Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., and Temporary local subject terms: Child's costume, 1795 -- Toys: doll.
"A man stands full-face, right hand on his hip, left hand on the head of a tall cane. He wears a wide-brimmed hat curving upwards at the sides, his neck and cheeks are swathed, he wears a spencer (see BMSat 8192) over his coat, and a short double-breasted waistcoat, with wide revers. From his high waist hangs a heavy chain with seal and watch-key inscribed 'S'. His long breeches reach below his calves and descend into spurred half-boots with deep tops. His cane is swathed with a scarf. A copy in BMSat 8765."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, 1795 -- Walking staves., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
Pub. July 11th 1795, by S.W. Fores, 50 corner Sackville St., Piccadilly
Title from item., Attributed to West in the British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Justices -- Expressions of speech: a swinish multitude., and Watermark: Edmonds & Pine.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 25, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
"A man walks on tiptoe away from the spectator. He is ungainly, the left shoulder lower than the right, with ill-dressed hair in a small tail. He wears a grotesque cocked hat poised on his head, an old-fashioned coat, and striped stockings. The stone wall of a house, showing part of a street-door and one window, forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Doctors -- John Burges, 1745-1807., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 17.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Dr. Burgess" in pencil in lower margin.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 3d, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burgess, John, 1745-1807 and Royal College of Physicians of London.
"A man walks on tiptoe away from the spectator. He is ungainly, the left shoulder lower than the right, with ill-dressed hair in a small tail. He wears a grotesque cocked hat poised on his head, an old-fashioned coat, and striped stockings. The stone wall of a house, showing part of a street-door and one window, forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Doctors -- John Burges, 1745-1807.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 3d, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Burgess, John, 1745-1807 and Royal College of Physicians of London.
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Holland's exhibition is now open, admittance one shilling., Text above title: Note. The idea of this print originated with Mr. W-n, who wrote the 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 and the two last lines ..., Design consists of twenty-three figures in three rows, with lines of verse etched above each figure and two lines etched below the final two figures., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy -- Verses on clergymen., and Watermark: 1797 J. Whatman.
"A lean Frenchman, probably an emigre, and a fat Englishman face each other in profile. The Frenchman (left), who has a long thin queue, ruffled shirt, and wears a spencer (see BMSats 8192) over his coat, leans on a tasselled cane, and says with raised forefinger, 'Pray Monsieur what be de meaning of theese Convention Bills?' The shorter Englishman, who is very obese and wears clerical bands, his stick under his arm, his hand thrust in the pocket of his old-fashioned waistcoat, looks up at the Frenchman with a grotesque scowl, shouting "Hold your Jaw!!"--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Temporary local subject terms: Bills: Treasonable Practices bill -- Seditious Meetings bill -- Male dress: spencer -- Frenchmen -- Walking staves.
Publisher:
Pub. Decr. 23, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, the corner of Sackville Street
"A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All are elderly. On the table are a decanter of 'Port' and glasses. A patterned carpet completes the design. From a sketch by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 9th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
"A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All are elderly. On the table are a decanter of 'Port' and glasses. A patterned carpet completes the design. From a sketch by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., Variant state, without publisher and date and with differently etched title, of No. 8753 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
