"Heading to engraved verses: 'Sung by Mr Fawcett, at Covent Garden, in the Popular Farce of We Fly by Night.' In a bare farmhouse room a married couple in a truckle-bed quarrel violently. The man kneels on the bed, threatening his wife with his fists....
Alternative Title:
Flitch of bacon
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 1, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A rhymed rebus purporting to be a reply to a sailor's letter from his girl, describing her fears for him upon hearing of a storm at sea, her joy at getting his letter, and her promise to remain true to him despite having other suitors
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 17[...], by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Hieroglyphics, Love letters, and Military uniforms
"A fashionably dressed man stands directed to the left, erect and debonair, a cane under his left arm. He takes a pinch of snuff, holding, besides the snuff-box, his top-hat. He has whiskers and small pigtail. From his coat-pocket projects a bottle la...
Alternative Title:
Trip from Oxford to the land of cakes
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Ireland, John, 1745-1839
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Medicines, Pills, Staffs (Sticks), Snuff, and Thistles
"A fashionably dressed man stands directed to the left, erect and debonair, a cane under his left arm. He takes a pinch of snuff, holding, besides the snuff-box, his top-hat. He has whiskers and small pigtail. From his coat-pocket projects a bottle la...
Alternative Title:
Trip from Oxford to the land of cakes
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Ireland, John, 1745-1839
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Medicines, Pills, Staffs (Sticks), Snuff, and Thistles