"The head of Talleyrand with long straggling spider's legs, looks from a dark recess surrounded by a web, towards a fly with Palmerston's head. The latter (left), in profile to the right, looks up at Talleyrand whose face, hair, and cravat form a ligh...
Alternative Title:
Venerable spider and a buzzing fly
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducoté's lithogy., 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838 and Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Ambassadors, French, Government officials, British, Spiders, Flies, and Cobwebs
Depiction of a statue of three men grappling with a snake, the arm of the central figure inscribed "Bloody Brutal" and the pedestal inscribed "LAOCOON." The snake's body extends off the pedestal to the left, with the front of it forming a male human f...
Alternative Title:
Laocoon
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducôte's lithogy., 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture, Snakes, Artists' brushes, Pails, Signs (Notices), Donkeys, and Bowing
A man sits in a chair at center, dressed in wooly sheep's clothing from the neck down; his nose and chin are suggestive of the Duke of Wellington, and a speech bubble from his mouth reads "Reform." Eight other men (politicians?) are in the room with h...
Description:
Title from text etched above and below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Protheroe, Edward Davis, approximately 1798-1852.
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Reform, Sheep, Signs (Notices), and Doors & doorsways
A man sits in a chair at center, dressed entirely in wooly sheep's clothing but with a human head in profile visible beneath the sheep's head; his nose and chin are suggestive of the Duke of Wellington, and a speech bubble from his mouth reads "Reform...
Description:
Title from text etched above and below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 and Protheroe, Edward Davis, approximately 1798-1852.
William IV and Queen Adelaide entertain guests at Windsor Castle. A woman on the left leans over and says to the smiling Queen, "I'm afraid your little Majesty has had too much Noyau," to which Adelaide replies, "Oh! I do love it so!" The King, whose ...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
T. McLean and Printed by Maguire & Co., 9 Brydges St.
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain, 1792-1849, and Windsor Castle,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Entertaining, Guests, Crowns, and Snuff
"AN INTRODUCTION. (16533) Below the title: 'An Honourable member wish'd an address to his Majesty praying the appointment of a General Fast'. A bland M.P. bows amiably, his left hand under that of a distressed artisan, the right hand extended towards...
Description:
Titles from text beneath the individual images.
Publisher:
T. McLean and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqre
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845, Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835, Denman, Thomas Denman, Baron, 1779-1854., and Cobbett, William, 1763-1835
"ARTICLES TO BE TAXED (16864) See also British Museum Satires 16591, &c. [1] 'Large Bonnets & Small Waists'. A lady (three-quarter length) wearing a wide-brimmed hat trimmed with ostrich-feathers, and much larger than an umbrella, with an hour-glass ...
Description:
Titles from text above and below the individual images.
Publisher:
T. McLean and Printed by C. Motte, 23 Leicester Sqr
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain., England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Key, John, 1794-1858 and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
