"A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure, in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke from a rectangular aperture in the floor (left), dagger in one hand, cup of 'poison' in the other. The dupe, an ugly man in old-fashioned dress, watches terror-struck, while a woman picks his pocket from behind a curtain. A magic circle, with toad, skull, &c, a cat, a book with cabalistic signs, a stuffed crocodile suspended from the ceiling, give the required atmosphere."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Raising the devil
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Devils & demons -- Cabalism., 1 print : etching and aquatint ; plate mark 29.7 x 34.6 cm., and Hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12, 1800, by R. Ackerman, No. 101 Strand
"A bogus wizard stands raising his wand while a grotesque figure, in answer, snorting fire, emerges in clouds of smoke from a rectangular aperture in the floor (left), dagger in one hand, cup of 'poison' in the other. The dupe, an ugly man in old-fashioned dress, watches terror-struck, while a woman picks his pocket from behind a curtain. A magic circle, with toad, skull, &c, a cat, a book with cabalistic signs, a stuffed crocodile suspended from the ceiling, give the required atmosphere."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Raising the devil
Description:
Title etched below image. and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Devils & demons -- Cabalism.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 12, 1800, by R. Ackerman, No. 101 Strand
A clergyman stands facing the viewer with an expression of abdication of responsibility
Description:
Title from dialogue in image., Publication date from card catalog., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1794.
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folio's [sic] of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Temporary local subject terms: Horsemanship -- Huntsmen -- Accidents -- Animals: hounds -- Hunting: fox hunt.
Publisher:
Pub May 20th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folio's [sic] of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Horsemanship -- Huntsmen -- Animals: hounds., and Watermark: Weatherley & Lane 1818.
Publisher:
Pub May 20th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title etched at bottom of image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Insurance.
Publisher:
Pub. March 3, 1800, by Wm. Haydon, No. 1 Elm Street-Mount Pleasant, Cold Bath Fields
A sailor in a shore town greets a fellow sailor in front of a tavern and converse about the pleasures of shore leaves. A smiling young woman dances with her hands on her hips as a man plays a fiddle. Another woman sits close to another man a table outside in front of the tavern window
Alternative Title:
Jack and his doxy
Description:
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered '247' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Below image and imprint, a dialogue between two sailors about enjoying shore life., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 20th Octr. 1800 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Musicians, Prostitutes, Sailors, Ships, Taverns (Inns), and Violins
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: House of Commons -- Clergy: Pitt as parson -- Acts of Parliament: Union with Ireland Act 1800 -- Speaker of the House of Commons -- Hibernia (Symbolic character)., Watermark: A Stace 1798., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Publisd April 20th, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 and Melville, Henry Dundas, Viscount, 1742-1811
Title from caption etched below image., Reduced copy of a print of the same title by Cawse, published by Fores on January 1, 1800. See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9508., Publication information from periodical for which the plate was etched., Plate from: London und Paris. Weimar: Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs, 1800, v. 5., p. 252., Numbered 'No. VIII' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Treasury -- Elections: Westminster election, 1800 -- Literature: allusion to Sheridan's Pizarro -- Lighting: watchman's lantern -- Animals: watchdog -- Thieves -- Bags of money -- Cap of liberty as bonnet rouge., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Im Verlage des Industrie-Comptoirs
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
