"An enormously stout man, sitting outside with a brimming jug in one hand, a pipe in the other, tobacco paper and glass beside him, smiling broadly; with a boy on the left, coming out of a house carrying pipes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered 'No. 193' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1794 -- Ale -- Mugs -- Serving boys.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Beer, Drinking vessels, Pipes (Smoking), and Obesity
Page 244. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The new wonderful magazine, and marvellous chronicle. London : Published by Alex. Hogg, v. 3 (1794)., "Wonderful magazine"--Above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Irish wakes -- Drunkenness., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 10.8 x 15.3 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge and periodical name from top edge., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm; a small newspaper clipping (3.9 x 6.2 cm) is mounted below print, dated "1773" in ink., and Mounted on page 252 (misnumbered '244') in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Johnson
Subject (Geographic):
St. Giles in the Fields (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Churches, Wake services, Dead persons, Ethnic stereotypes, Alcoholic beverages, Intoxication, Drinking vessels, Vomiting, Clergy, and Fans (Accessories)
Opposite page 212. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on lecherous elderly men: a serving maid recoils as an elderly macaroni, sitting at a table with a glass, puts his arm round her waist and offers her a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse in two columns beneath title: Macaroni endeavours the maid to seduce, With gold and such prate as with fops is in use. In vain is his courtship; the maiden stil coy, Rejects the vile letcher, and all his false joy., Folded to 32 x 25.8 cm., and Bound in opposite page 212 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Older people, Courtship, Lust, Drinking vessels, and Purses
Leaf 96. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait, whole length, of a short man standing full face. In his right hand are a number of wine glasses, his left thumb is thrust under his apron-string. He wears a wide hat, a striped handkerchief knotted round his neck, a rough irregularly shaped apron over his coat and waistcoat."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Macaroni waiter of Drury Lane
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., For a variant (earlier?) state without plate numbering, see no. 5154 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Drury Lane -- Wide hats -- Wine glasses., and Second of three plates on leaf 96.
Title etched below image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed either by Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Twenty-four lines of verse arranged in three numbered columns below title: At each inn on the road I a welcome could find, at the Fleece I'd my skin fill of ale ..., Plate numbered '425' in the 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 May 12, 1806, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Mail wagons, Guards, Taverns (Inns), Drinking vessels, Traffic signs & signals, and Doors & doorways
Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Two lines of text below title: Particularly recommended to gentlemen intending to take an early standing place in the streets ...
Publisher:
William Spooner, 377, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Inventions, Nails & spikes, Umbrellas, Drinking vessels, and Pipes (Smoking)
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a wall-clock point to 12.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettered state of no. 6881 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Music: Cello -- Furniture: Wall clock -- Medical disease -- Wine glasses -- Decanters., and Mounted on page 45 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a wall-clock point to 12.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettered state of no. 6881 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Music: Cello -- Furniture: Wall clock -- Medical disease -- Wine glasses -- Decanters., and 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 22.6 x 26.2 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
Volume 2, page 45. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A gouty and obese man (right) seated in a chair plays the 'cello. Both legs are swathed, the feet wrapped in slashed coverings; the right leg rests on a stool. The Devil (left), hat in hat, holds in a pair of tongs a cinder against the right knee. Bottles and glasses stand on a table. A pair of crutches lean against the chair. The hands of a wall-clock point to 12.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettered state of no. 6881 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Music: Cello -- Furniture: Wall clock -- Medical disease -- Wine glasses -- Decanters., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 29.9 cm., and Imperfect; a thin strip of the sheet below title has been removed and the remaining parts of the sheet glued back together, with loss of the statement of responsibility.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, April 20th, 1785, by J. Jones, Great Portland Street
