"Liston starts up in bed, alarmed at Venus who stands upon cloud at the foot of his bed (left). Mrs. Liston, small and doll-like (cf. BM Satires 12327), sleeps beside him. A large crescent moon shines through the window. On an arm-chair by the bed (right) are heaped top-hat, trousers, &c, a volume of Shakespeare, a candle (extinguished), and a glass of grog. In the lower margin: As Liston lay wrapt in delicious repose, Most harmoniously playing a tune on his nose, In a Dream there appeared the adorable Venus, Who said, "to be sure there's no likeness between us, But to show that a Goddess to kindness so prone is, Your looks shall soon rival the handsome Adonis." Liston woke in a fright, and cried, "Heaven preserve me, If my face you improve, Zounds, Madam, you'll starve me.""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Eight lines of verse on either side of title: As Liston lay wrapt in delicious repose, most harmoniously playing a tune on his nose ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Beds -- Venus -- Couples -- Visions., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Ms. annotation in top margin. Numbered "245".
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of dialogue below title: The rooms sir are a guinea a week, and we'll do for ye!!, and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Chas. Hunt, 18 Tavistock Street, Covent Gardn
Title from caption below image., Print signed using William Heath's device: A man with an umbrella., Sheet trimmed., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill 1824.
"An effeminate dandy, elongated and with very thin arms and legs, leans back in a chair, one thin arm drooping to the ground, the other curving over his head, his fingers caressing a curl on his forehead. He gazes sideways with a languishing smile at his reflection in the toilet-table glass. He has a thread-like moustache, blue tail-coat with high collar and sleeves, a rose in the button-hole, a white collar and cravat, white waistcoat with a long gold watch-chain round the neck, long light pantaloons, tight from the knee, full at the waist; low pumps with very-pointed toes. On the dressing-table are brush and comb, stoppered bottle, &c, and long tube-like bottle (of Eau de Cologne). Behind (right) on a similar chair a monkey squats admiring its face in a hand-glass. The room is bare, but carpeted to the wall."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Exquisite at his devotions
Description:
Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to Crowquill from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on upper edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. King 23 Chancery Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, Dressing tables, Mirrors, Monkeys, and Rugs
"My memorandum book" make every body comfortable "that's my way"
Description:
Title from text above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: King Crown Inn -- Butchers -- Caricatures -- Stereotypes., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 1825 by G. Humphrey, 24 St. James's Street
Milsom Street and Bond Street with portraits of bath swells
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Year of publication altered. Ms. '6' added over last digit of 1825.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms:
"A scene from a play: a soldier admired by a lady at her dressing table stands before a table of heads and ghosts, with an elderly couple to the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monsieur Alexandre in The rogueries of Nicholas
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price 3s."--Below image in lower right., and Matted to 39 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. 22nd Jany. 1825 by Wm. Heath at the new Panorama, 15 Grafton St., Dublin, and Henry Heath, London
Subject (Name):
Alexandre, Nicholas Marie,
Subject (Topic):
Soldiers, Dressing tables, Ghosts, Nuns, and Theatrical productions
"A promenade in Hyde Park. Innovations are that the men have trousers pinched at the knee, hour-glass fashion, their hats have small crowns, truncated cones, like the Petersham hat, some wear flat pumps with bows, and hold small riding-whips. They have enormous whiskers, patently false, sometimes meeting under the chin. The women have much-trimmed hats with large brims, gigot sleeves, belted dresses, with full skirts. There are three little children, all with plain straw hats with vast brims, like flat mushrooms; a little girl has a hoop, a boy a whip."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Monstrosities of 1825
Description:
Title etched below image., Tentative attribution to Henry Heath from the British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge.
Publisher:
Published June 28, 1825, by S.W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hats, and Whips
