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1. A stew [graphic].
- Creator:
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Jan. 30th, 1822.
- Call Number:
- 822.01.30.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A London night-scene. A fashionably dressed man wearing top-boots is chased (right to left) by two police officers holding bludgeons. One holds a pair of hand-cuffs. The pavement is backed by a high stone wall topped by trees. On the wall, by a projecting lamp, are three superimposed bills: Burglary; £200 Reward Felony; Murder, Reward 100 Guineas. There is a full moon."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1821.
- Publisher:
- Published by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Crimes and Police
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A stew [graphic].
2. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall [graphic]
- Creator:
- Dighton, Richard, 1795-1880, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Septr. 19, 1821.
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 835G v.2 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Alderman Wood, a dumpy figure with a large head, lies on his back, arms and legs in air, with mud splashing up all round him. He has fallen from a high wall adjoining the gate (left) of Brandenbourg House [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13852]. An angry lion (? in stone), with tail erect, stands on the wall by the gate, looking down at him. Two scrolls hang precariously from the coping: 1821 A Baronet, 1821 A Lord, 1823 A Duke-- 1824 * * * *, 1825 *****. and Expectations.--Wardenship of St Catherines [see British Museum Satires No. 14131, &c], Lord Mayor for Life, Prime Minister, Commander in Chief. A scroll inscribed Cornwall Mines is falling. On the ground beside him are two papers: The Alderman's Rise-- Errend Boy. Shopman. Bagman. Alderman &c &c &c &c &c &c &c, and: Old Wood to be Sold Cheap [cf. British Museum Satires No. 14147]. Through the iron gate are seen the trees and grounds of the house."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1821., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 106 in volume 2 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Figure of "Ald. Wood" identified in ink below image; date "19 Sep. 1821" written beneath lower right corner of image. Typed extract of seventeen lines from the British Museum catalogue description is pasted opposite (on verso of preceding leaf).
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Name):
- Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843, Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, and Brandenburgh House (London, England),
- Subject (Topic):
- Death and burial, Humpty Dumpty (Fictitious character), Municipal officials, Falling, Mud, Walls, Gates, Lions, and Scrolls (Information artifacts)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall [graphic]
