Cover title., Etchings of faces and heads, mostly untitled, two images per sheet, first sheet with numbers 3 and 4; no. 59 alone on last sheet., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
"A phrenologist, De Ville, in his consulting room, feels the forehead of a loutish gaping youth who kneels on a cushion at his feet. Behind the boy stands his stupid-looking mother, grinning with delight at her son. De Ville, who wears plain old-fashioned dress, has a grotesquely shaped skull fringed with scanty hair; his left hand rests on an open book on his table on which is a skull, numbered phrenologically and resting on a paper: Thurtell [murderer] shown to be Craniologically an Excellent Character. Behind him stands an assistant with a porcine profile writing in a note-book: Very large Wit N° 32. A large book-case covers much of the wall (right). There are also portrait heads illustrating grotesque misshapen features, and a bust on a pedestal with a satyr-like profile."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of quoted text below title: "Pores o'er the cranial map with learned eyes, Each rising hill and bumpy knoll descries, Here secret fires, and there deep mines of sense, His touch detects beneath each prominence.", and For an earlier state before aquatint added, see no. 15157 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 24th, 1826, by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Strt., London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
De Ville, J. and Thurtell, John, 1794-1824.
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Costume, Caricatures and cartoons, Bookcases, and Muffs
First title from image, second title devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "9"., With: [Profiles of eight men, facing in both directions] / My. Darly invt. 1762. Numbered: '10'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Twenty-four letterpress and engraved lottery puffs uncut on one sheet. Each puff includes engravings of Twelfth night character by George Cruikshank and an 8-line poem
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., On each lottery puff: Lottery begins drawing 12th January, 1820., and Includes puff numbers 1347-1370: John Bull, Sukey Salmon, Alderman Turtle, Queen, Tabby Turnip, Billy Bantam, Polly Pigface, Molly Maid, Toby Fillpot, The Grand Turk, Colly Calf-head, John Dory, Pomposa Pine-apple, Doughy Upper-crust, Dolly Dumpling, Timothy Tun-Belly, Simon Sheepface, King, Cissy Cowslip, Letty Lambkin, Dame Partlett, Kitty Cabbage, Giddy Goosecap, Solomon Sirloin.
Publisher:
J. & J. Sivewright ... 37, Cornhill, 11, Holburn, 38 Haymarket, 141, Oxford-St
Subject (Geographic):
England, London., and England.
Subject (Topic):
Lotteries, Marketing, Advertising, Caricatures and cartoons, and Animals in human situations
"A country dance; eighteen couples in a strip design in the manner of the 'Long Minuet' (No. 7229), dance with awkward vigour; one of the most active ladies has a wooden leg. The first couple (left) face each other, the lady squinting violently. On the right a man turns eagerly from his elderly and offended partner to a young lady, whose partner also holds the hand of another lady, while an elderly man stands alone on the extreme right, holding his wig, and mopping his bald head. The elder men wear powdered hair with small pigtails, the younger ones have frizzed hair without powder, short or with small tails. Only one or two wear wigs. The women wear simple high-waisted gowns with elbow sleeves and long gloves; one wears a hat and long sleeves. All wear flat-heeled shoes, and have frizzed hair, short, or piled on the head; a few wear feathered bandeaux; one lady only has powdered hair. Some have strange hair ornaments: a fat and very decolletee lady with a lap-dog under her arm wears round her erect bush of hair a circlet from which project barbed zigzags, like lightning flashes. A youngish lady has on her head a bird with a barbed fang; an older one in spectacles wears a small windmill behind two drooping aigrettes. The neglected lady wears a tiny wheat-sheaf, her pretty rival a ship in full sail. Below the title: 'What an elegant Set-What a bustling of Rumps! What a Sweet Toe to Toe-ing of Slipers and Pumps! At the sight my Old Drumsticks are ready to Prance There is nothing I love so as seeing Folks Dance.'':--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption etched below image on third sheet., Artist's signature from impression in the British Museum., Four lines of verse below title: What an elegant set, what a bustling of rumps! What a sweet toe to toe-ing of slipers [sic] and pumps! ..., One continuous design on five plates., Description based on imperfect impression; sheets trimmed within plate mark and artist's signature erased from lower left corner of first sheet., and BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Untrimmed. Artist's signature visible on lower left corner of first sheet. Hand-colored.
Publisher:
Published Aug. 15, 1811, by Robinson, 5 Margaret Street, Cavindish Square & Calnaghi, Cockspur Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Social aspects, English wit and humor, Pictorial, Social life and customs, and Dance
Titles from images., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "3"., With: Mouths / MDarly invt. et sculp. 176 according to act. Numbered: '4'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles from images., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "7"., With: External circular carrics / My. Darly 1762. Numbered: '8'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles from images., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "5"., With: Angular carrics / MDarly invt. 1762. Numbered: '6'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".