"A fat squat and ugly woman sits on a sofa next a tall dandified officer (right) who makes his address, his hand on his breast. She turns to him complacently, her feet awkwardly resting on a stool. Their two dogs face each other, each with shape and manner corresponding with its owner. Two appropriate pictures are on the wall: Bank of England (left) and Seige of Acre (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Second state, with title added above image. For an earlier state before title, see no. 14596 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. For a reissue with Thomas McLean's imprint, published in Cruikshankiana (London : Thomas M'Lean, [1835]), see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1853,0112.247., and Four lines of quoted dialogue below image: "Had I heart for falshood [sic] fram'd, I ne'er could injure you - For tho' your tongue no promise claim'd, your charms would make me true! &c. &c. &c."
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 10, 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Stt
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military officers, Dogs, Couples, and Courtship
Title from caption above image., Three lines of text below image: Though, in point of fact, the long preliminaries at your glass, will cost you a good two hours ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wits & Humour, 26 Haymarket
A young gentlemen sits in a chair opposite three fashionable young ladies and their mother who are seated on a sofa. His wide grin suggests that he has amused himself with an anecdote, but the expressions on the ladies' faces indcate that he has failed to amuse them. One of the young ladies looks down at the dog in her lap, another looks at her fan
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to: A capital joke., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"A fat bottle-nosed parson preaches from the upper story of a three-decker pulpit. Below him a lean curate sleeps, spectacles on forehead. A lank-haired rubicund clerk listens alertly. At the base of the design are the heads of a congregation, asleep, except for a flirting couple."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Letter "J." or "I." beneath lower left corner of image may be the artist's signature., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Watermark: 1822.
Publisher:
Pub. May 12, 1823, by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Preaching, Pulpits, Religious services, and Sleeping
Title etched below image., Imprint and series title from another impression in the Metropolitan Museum of Art., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and series title above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repositoty of of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
In a elegant bedroom with a floral carpet, a young woman sits before at her vanity and gazes in the mirror as she applies make-up to her cheeks. Her fashionable dress and her hat are displayed on either side of her. In the background stands her curtained bed. On the wall is a picture of a woman drawing a silhouette
Description:
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplify subject -- Bedrooms -- Cosmetics -- Mirrors.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey 74 New Bond Street & 24 St. James's Street
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: G. Pike.
"The man walks (right to left) on a mountainous landscape carrying a musket, and with knapsack, sword, and sheathed bayonet. In the front of his cap is a red cross on a white ground (like that of the modern Red Cross), a similar but smaller cross is on his neat military tunic, which is blue with red facings. He wears trousers or pantaloons and buckled shoes. In a distant valley is a burning town or village."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Similar in design to prints in the series: Sketches of character,, and Watermark: Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. May 8, 1823 by G. Humphrey 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond Street
Title from caption below image., Six lines of verse below title arranged in two columns: I scuttle up & down every street ..., and Originally published April 15, 1823 by George Humphrey. Cf. No. 14570 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Pub. May 12, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 25th, 1823 by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
