"A buxom lady walks forward and to the right towards a man in riding-dress (right) who inspects her through a quizzing-glass. A ribbon encircles her high waist (cf. BMSat 8571, &c.) and her petticoats projecting in front exaggerate her portly figure. She carries a large muff and holds a glove in her left hand. Behind her a small footman holding a large closed umbrella marches stiffly. In the background is a tree, under which is a seat in back view, on which a man and woman are sitting."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., No. 119 in Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Published 12th June 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Benches, Hand lenses, Muffs, Obesity, Servants, and Umbrellas
"Five elderly men dressed in the fashion of youth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '196' in lower left of plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Morning Herald -- Literature: reference to Ovid's Art of Love -- Magnifying glasses -- Pince-nez -- Walking staves -- Duelling: crossed foils -- Placards., and Watermark (partial).
Publisher:
Published 22nd August 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bachelors, Older people, Newspapers, Reading, Staffs (Sticks), Signs (Notices), Hand lenses, and Mirrors
A group of fashionably dressed elderly gentlemen engage in a range of activities including reading aided by magnifying lenses, browsing newspapers, and gazing into mirrors. A placard on the wall reads: Young gentlemen instructed in fashionable accomplishments
Description:
Title and date based on Laurie & Whittle published etching after this drawing. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Newspapers, Mirrors, Bachelors, and Hand lenses
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Walking staves -- Spy glasses., Watermark in center of sheet., and Mounted to 25 x 18 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Food, Prosperity, Staffs (Sticks), and Hand lenses
"An elderly man, his profile caricatured, dressed as a military officer, inspects through a glass a fat man and boy (left), both Dutch, wearing baggy breeches and sabots, who lean against a rail, the man smoking a pipe. A pretty young woman, wearing a high-waisted travelling dress and small hat, takes the officer's arm; her left hand is in a large muff. Behind are the masts of a vessel backed by chalk cliffs, showing that the rail edges a small creek or harbour; on the right are a beam and pulley."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue of a plate first published 10 January 1796 by Thomas Macklin., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Quizzing -- Dutchmen.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1, 1809 by J. Deeley, 95 Berwick St. Soho
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Military uniforms, Hand lenses, Ethnic stereotypes, Pipes (Smoking), Muffs, Dogs, and Pulleys
Title from item., Companion print to his "Young ladies" published also in 1798., Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Furniture: garden bench -- Literature: Chesterfield, Philip Dorner Stanhope, Letters -- Quizzing glasses -- Male dress: spencer., and Watermark: John Hall 1805.
"Queensberry (left) leans from the steps of his Piccadilly house, to leer through a double spy-glass (as in British Museum Satires No. 9082) at a buxom young woman who has just descended from a country wagon (right). She stands on the pavement next her father, a yokel in a smock-frock who is addressed by a fat bawd. The woman puts her hand on his shoulder, saying, "Its very lucky I met with you my honest Man if she behaves well she shall be promoted to the service of a Duke". He answers, "Very lucky indeed I'se Woundily Obliged to your Ladyship. My Dame always said as how Bet was cut out for Zarvice of your great Volkes." The wagoner is depositing in the road the corded box of Elisabeth Maybush; he looks up at Old Q, saying, "ah! I knew he'd dart out like an Old Spider at a Fly". A fashionably dressed young woman walks past the railings of 15 Piccadilly, the lower part of the house forming a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queenborough novelist
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Women: country girls -- Procuresses -- Wagoners -- London: 15 Piccadilly -- Quizzing glasses -- Horse whips., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials C & S below.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Hand lenses, Farmers, Obesity, Carts & wagons, and Whips
Titled separately under each image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Fashion -- Male dress, 1795 -- Female dress, 1795 -- Quizzing glasses., and Watermark (partial): fleur-de-lis.
Publisher:
Published 30th March 1795 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hand lenses, and Fans (Accessories)
Title etched below image., Title above image: Parisian dresses for 1797., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Where prints and drawings are lent on the plan of a library., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress, 1797 -- Fashion, 1797 -- Jewelry -- Quizzing glasses -- Walking staves -- Bludgeons., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. Mar. 7, 1797, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Earrings, Hand lenses, and Staffs (Sticks)
"Queensberry (left) leans from the steps of his Piccadilly house, to leer through a double spy-glass (as in British Museum Satires No. 9082) at a buxom young woman who has just descended from a country wagon (right). She stands on the pavement next her father, a yokel in a smock-frock who is addressed by a fat bawd. The woman puts her hand on his shoulder, saying, "Its very lucky I met with you my honest Man if she behaves well she shall be promoted to the service of a Duke". He answers, "Very lucky indeed I'se Woundily Obliged to your Ladyship. My Dame always said as how Bet was cut out for Zarvice of your great Volkes." The wagoner is depositing in the road the corded box of Elisabeth Maybush; he looks up at Old Q, saying, "ah! I knew he'd dart out like an Old Spider at a Fly". A fashionably dressed young woman walks past the railings of 15 Piccadilly, the lower part of the house forming a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Queenborough novelist
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: Women: country girls -- Procuresses -- Wagoners -- London: 15 Piccadilly -- Quizzing glasses -- Horse whips., Subject identified on mat below image., Watermark: Curtels & Sons., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 26.6 x 28.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 32 cm., and On laid paper, hand-colored, matted to 47 x 63 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Hand lenses, Farmers, Obesity, Carts & wagons, and Whips
