A caricature showing a couple full-length as they dance. The older man with a very large and balding forehead holds the arm of a young girl; both are standing on their toes. She is holding a fan and looking away from the man
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Attributed to William Heath by curator., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
A caricature of a couple, full-length and fashionably dressed in a simple way, are shown in profile kissing. The length of their arms is exaggerated and are in contrast to their short legs. The woman's eyes are open but the man's are closed
Alternative Title:
Conclusion
Description:
Title written in ink, below image., Mounted on the verso of an estate map of Creeves, in Limerick County, Ireland., and William Heath, English caricaturist and illustrator, 1795-1840.
Two Bermuda walk along an empty path passing a sign that reads 'To Plymouth'.
Alternative Title:
Retiring with a difference
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image in black ink., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and For further information, consult library staff.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1805]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 44 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man riding horseback has a significant accident that topples the horse and throws the rider forward against the horse's neck and head losing his hat and wig in the process. A caption above the image informs: This I pressume is by way of proving to a certainty that two and two makes four!!
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink below image in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 39 Box D210
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A gathering of countrymen, lawyers, and sailors stare with shock and consternation at the carcass of a shark laying on a table before them. A countryman begins the dialogue with an exclamation, "Dang it if I ever saw such a thing in my life, why it would swallow a man alive!" while an attorney continues with a question, "Neighbor Stump says very true, I never saw anything like it in the whole course of my practice as a country attorney. Pray my friend what do you call it?" A sailor smugly jests, "Why it is a shark d'ye see according to the lubbers lingo on shore, but we gemmen in his Majesty's service call him a sea lawyer!!!
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image., Artist's signature in black ink below image., and Date supplied by cataloger.
A servant bows slightly as he greets three tourists: a larger woman leads the group only carrying a small purse and parasol. She is followed by a younger woman holding a small dog and a few pieces of luggage. At the end a man struggles with the burden of a heavy trunk
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Thomas Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
An ink drawing contrasting the bust of a balding man with a long curly beard and a stag head with three-point antlers
Description:
Title from caption inscribed below image in the same ink and hand as the artist., Attributed to Rowlandson by curator., Date based upon watermark., Trimmed watermark: 18[..]., and For further information, consult library staff.
Count Przobosky wildly rears a horse in a grand room knocking over furniture to the shock and astonishment of distrressed onlookers
Description:
Title from caption inscribed in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 50 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Six sketches arranged across two rows depicting rotund red-faced countrymen riding horses poorly or in various states of humorous accidents. Captions include: How to be obstinate; The most approved method of sliding; How to stick in a ditch; How to prevent being run away with; A Cheshire kick; How to slip from your saddle with ease to yourself and horse
Description:
Title and date devised by cataloger. and Sheet trimmed cropping artist's signature and title.
Subject (Topic):
Horses, Horseback riding, Accidents, and Country life
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 46 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A dour woman wearing a feathered headdress stands before a preacher and his clerk as they exclaim respectively, "O Lord, save this lady, thy servant" followed by "Who putteth her ladyship's trust in thee."
Alternative Title:
Churching a lady
Description:
Title inscribed in the artist's hand below image., Signed by the artist., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Great Britain, Preaching, Religious services, and Churches