Title etched below image., Plate from: Britton, J. Graphical and literary illustrations of Fonthill Abbey, Wiltshire. London : Printed for the author, 1823., Numbered "Pl. X" in upper right margin., "Hav."--Lower right corner., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Title from heading above image., Five lines of text below image: Absence of mind portends deep thought, and profound knowledge, when in company, affect to be insensible to the passing scene ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Tea -- Humor -- Parties -- Mirrors -- Parlors -- Curtains.
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Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
"Portrait of James Edward Oglethorpe, full-length, in profile to the left, seated on a stool with his legs crossed at the sale of Dr. Johnson's books, with a walking stick in his hand, reading a book, with a tricorne over his long curling wig, dressed in an elegant frockcoat and breeches, a sword at his waist."--British Museum online catalogue and Full-length portrait of James Oglethorpe, English general and philanthropist, seated, in left profile
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Title etched below image., Later state, with imprint burnished from plate. For an earlier state with the imprint "Publishd. Septr. 9, 1785, by I. Cary, No. 188, Strand", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1887,0406.58., Date of publication inferred from 1823 watermark., Picture caption, printed under image: Died 30th June 1785 Aged 102 said to be the oldest General in Europe - Sketch'd from life at the sale of Dr. Johnsons books Feby. 18, 1785 where the Genl. was reading a book he had purchas'd without spectacles - In 1706 he had an Ensigns commission in the Guards & remember'd to have shot snipes in Conduit mead where Conduit Street now stands., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 368., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 16.5, on sheet 27 x 20.8 cm., Window mounted to 39 x 28 cm., and Bound in as page 42 in volume 4 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Oglethorpe, James, 1696-1785,
Subject (Topic):
Stools, Staffs (Sticks), Books, Reading, and Daggers & swords
Title from caption below image, a quote from Milton's Paradise lost, Book 8. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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Pubd. Jany. 1st, 1823 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
"An obese man has dismounted to offer help to an injured man thrown from his horse. In the background (left) a second saddle-horse grazes and (right) three men run off with the victim's hat, whip, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title from caption below image.
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Pub. May 12, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Tailor's shears -- Irons -- Food: cucumbers -- Tankards -- Goose -- Cabbage.
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Published August 1, 1823 by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Title from caption above image., Six lines of text below image: A strict attention to accounts is low and mechanical & beneath the consideration of a gentleman besides ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Title from heading above image., Five lines of text below image: Always prefer the theory of the art to having a practical knowledge of it forced on you; should you receive a blow from one who is your inferior in life ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Title from caption above image., Three lines of text below image: Lose your money with an affected Sang Froid to denote you have plenty more ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
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Published by Thomas McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Title from caption above image., Three lines of text below image: You must not put yourself into good sharp training in order to become a four bottle man ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Posters on walls --- East Indies -- Botnay Bay -- Society suppession vice -- D.T. Egerton portrait painting advertisement -- Mermaid.
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Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
