"A woman in an advanced stage of pregnancy stands with folded hands, laughing, close to an elderly parson (right) of Dr. Syntax type who recoils in angry horror. Behind them is a high garden wall, with a notice: 'Man Traps laid in these Grounds'. Behi...
Alternative Title:
Black joke
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publd. June 4th, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Pregnancy, Laughing, Clergy, Garden walls, Signs (Notices), Servants, and Smiling
An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. The lady asks: "O! dear, doctor, has John studied the book?", her doctor replies: "Aye, aye; nothing requir'd but my book, page 75 -gently John! Gently! Pag...
Alternative Title:
Cure for flatulency
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published November 30, 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Household employees, Dogs, Flatulence, Black people, House furnishings, Costume, History, Obesity, and Servants
"A series of eight violent quarrels arranged in two rows, the words (not transcribed in full) etched above the heads of the speakers. [1] An old parson threatens his footman: "If you ever dare to say I am in a passion again I'll break every bone in yo...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackvill [sic] Street
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Anger, Aggression, Animal welfare, Marriage, Spouses, Fighting, Quarreling, Dogs, Staffs (Sticks), Clergy, Servants, Tea services, and Boys