An elderly antiquarian guides a fashionably dressed young lady and gentleman through a natural history museum, unaware that the gentleman is passing a letter to the lady. In and around the cases are exotic animals, insects, reptiles, and a mummy
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Sept. 20, 1793, by T. Prattent, 46 Cloth Fair, West Smithfield
"A fat squat and ugly woman sits on a sofa next a tall dandified officer (right) who makes his address, his hand on his breast. She turns to him complacently, her feet awkwardly resting on a stool. Their two dogs face each other, each with shape and manner corresponding with its owner. Two appropriate pictures are on the wall: Bank of England (left) and Seige of Acre (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Second state, with title added above image. For an earlier state before title, see no. 14596 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10. For a reissue with Thomas McLean's imprint, published in Cruikshankiana (London : Thomas M'Lean, [1835]), see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1853,0112.247., and Four lines of quoted dialogue below image: "Had I heart for falshood [sic] fram'd, I ne'er could injure you - For tho' your tongue no promise claim'd, your charms would make me true! &c. &c. &c."
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 10, 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Stt
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military officers, Dogs, Couples, and Courtship
A tall, fashionable young woman walks with her arm linked in the arm of a short, obese, red-face man who grins as he looks up at her. He carries a walking stick. She wears a large hat and holds a eyeglass
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by S. Gans, Southampton Street, Covent Garden
Title from item., Plate numbered '218' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Courtship, Draperies, Living rooms, Love letters, Sofas, Wallpapers, Women, Writing materials, and Young adults
"Heading to engraved verses. A loutish would-be fashionable (left) stands, hat in hand, 'staring like a stuck pig', at a fashionably dressed young woman, who trips off gaily to the right, snapping her fingers at her admirer. She holds a small closed parasol. The last of twelve verses: 'With the use of my speech, I recovered my voice, Says I, "My dear lewel; pray take your own choice; For the future I'll serve, one my love will not slight, That's my King & my Country, with joy & delight. Derry down &c.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Love at first sight
Description:
Title from text engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., On second plate, twelve numbered quatrains of verse arranged in three columns above imprint line: Through Dublin, as once I was trudging away, about six O'Clock in the middle of the day ..., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Droll series were executed either by Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Lower plate numbered '416' in the lower left corner, on second plate., and Watermark: John Hall 1800.
Publisher:
Publish'd Decr. 30th, 1805, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
In an outdoor setting, Charles Fox, with his hands clasped as in prayer, pronounces his adoration for a demure looking Mrs. Robinson, who stands next to him while an amused Prince of Wales watches them from behind a tree
Alternative Title:
Paradise regained
Description:
Title from item. and Signed in image "SB". Attribution to James Gillray from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by G. Humphrey, No. 48 Long Acre
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830., Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., and Robinson, Mary, 1758-1800.
Date of publication from ESTC., Verse in two parts. - The anonymous first part is by Henry Carey: "Of all the girls that are so smart,". - The second part, entitled 'Pretty Sally's answer', begins: "Of all the lads in London town,". - In four columns with the title and two woodcuts over the first two; columns separated by ornamental rules., Mounted on leaf 24. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Illustration at the head of Henry Carey's poem (also sometimes 'Sally of our alley') in letterpress, shows a scene in a cobbler's work-room. The apprentice has thrown down a shoe on a last to embrace 'Sally', unconscious of his master who stands behind him with lifted strap
Description:
Title from letterpress poem printed below image., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Date from letterpress at bottom of page., Date engraved on print: Published Nov. 1, 1805 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London., Sheet trimmed to edge of plate mark on upper side., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Song attribution below title: Sung by Mr. Incledon. Mr. Braham. Mr. Dignum. Mr. Hill. Mr. Taylor, &c. &c., Fifty-six lines of verse arranged in four columns on broadside portion of sheet: Of all the girls that are so smart, there's none like pretty Sally ..., and Plate numbered '411' in the upper left corner.
Publisher:
Published 9th November, 1805 by Laurie & Whittle, Fleet Street, London
"A night scene, with a full moon, outside the corner house of a London square, an equestrian statue among trees in the background. A young officer in dandified uniform kneels on the cobbled roadway, shouting up to the house Fire! Fire! Fire! A lady, in nightgown and cap, looks from a first-floor window, crying, Where! Where! Where! He answers, right hand on his heart: Here! Here! Here!!! The words are below the title"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Self introduction and declaration
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Three lines of underlined dialogue below title: Fire! Fire! Fire! Where! Where! Where! Here! Here! Here!!!
Publisher:
Pub. June 29, 1823 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's St. & 74 New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Row houses, Dandies, British, and Soldiers
A fashionably dressed couple sit on a upholstered sofa embrassing and kissing; a rug on the floor completes the decorations of the room
Description:
Titles etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 29 x 21 cm., and Mounted on: Map of Gorteennamrock, Ballyhibbin & Bally morris situate in the county of Limerick, the estate of Thos. Henry Roys[?] / J. J. Byrne. Dublin: Forster & Co., 1852.
