Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 32 x 22 cm.
"Imp-like creatures of the railway company, gathered around the seated figure of John Bull, stripping him of his clothes and possessions, an auctioneer selling elements of his wardrobe, trains pulling boxes of money and silver plate"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Anticipated effects of the railway calls
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication and publisher from British Museum catalogue., Illustration to: George Cruikshank's Table book. Published by George Bell in London., Illustration accompanying a brief article on railroad speculation by the periodical's editor, Gilbert Abbott a Beckett., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 30 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
George Bell
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Auctions, Fictitious characters, Money, and Railroads
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 30 x 23 cm.
Title from the first of eight lines of letterpress verse below image., Lines of verse below image continue: ... You never can be single, yet I view your form so beautiful, with love profound ..., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Image and text enclosed within wood-engraved border.
Title from the first of eight lines of letterpress verse below image., Lines of verse below image continue: ... I think of time, not love, whene'er we meet. They flame is out, thy rapture all a joke ..., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Image and text enclosed within wood-engraved border.
"A group of men wearing oriental costumes and turbans kicking a ball lettered with 'Corn Laws', seen rolling at left; the Caliph (fourth from left, Sir Robert Peel) more furious than the rest, kicking hardest (others kicking, from left to right, Richard Cobden, Lord Morpeth, John Bright, Lord Aberdeen, Sir James Graham, Henry Goulburn, Duke of Buckingham, Duke of Richmond); a man, in the character of Mozamhabad (Duke of Wellington) and his companion (Lord Stanley) kneeling in foreground at right, trying to stop the Caliph, without success."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Scene from Vathek (realized)
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., Likely a proof state before minor changes were made to the design., Sheet trimmed with nearly complete loss of series statement from upper right margin; series numbering from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.; 1868,0808.12180., Three lines of quoted text below image: "The Caliph more furious than the rest, followed close, & gave as many kicks as he could. ...", and With contemporary pencil annotations, perhaps by the artist, indicating corrections to be made to the design. Additional notes in pencil below image identify the figures and label the print as a "Proof."
Publisher:
Published Decr. 22nd, 1845, by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed at 70 St. Martin's Lane
Subject (Name):
Beckford, William, 1760-1844., Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Cobden, Richard, 1804-1865, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Bright, John, 1811-1889, Aberdeen, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of, 1784-1860, Graham, James, Sir, 1792-1861, Goulburn, Henry, 1784-1856, Buckingham and Chandos, Richard Plantagenet Temple Nugent Brydges Chandos Grenville, Duke of, 1797-1861, Richmond, Charles Gordon-Lennox, Duke of, 1791-1860, Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, and Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Temporary local subject terms: Fashion -- Young woman -- French -- Folk and spoon.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert, Galerie Vero-Dodat and Engelmann, Graf, Coindet et Cie., 14 Newmann Street, Oxfort St.