Eleven views in three rows, arranged around a larger central image of "A view of the island of St. Helena"; the ten smaller views, four in the top row, two in the middle row, and four in the third row, show images of various boats, ships and other sai...
Alternative Title:
View of the island of Saint Helena
Description:
Titles etched below images.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
Saint Helena
Subject (Topic):
Boats, Sailing ships, Warships, British, and French
Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a pla...
Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a pla...
Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a pla...
Print shows a man and a boy chasing a pig in the yard of a country alehouse. In the background, another man pauses to remove his hat and wipe his brow, while a fourth has evidently tripped and lies sprawling on the ground. A dog barks at the commotion...
Print shows a man and a boy chasing a pig in the yard of a country alehouse. In the background, another man pauses to remove his hat and wipe his brow, while a fourth has evidently tripped and lies sprawling on the ground. A dog barks at the commotion...
The highlander falls back against a table, his one leg held by the 'druid' who sits on a chair made from a barrel as he tends a wound on the Scotsman's calf
Portrait of Daniel Lambert; whole length, seated facing front; wearing striped waistcoat, breeches and jacket; his hat and his right hand resting on a table at the left
A scene in a sitting room, a man in a fit of anger kicks over a chair and table set with tea; a pitcher, cups and saucers, tongs and other tableware are in flight or shattered on the floor. The man holds his wig in his left hand as a woman looks on wi...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Anger, Couples, Kicking, Interiors, Tables, Fireplaces, and Cats
On a stage a man in a hat extracts a tooth from a patient as a clown taunts him; the audience on three sides of the stage look on with looks of horror or amusement
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Teeth, Extraction, Dentistry, Audiences, Clowns, and Pain
A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternat...
A man on horseback, whip in hand but not in use, is shown attempting to clear a stile flanked by hedgerows; his horse's forelegs are on the ground and one of its hind legs caught between the slats. Behind them, a second rider with a look of consternat...
In a churchyard four young men, one of whom is a boot-black, play a game of hustle-cap on a tomb; a beadle raises his cane to strike them; in the foreground skulls and bones and an open grave; beyond, the congregation enters the church
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Officials, Shoe shiners, Skulls, Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Young adults
A man stands facing the viewer, a pipe in his left hand and a paper labelled "London Gazette" sticking out of the pocket of his coat. He gleefully points with his left hand to two bottles set on a drop-leaf table beside him. The room is decorated with...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Alcoholic beverages, Pipes (Smoking), and Staffs (Sticks)
Print shows a caricatured Jewish peddlar or pawnbroker purchasing a pair of breeches from a young soldier on street corner. The jewish man holds up the breeches for inspection, grinning at the soldier who holds out his hand for his purchase money
