An obese and elderly citizen stands almost full-face holding up a (?) turbot, with an expression of intense satisfaction. His left hand holds his head, pushing up his wig. His dress is old-fashioned, with a flapped waistcoat. Between his feet is a sh...
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Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco, &c. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls. The room is lit by a chandelier; a bracket-clock points ...
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Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco, &c. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls. The room is lit by a chandelier; a bracket-clock points ...
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Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"The King and Queen (left), seated under a canopy decorated with a crown and the royal arms, listen enraptured to a concert; the performers are arranged in a pyramid on the right. Numbers on the figures refer to notes engraved beneath the design. Geor...
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Title from item.
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Pub'd May 10th, 1787 by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Williams-Wynn, Watkin, Sir, 1749-1789, Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833, Richmond, Charles Lennox, 3d Duke of, 1735-1806, Lansdowne, William Petty, Marquis of, 1737-1805, Mawbey, Joseph, Sir, 1730-1798, Alvanley, Richard Pepper Arden, Baron, 1745-1804, Macdonald, Archibald, Sir, 1747-1826, Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811, Rosslyn, Alexander Wedderburn, Earl of, 1733-1805, Thurlow, Edward Thurlow, Baron, 1731-1806, Schwellenberg, Elizabeth Juliana, ca 1728-1797, Jefferyes, Elizabeth, active 1787-1791, Ashbridge, John, -1799, Bates, Joah, 1741-1799, and Barré, Isaac, 1726-1802
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[September 1801]
Call Number:
801.09.00.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A view of the shop of P. Roberts, publisher, from the street with a crowd on the sidewalk and street looking at the display of prints in the window. An elegant figure Roberts (?) stands in the doorway with a tool of his trade (a burin?) in hand; a cus...
Description:
Title from caption etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub'd. Sepr. 1801 by P. Roberts, Middle Row, Holborn
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
Roberts, Piercy, active 1791-1805,
Subject (Topic):
Black people, City & town life, Crowds, Dogs, Merchandise displays, Prints, Stores & shops, Window displays, Printing industry, and People with disabilities
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrin...
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Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrin...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"The bulky Lord Cholmondeley (1749-1827) stands in profile to the left. He wears a small round hat with long powdered hair tied back, and a whisker; a double-breasted coat over a double-breasted waistcoat, striped breeches, striped stockings, and wrin...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827
"Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
"Two jovial old pensioners sit together on a bench, smoking and gesticulating. The sailor (left) holds a frothing tankard, and raises his pipe above his head; his wooden leg extends stiffly. The soldier turns his head in profile to the left, gesticula...
Alternative Title:
Descriptions of battles by sea and land
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England)
