In the upper image, a hunchback woman, sitting on the base of a pillar in a large building and holding a distaff in her left hand, examines the palm of another hunchback standing in front of her, his hat in his other hand. The man is smiling while the woman looks serious. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchback children fight. The larger of the two boys holds his opponent by the hair while raising in his right arm a distaff from which falls a spindle, unrolling the thread. The smaller boy, on the left, holds the other's arm, ready to stub him with a sabre he holds in his right hand
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, a hunchback woman, sitting on the base of a pillar in a large building and holding a distaff in her left hand, examines the palm of another hunchback standing in front of her, his hat in his other hand. The man is smiling while the woman looks serious. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchback children fight. The larger of the two boys holds his opponent by the hair while raising in his right arm a distaff from which falls a spindle, unrolling the thread. The smaller boy, on the left, holds the other's arm, ready to stub him with a sabre he holds in his right hand
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, two hunchbacks, dressed in 17th century costume walk to the left in a sagging gate following each other. The figure on the left wears a large hat with plumes, a tip of a long sword protrudes from under his cape. The figure on the right laughs as he points to his companion's back. Both have spurs attached to their boots. In the lower image, two figures travel in an open landscape, one on foot, the other, following him, on a donkey. The latter is holding a scroll in his left hand
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, two hunchbacks, dressed in 17th century costume walk to the left in a sagging gate following each other. The figure on the left wears a large hat with plumes, a tip of a long sword protrudes from under his cape. The figure on the right laughs as he points to his companion's back. Both have spurs attached to their boots. In the lower image, two figures travel in an open landscape, one on foot, the other, following him, on a donkey. The latter is holding a scroll in his left hand
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
Each image shows two dwarf hunchbacks dressed in 16th century attire. In the upper image, they sit on the opposite sides of a block, playing cards. The figure on the right, sitting with his legs crossed, is about to show a card, as his companion has already shown his card. In the lower image, the figures roll the dice on a small stone plinth, in the foreground two small pails probably used as dice-boxes
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
Each image shows two dwarf hunchbacks dressed in 16th century attire. In the upper image, they sit on the opposite sides of a block, playing cards. The figure on the right, sitting with his legs crossed, is about to show a card, as his companion has already shown his card. In the lower image, the figures roll the dice on a small stone plinth, in the foreground two small pails probably used as dice-boxes
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks, a woman, and a man, walk from left to right, pointing towards the right with their left hands. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchbacks, dressed in a costume resembling that of the 16th century, count coins spread on a block between them. The hunchback on the left leans over the the block and appears to be ready to scoop the coins while his companion on the right is pointing to one of the heaps with his right hand, his left arm raised. He has a dagger attached to his belt
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks, a woman, and a man, walk from left to right, pointing towards the right with their left hands. In the lower image, two dwarf hunchbacks, dressed in a costume resembling that of the 16th century, count coins spread on a block between them. The hunchback on the left leans over the the block and appears to be ready to scoop the coins while his companion on the right is pointing to one of the heaps with his right hand, his left arm raised. He has a dagger attached to his belt
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
Both images show two dwarf hunchbacks in an open landscape. In the upper image, the hunchback on the right sits on a mound, playing a trumpet while his companion on the left, with a beard and a pointed hat, dances to the music. In the lower image, the two figures engage in a conversation
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from the first plate in the series., Imprint from the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
Both images show two dwarf hunchbacks in an open landscape. In the upper image, the hunchback on the right sits on a mound, playing a trumpet while his companion on the left, with a beard and a pointed hat, dances to the music. In the lower image, the two figures engage in a conversation
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger from the first plate in the series., Imprint from the first plate in the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, a dwarf hunchback with a walking stick carries on his shoulders another dwarf hunchback who holds a book in his right hand. In the background are ruins of a castle. In the lower image, a bearded dwarf hunchback wearing eyeglasses and a pointed hat trimmed with fur capers merrily while playing a tambourine. His companion on the left dances to its rhythm
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, a dwarf hunchback with a walking stick carries on his shoulders another dwarf hunchback who holds a book in his right hand. In the background are ruins of a castle. In the lower image, a bearded dwarf hunchback wearing eyeglasses and a pointed hat trimmed with fur capers merrily while playing a tambourine. His companion on the left dances to its rhythm
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based first plate in the series., Imprint from first plate of the series., Two images etched on one plate., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks face each other in argument as the one on the left, while gesticulating with his left arm, holds in his right hand, hidden behind his back, a knife or a stick. His agitated opponent is pulling a sword from its sheath. In the lower image, a dwarf hunchback approaches from the left with a plate of food in his outstretched right arm. He presents it to an androgynous-looking figure standing behind a table and pointing to its surface. The latter raises a goblet above his head in a toast
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate one below another., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
In the upper image, two dwarf hunchbacks face each other in argument as the one on the left, while gesticulating with his left arm, holds in his right hand, hidden behind his back, a knife or a stick. His agitated opponent is pulling a sword from its sheath. In the lower image, a dwarf hunchback approaches from the left with a plate of food in his outstretched right arm. He presents it to an androgynous-looking figure standing behind a table and pointing to its surface. The latter raises a goblet above his head in a toast
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on the first plate in the series., Imprint from title page of the series., Two images etched on one plate one below another., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title supplied by cataloger., Plate possibly from: XII sonate a violino e basso. London: Welcker, [1765]., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text.
Caption title above first two columns., Date of publication from ESTC., Verse - "All you that delight in a frolicksome song.", In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the third and fourth columns each contain a woodcut; the columns are not separated by rules., Mounted on leaf 54. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
Publisher:
Printed and sold at the printing office in Stonecutter-street, Fleet Market
Subject (Name):
Hervey, John Hervey, Baron, 1696-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Adultery, Cuckolds, Ballads, English, Husband and wife, and Women
Title from item., In lower right corner: Pr. 6d., Nine lines of biographical description below title: Boatswain in the Danish Navy, who was born in Norway in the year 1626, and is still living & in health at the uncommon age of 139, in Denmark ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Sailors -- Old men -- Aging -- Walking staves.
Publisher:
Publish'd accordg. to the act of Parliamt. for securing property, by Jn Spilsbury, Engraver, Map & Printseller in Russel [sic] Court, Covent Garden, London
"Allegory of Britain's naval victory, with Neptune driving the Chariot of Britannia, while nymphs riding on fish alongside carry portrait medallions of, from left to right: Pocock, Bosc[a]wen, Hawke, Saunders, Keppel and Howe; ships at battle in the background at right, representing the defeat of the French fleet by Sir Edward Hawke, November 20th. 1759."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below the title: "N.B. In the back Ground is represented the defeat of the French Fleet by Sr. Edw. Hawke, Nov. 20th 1759" and "Size of the Picture 12 F. by 15 F. in Length.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted to sheet: 473 x 666 cm.
Publisher:
Published according to Act of Parliament, by J. Boydell engraver in Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Hawke, Edward Hawke, Baron, 1705-1781, Saunders, Charles, Sir, 1713?-1775, Boscawen, Edward, 1711-1761, Keppel, Augustus Keppel, Viscount, 1725-1786, Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799, and Pocock, George, Sir, 1706-1792
A young woman, in a rich dress and elaborate headdress, sits by a table reading a book she is holding in her left hand. Her right elbow rests on the table and her chin in her right hand
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and Possibly a portrait of Queen Charlotte. See Chaloner Smith.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Title from item, Numbered '316' in lower right of plate., Two columns of verse on either side of title: Near five o'clock - his comrade's gone, and luckless squander left alone ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Spendthrifts -- Young men -- Furnishings: wall clock -- Window curtain -- Lighting: candleholder -- Dishes: china bowl -- Money: empty purse -- Smoking: pipe -- Gambling: playing cards -- Male dress, ca. 1765., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, at the Golden Buck in Fleet Street