Three officers dine at a small round table, waited on by two young soldier-servants. one ,standing stiffly, holds a bottle of wine behind his back; an arm (in uniform) extends from a curtain to take it.
"An elderly, spinsterish, and ugly woman, three-quarter length, holds in her left hand a spy-glass (or microscope) which touches the circumference of a large circle, representing a magnified drop of water, filled with grotesque and horrifying aquatic ...
"A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer (right) who faces the accused (left), demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. Sh...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Aprons, Boys, Judges, Lawyers, Military officers, Prostitutes, and Servants
"A bear (right), wearing Cossack trousers and an imperial crown surmounted by a double-headed eagle, runs off to the right. He carries a piece of mountainous country inscribed Greece on which kneels a tiny Greek in profile to the left, exclaiming Save...
Alternative Title:
Imperial bears grease or a peep into futurity
Description:
Title from caption below image; the letters "a" and "s" in the word "grease" are crossed out and the letters "e" and "c" etched above to form the word "Greece."
Publisher:
Pub. by T. McLean 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Charles X, King of France, 1757-1836
Subject (Topic):
Russo-Turkish War, 1828-1829, Bears, Crowns, Sailors, British, National emblems, Russian, and Turkeys
"A complicated piece of machinery fills the centre of a room in a fashionable establishment; an open door (right) leads into a shop where, in the background, a pretty and extravagantly dressed woman (in the costume of c. 1828) presides at a counter; a...
"An inverted wine-glass (claret shape), partly fluted, represents a woman; the bowl is a bell-shaped petticoat, the stem a pinched waist and bodice; the wide base forms the brim of her plateau-hat on which stands a cork with a metal rim and upstanding...
Alternative Title:
Desert-imitation of modern fashion! and Dessert-imitation of modern fashion!
"A man in quasi-fashionable dress with spurred top-boots and knee-breeches gapes oafishly at a print-shop window, while a little boy, respectably dressed, takes a purse from his breeches-pocket, having already twitched a handkerchief from the coat-tai...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Berthoud & Son, 65, Quadrant
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Boys, City & town life, Merchandise displays, Pickpockets, Prints, Stores & shops, and Witnesses
A groggy surgeon-apothecary, awakened by knocking below, shouts down from an open window to an unseen patient requesting a night visit. He wears a nightcap and has a burning candle beside him. Two cats scurry away from the commotion, causing flower po...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Subject (Topic):
Pharmacists, Midwives, Obstetrics, Drugstores, Windows, Flowerpots, Cats, and Signs (Notices)
A group of men sit around a table celebrating the new year as the clock passes midnight. Several of the men are quite drunk and one has fallen from his chair. Others laugh and talk as they toast each other with glasses of wine. One man is wearing a p...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Geo. Hunt, 18, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
A scene in a restaurant: A large, red-faced landlord in an apron stands before a man who is about to eat his meat. A little dog eats his meat at the side of the customer. Below the image: Capital Joint this Landlord 'pon my Soul, Here's Cut and Come a...
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Hunt, 18 Tavistock Stt., Covent Garden
