Satire on contemporary fashions. Two dandies oogle a fashionably dressed woman as she requests a dance
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Title from text above image., Five lines of text below image: At a party of fashionable ladies, it was decreed, that, "considering the indifference the most elegant & agreeable gentlemen ..., Signed in lower left corner. "WP" presumably William Prosser., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published for Wm. Prosser, by J. Chappell, 98 Cornhill and Jardine, litho., 39 Cornl
A full-length depiction of a female fishmonger composed of fish: her hat is a lobster, her dress a large fillet of a angel (?) fish, her arms composed of various other fish, whole or parts. Behind her a barrel of oysters on a wooden stool
Description:
Title from text below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Pub. by C. Tilt, Fleet Street and Printed by G.E. Madeley, Wellington St., Strand
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Fishmongers, Fish, Oysters, and Baskets
Full length depiction of the Duke of Wellington, in uniform with hat in his right hand and sword at his left side, left hand extended and a look of distress on his face
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed with the initials of unidentified printmaker "J.W.G." in lower right., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published by Tregear, 123 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Distress, Daggers & swords, and Hats
Title from text below image in letterpress., Publication information from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text in letterpress below image: The above gentleman takes this method of advertising for a wife. He has hitherto led a single life, which, upon reflection, he cannot help considering an act of ingratitude toward the sex in general ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., By Paul Pry?, and Watermark: J Whatman 1827.
Title from caption below image., 'Alfred Crowquill' and the crow-quill symbol are pseudonyms used by Alfred Henry Forrester and his brother Charles Robert Forrester., Four lines of verse below title: Love's missiles ne'er were aimed amiss where there were lips for kissing ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Couples -- Old man -- Young woman -- Fences -- Posters -- Pictures amplify subject.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Below imprint statement: Aubert, editeur, Galerie Vero Dodat, 31., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: French fashions -- Dandies -- Couples.
Publisher:
chez Martinet-Hautecoeur, rue du Coq St. Honore, Gihaut frères, Boulevard des Italiens, and Violet, Faub. St. Denis, No. 90
A man stands beside a public water pump holding the ladle that is chained to the pump. Looking straight at the viewer, he toasts the King with water from the ladle. Below the image are the words "Pure loyalty. Here's a health to the King God bless him."
Description:
Title from text below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Tipped to a sheet of printed music that has been covered with poems cut from newspapers or journals as well as two clippings, one dated 13 September 1839 about the Yorkshire Hussars and another undated but probably 1830 as it discusses the implications of the death of William Huskission circa 1830.
Publisher:
Published by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside, London and Dean & Munday's Lithoy., Threadneedle St.
An older gentleman is on horseback strapped into a contraption that limits the horses movement (as such, it won't move above a trot pace), limits any jolting movements and also provides shade and cover through the attachment of an umbrella. In the left background, a horseman struggles to control his horse as a panicked lady watches on and his top hat flies off behind him. To the right a male onlooker peers through his monocle in awe of the timid horsemen's contraption
Description:
Title from text below image., Series title etched above image., Later edition attributes these plates to Robert Seymour: Living made easy : dedicated to the Utilitarian Society : twelve humorous subjects / designed by R. Seymour. New-York : Published by E.S. Mesier, 28 Wall Street, 1832., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Horses, Umbrellas, Machinery, Dandies, and British