"A gouty old magistrate sits at a table in a parlour in an armchair with its back to the fire (right); his clerk writes. A parish beadle with his staff stands just inside the door, behind a ragged dustman or labourer, who scratches his head while a pregnant woman (who is swearing a child to the latter) holds her apron to her eye."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attributed to Henry Heath in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 4, 1825, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly, London
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Judges, Pregnant women, Fireplaces, Cats, and Dogs
Title from caption below image., Artist, printmaker, and date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Two lines of verse below title: "She lov'd him for the dangers he had pass'd, he loved her, that she did pity them" -Shakespear [sic]., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 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: 1825 -- Female costume: 1825 -- Leg slings.
A caricature with a conversation between two men, one of whom has just arrived at the door, umbrella in hand, and the other who sits in a chair in front of his fireplace, feet warming at the grate, as he boils his egg for breakfast. Behind him is a table set for breakfast with a coffee pot and loaf of bread and bowls. The comfortable room is decorated with pictures on the wall and a carpet; the fireplace is decorated with blue tiles (Delft?).
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.
Six designs on one plate, each individually titled
Description:
Title from text above images., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Fellows 1824
Men of fashion waltz with elegant courtesans in a magnificent pilastered room. A large orchestra is on a platform (right). Harriette Wilson (right) takes Stockdale's arm. Many names are given in the text of the published state. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
Subject (Name):
Wilson, Harriette, 1786-1846.
Subject (Topic):
Ballroom dancing, Balls (Parties), Courtesans, Couples, and Orchestras
Men, horses, and (mongrel) dogs in wild but spirited confusion in a forest glade pursue a cow (left); the stag is in the background running in the opposite direction, followed by one man on foot. One horse and rider struggle in a ditch while a second horse, which has kicked off its rider, leaps on top of them. A bald John Gilpin clasps his mount round the neck. In the foreground four men over-weight a two-wheeled cart drawn by a wretched but galloping jade. See British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cockney comicalities in full chace and Cockney comicalities in full chase
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Window mounted on: Map of the estate of Thomas Henry Royse Esq.
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on publisher's earliest date of activity; see British Museum online catalogue., Text above image begins: Ah me! what various ills betide ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W.H. Isaacs, No. 3 Charles St. Soho Square
"A night scene, lit by a crescent moon. Men and women flee in abject terror from a menacing figure draped in a sheet, apparently on stilts, with glaring eyeballs, long beard, and talons on its outstretched hands. One of the fugitives is on a terrified horse, another is a watchman with lantern and rattle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Henry Heath; see British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
