"A very obese man stands in profile to the right, his hands behind him with a meditative expression. He wears old-fashioned dress, with round, broad-brimmed hat, and buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Leaf 29 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '371' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Four lines of an alleged citation below title: A copy of a curious advertisement taken from the Clonmell Journal. Run away last night, my wife, Bridget Coole. She is a tight neat body, and has lost one leg ... Aug. 17, Phelm Coole, his X mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 5, 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '379' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of caption below title: Officer "Well Patrick what have you been about?"..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 12, 1804, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A stout man in riding-dress, followed by a groom (r.) carrying luggage, enters a hall and is greeted by a lady with gestures of amazement. She wears loose draperies and loose tresses of hair. Behind her (l.) a young woman holds an end of her mistress's dress, and puts a handkerchief to her eye. 'Sir John' Agisters distressed astonishment. Below the design: 'Honest Sr John from Shropshire just return'd - To meet his Wife, his anxious bosom burn'd When Lo, she came in Virgin white array'd And like stage Heroines follow'd by a Maid Sweetly she spouted forth each studied word, Illusive shade of my beloved Lord - Patient Sir John attended to the whole, Then shook his head - and cried "Alas poor Soul!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and plate number from British Museum catalogue., One of six plates in a series: Specimens of dramatic phrensy., Two columns of verse below design: Honest Sr. John from Shropshire just return'd__to meet his wife, his anxious bosom burn'd ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Shropshire.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 1st, 1804 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
"Plate 1: One of a set, BMSats 10324-9, all with the same imprint. ['Corner of Sackville St' omitted in BMSats 10326, 10327, 10329.] A fat virago leans across the table, seizing the neck-cloth of her still fatter husband and shrieking in his face. The 'cit' gapes in apoplectic astonishment, still holding knife and fork on which food is speared; the edge of the table-cloth is tucked down his neck. His wig falls off. On the table is a bird; bread-basket and (broken) pitcher lie on the floor, salad-bowl and large cruet are falling. A dog barks. A terrified footman seizes his mistress's shoulders; his are grasped by a rough-looking maidservant. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Printmaker and plate number from British Museum catalogue., One of six plates in a series: Specimens of dramatic phrensy., Two columns of verse below design: Poor Griskins wife, dramatic mad no doubt, of Zaras woes, incessantly would spout..., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1797.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 1st, 1804 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
Title from item., Printmaker and plate number from British Museum online catalogue., Sixth of six plates in a series: Specimens of dramatic phrensy., Two columns of verse below design: Hot with the Tuscan grape and high in blood, No mopeing cares, a misrthfull band withstood..., and Temporary local subject terms: Lantern -- Street Light.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1804 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Plate numbered '343' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Two lines of caption text below design: Female visitor. "Pray Mrs. Parmesan what do you keep this nasty raven about the house for?"____"Why my dear, it's a very fine young bird, and my old philosopher here says that ravens live 100 years, so we keep Ralpho, to try the experiment.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Sitting room -- Hearth -- Couples -- Ravens -- Umbrellas -- Rainbow -- Picture amplifies subject.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 16, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Plate numbered 364 in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Seven lines of descriptive text arranged between two columns below title: Two Bond Street loungers discoursing in Picadilly, one of them said, he wish'd much to go into the country, upon which the other made the following observation ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Hessian Boots -- Spatter Dashes -- Book Shop -- Bond Street.
Publisher:
Published 20th Augt., 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Four French soldiers with hot pincers torturing "Madame Toussaint" by burning her flesh and pulling out her fingernails; Napoleon gloats on a throne to the right
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attribution from George, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 25th 1804 by by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821. and Toussaint Louverture, 1743-1803
"The patient sits on a stool, averting his head from the surgeon who supports his left arm, from which the blood spurts into a bowl. The operator wears spurred top-boots, and has a bucolic appearance suggesting a veterinary surgeon. The patient wears a nightcap and buttoned waistcoat over his shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray and artist questionably identified as Sneyd in the British Museum catalogue., One of a set of Gillray prints of medical conditions that were apparent studies in facial expression., Temporary local subject terms: Veterinary surgeons -- Bleeding -- Top boots., and 1 print : etching with engraving, hand-colored ; plate mark 261 x 200 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 28th, 1804, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street, London
