Mr. Harley, with a very large belly and a shirt with lace trim, standing full-length in profile to right wearing on his head a cuckold's horns from which hangs a sign "A room to lett unfurnish'd". From his mouth a bubble reading, "I am one of the head...
Alternative Title:
Figure that appeared in a Mazarine gown
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Oxford Magazine
Subject (Geographic):
England and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Harley, Thomas, 1730-1804
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, City council members, Horns (Anatomy), Masquerades, and Obesity
"'Cits' (i.e. citizens) ride (left to right) (types of vulgar horsemanship, cf. BMSats 7233, 7242) in a cloud of dust, following a crowded stage-coach inscribed 'To the Races'. A rough two-wheeled cart, crammed with a family party, is drawn by a cante...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Feby. 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
London (England),
Subject (Topic):
City council members, Dogs, Ducks, Stagecoaches, Signs (Notices), and Spouses
"A boxing encounter; the combatants, wearing waistcoats and gloves, stand facing each other with clenched fists. One (left) says:"I'll Box the Minister about if I get in & tip him Seven the Main". The other (right) says: "Now Mr Alderman I vil Show yo...
Alternative Title:
Strong recommendations for a membr. of Parliament and Strong recommendations for a member of Parliament
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 3, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818., and Lushington, William, 1747-1823.
Subject (Topic):
City council members, Boxing, and Political elections
An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'Observations' protrudes from his coat-pocket. His ...
Alternative Title:
Deputy Pendulum's motion for an address
Description:
Title from words written around the face of the clock.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man wearing a furred livery gown and a double-peaked fool's cap with bells. His head is turned slightly to the right. In his left hand is a watchman's rattle. He is Sir Watkin Lewes, a recently knighted alderman and city pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
M. Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, City council members, Fools' caps, and Robes
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Whole length portrait of a man wearing a furred livery gown and a double-peaked fool's cap with bells. His head is turned slightly to the right. In his left hand is a watchman's rattle. He is Sir Watkin Lewes, a recently knighted alderman and city pa...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
M. Darly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Lewes, Watkin, Sir, 1740?-1821
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, City council members, Fools' caps, and Robes
"An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket....
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
"An ugly man in old-fashioned dress stands full-face, toes turned in, squinting, and looking downwards. An 'Address' is in his right hand, his left hand is in his breeches pocket; a document inscribed 'obervation' [sic] protrudes from his coat-pocket....
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 29, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Freedom of speech, Petition, Right of, Sedition, Great Britain, Politics and government, Clocks & watches, City council members, Hearing aids, Sleeping, Public speaking, and Yawning
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A procession of characters riding fantastic velocipedes (see British Museum Satires No. 13399), in profile to the right, each an isolated figure, arranged in two rows divided by a horizontal line. Each machine is an appropriate object mounted on two ...
Alternative Title:
Everyone his hobby
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Ap. 24th, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Jews, Bicycles & tricycles, City council members, Ethnic stereotypes, Hobbyists, Military uniforms, British, Physicians, Dandies, and Sailors
"A broadside satirising Lord Bute, his Cider Excise scheme, and the Peace Treaty of Paris (1762); with an etching showing a podium with King George III seated on a throne, in front of him a group of men (aldermen) delivering a petition; on the right L...
Alternative Title:
Sawney's oeconomy and Sawney's economy
Description:
Caption title from song in letterpress printed below the plate.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Burd, in the Temple Exchange Passage, Fleet Street, and sold by all printsellers, &c. in London and Westminster
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
