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
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
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...
Description:
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.
Publisher:
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...
Alternative Title:
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
"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...
Alternative Title:
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
"A show-room in which ladies are being fitted with various types of underclothing, specimens of which hang from the walls. An elderly man of quasi-clerical appearance fits a very fat lady with knickerbockers and braces; he looks over his shoulder at t...
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 1st, 1799, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
A maid pulls at the peg leg of a man in bed, mistaking it for the handle of a warming pan. A single sock and shoe lay on the floor beside the bed; a candle sits on the bureau in the background, in front of a small mirror
Description:
Title from lines of dialogue below image.
Publisher:
Published by W. Soffe, 380 Strand and Printed by W. Kohler, 22 Denmark St.
Subject (Topic):
Women domestics, Beds, Peg legs, Pulling, Candles, and Mirrors
"The dentist, short, fat, and bald, stands in back view on a low stool, his knees pressed against the chair, his left arm round the victim's neck; he tugs at an upper tooth. The thin elderly patient raises her left leg in agony, overturning the foldin...
Alternative Title:
Tugging at a high tooth
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Topic):
Bookcases, Dental offices, Dentistry, Dogs, Mirrors, Pain, and Reflections
