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
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 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.
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.
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
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