Title, printmaker, and publication information from British Museum catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint line., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839, Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826, Landsdowne, William Petty, 1st Marquis of, 1737-1815., Parr, Samuel, 1747-1825, Tierney, George, 1761-1830, and Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Title etched above image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '256' in lower left corner., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Picture caption: Oh! my dear Doctor I am very bad. I do not know what is the matter with me. I eat well, drink well and I sleep well ..., Artist from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Family physicians -- Chinese Buddha statue -- Medical procedures -- Taking pulse -- Medical implements -- Cooking in fireplaces -- Fireplace equipment -- Tongs -- Dentelated mantels.
Publisher:
Published 20th Jany., 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A man springing out of his bed in a garret with a candle and finding a black cat hissing at him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Poor Paddy and the black cat
Description:
Title etched above image., Number 257 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '257' in lower left corner., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Some ghosting of text occurs near the bottom of the plate., Three columns of verse below image: Then gently stepping from his bed, and peeping round, o'erwhelm'd with dread! Behind the door, low couch'd he spies, A huge black cat with saucer eyes! ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 24th Jany. 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title etched above image., Unverified data from local card catalog record: Date altered from 12 to 13., Number 266 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered "266" in lower left corner., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Three lines of descriptive text below design: Two old soldiers sentenc'd to be shot for a breach of discipline when passing by their noble commander, they pointed to several scars on their faces & breasts ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 13th July 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A thin man in shabby clothes, kneels in prayer before a candle on a chair, bedcurtains on either side of the chair; his toes through his worn shoes. The window panes in his room are broken
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Three paragraphs of letterpress below title: Plutus thou God of wealth and riches, deign to listen to thy humble votary..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Title from item., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Plate numbered '263' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Cart.
Publisher:
Published 1st May, 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Number 255 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Picture caption: Now Father I'll give you a specimen of college learning --What we call logic---by which I make these two fowles three ..., and Plate numbered '255' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12th Jany., 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Two soldiers, one in a British uniform with his hands over his eyes and the other in a Scottish kilt with a grief-striken gaze, cross swords over the tomb of Sir Ralph Abercrombie [sic]. On the tomb is written: To the memory of Sir Ralph Abercrombie who was killed at the Siege of Abouker ... 21st March 1801
Description:
Title from item., Number 267 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Three lines of descriptive text below design: Two soldiers visiting the tomb of Sir Ralph Abercromby. After standing some time in all the silence and awe of grief, each drew his sabre, and passed it over the stone, then went away without speaking a word. Let any one try to express more energetically the feelings of those brave men., Plate numbered '267' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publsih'd 13th July, 1801 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Name):
Abercromby, Ralph, Sir, 1734-1801
Subject (Topic):
Tomb, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Soldiers, British, and Scottish
