"Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a...
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Pubd. July 8th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
"Lord Wycombe, scarcely caricatured, walks to the left, his head in profile, left hand on hip, right on a club-like walking-stick. His coat is curiously cut, his (striped) waistcoat longer and breeches shorter than the contemporary fashion. He wears a...
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Pubd. July 8th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
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Lansdowne, John Henry Petty, Marquess of, 1765-1809
"Rows of French soldiers (left) do infantry drill with muskets seated on the backs of sorry asses (cf. BMSat 9361), with no harness but rope halters. The man in the foreground (the others being concealed by the closeness of the ranks), though smart, i...
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"Rows of French soldiers (left) do infantry drill with muskets seated on the backs of sorry asses (cf. BMSat 9361), with no harness but rope halters. The man in the foreground (the others being concealed by the closeness of the ranks), though smart, i...
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"Two Frenchmen, who have been attempting to domesticate the crocodile, are seized by the angry beasts. A monster seizes in its jaws the leg of the man who has attempted to ride it; the man clasps halter and whip, his saddle lies on the ground together...
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
"Two Frenchmen, who have been attempting to domesticate the crocodile, are seized by the angry beasts. A monster seizes in its jaws the leg of the man who has attempted to ride it; the man clasps halter and whip, his saddle lies on the ground together...
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, St. Jamess [sic] Street
"A French hussar on a sorry horse flees before a well-mounted Mameluke (cf. BMSat 9272), with a sabre in each hand, who rides him down. The Frenchman (left) turns in his saddle to hold out defensively a sabre whose blade is inscribed 'Vaincre ou Couri...
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"An ugly man (left) kneels (on a spotted handkerchief) at the feet of a plain old maid seated on an upright chair; he holds her left hand, his right is on his breast. She holds up her fan in a way more encouraging than coy. Both grin broadly. A patter...
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Publish'd Novr. 14th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"An ugly man (left) kneels (on a spotted handkerchief) at the feet of a plain old maid seated on an upright chair; he holds her left hand, his right is on his breast. She holds up her fan in a way more encouraging than coy. Both grin broadly. A patter...
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Publish'd Novr. 14th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street, London
"A grotesque, obese, and negroid Copt, holding a mace or staff, rides (right to left) an ass which, though led procession-ally by a Copt, proceeds on account of the bayonet with which a grinning French soldier stabs its hind quarters. The 'Mayor' wear...
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Pubd. March 12th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
