"Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen re...
Alternative Title:
Election carried by bribery and the devil
Description:
Title from caption in ribbon above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
"Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen re...
Alternative Title:
Election carried by bribery and the devil
Description:
Title from caption in ribbon above image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
A woman sits at a table in front of a window, a patterned rug beneath them. She looks at a kitten walking towards her on the table and points with her left hand to a bird raised away from the table in her right hand. The two chairs and windows are cov...
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Title from item.
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Published Feby. 4th 1788 by Robt. Sayer, 53 Fleet Street
Opposite page 106. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on prostitution and foolish clergy; two courtesans tease a fat and smiling clergyman in a well-furnished room. The costume of the women appears to be c. 1792-3."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Carington Bowles?
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Courtesans, Interiors, Sofas, Mirrors, and Draperies
Satirical view of London life, with a riotous wedding party at the Tavern at Rederiff: for full description see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum
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Title from item.
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Publish'd according to act of Parliament, November [the] 10, 1747, by M. Cooper
"Satire on Robert Walpole and his continuing influence on government after his fall from power. A large folding screen in the centre stands open showing events from Walpole's career: the South Sea Bubble, the treaties of Hanover and Seville, the "Bank...
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Caption title in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament by T.B.
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick Louis, Prince of Wales, 1707-1751, Argyle, John Campbell, Duke of, 1680-1743, Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, and Diogenes, -approximately 323 B.C.
Leaf 72. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man standing in profile and shown full-length walking to the right as he looks at himself in a hand-mirror. He wears a very tall wig, the queue tied in back with a very large bow, and a ruffled shirt. In his left hand he holds a tasselled cane
Description:
Title etched below image.
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Pubd. by MDarly, April 2nd, 1772, accor. to act, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Wigs, Mirrors, and Staffs (Sticks)
"The Queen, crowned, in royal robes and with a sceptre in her left hand, sits regally in the Coronation Chair. Justice, blindfolded and menacing, stands at her right hand; Truth, irradiated and holding up her mirror so that its rays illuminate the Que...
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Triumph of innocence over perjury, persecution and ministerial oppression
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Nov. 6, 1820, by S.W. Fores, 41 Picadilli [sic]
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Castlereagh, Robert Stewart, Viscount, 1769-1822, Leach, John, 1760-1834, and Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, Earl of, 1762-1847