"Two prostitutes sit weeping on a bank (left); two heavily shackled convicts stand beside them (right). A jailer with a pistol in his belt standing behind the women points sternly to a ship in the background. On a hill in the background a body hangs f...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Botany Bay (N.S.W.)
Subject (Topic):
Penal transportation, Gallows, Handguns, Prisoners, Prostitutes, Shackles, Ships, and British
"The enormously fat Stephen Kemble, as Hamlet, gesticulates, right arm extended, left arm thrown back, fingers (very large) pointing awkwardly; his head is turned in profile to the left. He wears quasi-contemporary dress, much dishevelled, with a star...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Kemble, Stephen, 1758-1822
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Obesity, and Theatrical productions
Two elegantly dressed ladies stop in the entrance of a store to observe a mililtary officer splatterd by mud as he steps on a broken stone on the sidewalk. In each of the panes of the shop window is an article of the clothing or hat. To the right of...
Alternative Title:
Double disaster
Description:
Titles engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Clothing stores, Military officers, British, Mud, Stores & shops, and Women
Two dandies (or bucks)-- one thin and one stout--shake hands as they greet each other in a field. They wear high-crowned hats of the period and tight breeches; they both have clubs stuffed in their pockets. The man on the left holds a monocle (quizzin...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 179[4?] by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Monocles, and Nightsticks
