"General Manners walks in profile to the left, with knees flexed, bending forward, his hands clasped behind his back, a cane under his arm. He wears a round hat, small pigtail, and plain, old-fashioned dress."--British Museum online catalogue
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Pubd. Novr. 4th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"General Manners walks in profile to the left, with knees flexed, bending forward, his hands clasped behind his back, a cane under his arm. He wears a round hat, small pigtail, and plain, old-fashioned dress."--British Museum online catalogue
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Pubd. Novr. 4th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. James's Street
"Two ladies (left) walk arm-in-arm to the left; a good-looking man, extravagantly dressed, stands (right) legs apart, head turned to inspect them as if they were strange specimens. One, short and fat, wears a round straw cap over a shock of hair which...
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Pubd. June 25th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Two ladies (left) walk arm-in-arm to the left; a good-looking man, extravagantly dressed, stands (right) legs apart, head turned to inspect them as if they were strange specimens. One, short and fat, wears a round straw cap over a shock of hair which...
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Pubd. June 25th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"The crowded cabin tilts to the right, to the dismay of a family party dining at a table in the foreground. There is a second table in the background with a meal in progress. The cabin is bordered on left and right by two tiers of berths, apparently f...
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Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str., London
Subject (Geographic):
England, Margate (England), England., and Margate.
Subject (Topic):
Packets, Motion sickness, Ocean travel, Description and travel, Travel, and Vomiting
An image with six panels. Each panel features a figure and heading that plays on the 'cake' theme present in the title. Panel headings [begining in upper left corner and moving clockwise]: A Crummy Cake, A Crusty Cake, A Flow'ry Cake, A Plumb Cake, A ...
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Pubd. June 16th, 1807 by Thos. Tegg, Appolo Library, No. 111 Cheapside
An African woman known as 'Sartje' or the Hottentot Venus stands, left, in profile, a smoking pipe in her mouth and tall staff in her right hand. She has an enormous posterior and stands nude except for a pair of garters around her calves, a thin gird...
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Walker Cornhill?
Subject (Name):
Baartman, Sarah, Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Great Britain. Court of Chancery
Subject (Topic):
Officials and employees, Khoikhoi (African people), Africans, and England
A parody on Book 8, lines 487-9 of John Milton's Paradise lost. A lean, spectacled man stands by a bed as he welcomes a drunken trollope who staggers into the room holding a glass and a bottle labelled Geneva (gin). He exclaims, parodying Milton, "On...
P- and his reduced household retiring for the summer season and Prince and his reduced household retiring for the summer season
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Pub'd as the act directs, for the proprietor, by J. Carter, Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Weltje, Louis, 1745-1810, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
On a country road, two countrymen encounter an ugly witch who sits crouching on a fence rail holding her broom, her hair sticking out straight from her head. The one countryman kneels on the ground with a horrified look on his face, clutching his hat...
A simple drayman stands scratching his head as he stops to talk to a man who sits on a wooden crate as he drinks from a tankard outside a country inn. A pretty woman stands in the doorway (the sign for the inn just visible over her head) holding anot...
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Title engraved below image.
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Published 4th April 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"A lean and elderly virago (three-quarter length) with straggling hair, wearing a handkerchief which scarcely covers her breast, stands in profile to the left, glaring fiercely. Her arms are bare to the elbow; she holds her thumb and second finger tog...
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Pubd. Jany. 6th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
"Another and probably later version of BMSat 5606; the two men have labels coming from their mouths containing words, and are more correctly drawn. The house on the right. is a more important building and its door has a plate inscribed "Lieut: Genl Bo...
"Another and probably later version of BMSat 5606; the two men have labels coming from their mouths containing words, and are more correctly drawn. The house on the right. is a more important building and its door has a plate inscribed "Lieut: Genl Bo...
"Another and probably later version of BMSat 5606; the two men have labels coming from their mouths containing words, and are more correctly drawn. The house on the right. is a more important building and its door has a plate inscribed "Lieut: Genl Bo...
"A tall handsome lady walks diagonally forwards from left to right, her left hand on the arm of a much shorter companion with a larger head, perhaps a young girl. The latter, though her dress is simple, has a grotesquely high bunch of erect feathers i...
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Pubd. June 20th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of, 1756-1831
"A tall handsome lady walks diagonally forwards from left to right, her left hand on the arm of a much shorter companion with a larger head, perhaps a young girl. The latter, though her dress is simple, has a grotesquely high bunch of erect feathers i...
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Pubd. June 20th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Rutland, Mary Isabella Manners, Duchess of, 1756-1831
A collection of theatrical costume drawings from a variety of sources in a variety of mediums on paper and pasteboard, mostly unidentified but some signed: two by Lucien Besche, one by Herbert Norris, one by C.A. Stothard, two by Charles Wilhelm and t...
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For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779. and Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Subject (Topic):
Costume design, Actors, English, and Costume design drawings
"Two officers of high rank sit together in a cabin, gambling intently at cup (actually spike) and ball. One (left) wears a star; the other, who is older and stouter, watches the dangling ball held by his companion. At their feet is a pile of coins on ...
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Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
"Two officers of high rank sit together in a cabin, gambling intently at cup (actually spike) and ball. One (left) wears a star; the other, who is older and stouter, watches the dangling ball held by his companion. At their feet is a pile of coins on ...
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Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Thelwall, John, 1764-1834, Stanhope, Charles Stanhope, Earl, 1753-1816, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, and Lauderdale, James Maitland, Earl of, 1759-1839
"A burlesque of the trial of O'Connor at Maidstone (22 May), parts of the court being hidden by the large labels which issue from the mouths of prisoner and witnesses. The presiding judge (Buller) looks down with horror at the witnesses, the other jud...
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Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, 169 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
"A burlesque of the trial of O'Connor at Maidstone (22 May), parts of the court being hidden by the large labels which issue from the mouths of prisoner and witnesses. The presiding judge (Buller) looks down with horror at the witnesses, the other jud...
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Pubd. Octr. 1st, 1798, by J. Wright, 169 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Name):
O'Connor, Arthur, 1763-1852, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, and Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823
"A British sailor, firmly planted astride the globe, is severely punishing Bonaparte, who, with one knee precariously on 'Turk[ey]' (Egypt), is about to fall backwards into space. Bonaparte wears a huge cocked hat, is naked from the waist, but wears s...
Alternative Title:
Jack Tar settling Buonaparte
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Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
"A British sailor, firmly planted astride the globe, is severely punishing Bonaparte, who, with one knee precariously on 'Turk[ey]' (Egypt), is about to fall backwards into space. Bonaparte wears a huge cocked hat, is naked from the waist, but wears s...
Alternative Title:
Jack Tar settling Buonaparte
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Pubd. Novr. 20th, 1798, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
"A whole length portrait of the corpulent Prince Frederick William Charles of Wurtemberg, standing 'chapeau-bras' in profile to the right, wearing a ribbon; his right hand on his waistcoat, his left on the hilt of his sword. He has a very heavy double...
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Sketch'd at Wirtemberg
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Pubd. Octr. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Str
"A whole length portrait of the corpulent Prince Frederick William Charles of Wurtemberg, standing 'chapeau-bras' in profile to the right, wearing a ribbon; his right hand on his waistcoat, his left on the hilt of his sword. He has a very heavy double...
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Sketch'd at Wirtemberg
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Pubd. Octr. 24th, 1796, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Str
"The Prince of Wales (right), rising from his chair, kicks over a tea-table, the crockery sliding to the ground, and lying broken on the floor. The Princess sits on a settee on the opposite side of the table, her infant in her arms. She is comely, and...
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Symptoms of love in high life
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Pubd. May 31, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Charlotte Augusta, Princess of Great Britain, 1796-1817, Jersey, George Bussey Villiers, Earl of, 1735-1805, and Jersey, Frances Villiers, Countess of, 1753-1821
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 May 1798]
Call Number:
Print00054
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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Four images on one plate. Each represents a different trade or profession that is advertised in highly accented English by its representative, beginnig on top left with a schoolmaster, entitled, Iddicatshun: I Luke Lojick larns younge gintlemen to rad...
Alternative Title:
Candidates for public favour
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Pub. May 29, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
[29 May 1798]
Call Number:
798.05.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Four images on one plate. Each represents a different trade or profession that is advertised in highly accented English by its representative, beginnig on top left with a schoolmaster, entitled, Iddicatshun: I Luke Lojick larns younge gintlemen to rad...
Alternative Title:
Candidates for public favour
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Pub. May 29, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
George IV and three of his ministers (Castlereagh, Liverpool, and Wellington) struggle to pull on a rope tied a mortar, which is shaped like a fantastical winged creature. Their targets are apparently the "Satirists" in the sky in the upper right, who...
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His Most Gracious Majesty Hum IVth and his ministers going to play the Devil with the satirists and His Most Gracious Majesty Hum the Fourth and his ministers going to play the Devil with the satirists
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Pubsed [sic] by T. Dolby, 299 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821., George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Gifford, Robert Gifford, Baron, 1779-1826, Canning, George, 1770-1827, and Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Pens, Mortars (Ordnance), Pulling, Politicians, Hobby horses, Bows (Weapons)., Arrows, Donkeys, Monkeys, Whips, Medical equipment & supplies, Liberty cap, and Banners
"The stout Empress of Russia sits on a throne, whose seat she completely covers, facing three-quarter to the left towards the Prince of Wales, who bows before her, hat in hand, in profile to the right. He says, adapting Falstaff's words ('2 Henry, IV'...
Alternative Title:
John Bull's hint for a profitable alliance
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Sepr. 26, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
