A sailor sits on the ground outside a house from which a man (doctor) emerges to offer assistance. He has an amused look on his face as he holds his broken peg leg. One of his two companions puts up his hand to hold off the assistance of the doctor as...
Alternative Title:
Carpenter the best surgeon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published 24th Feby. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carpenters, Dogs, Peg legs, Physicians, British, and Sailors
"Heading to (printed) verses 'Sung, with great Applause, by Mr. Henry Johnston, in Dublin, Cork, &c. &c.' A pedlar with a wooden leg stands at a street corner, singing, a bottle of 'Irish Whisky' in his left hand, another bottle in his coat-pocket. Hi...
Description:
Title from text printed in letterpress below image.
Publisher:
Published 2nd Septr., 1811 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Strt., London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Bakers, Barbershops, Peddlers, British, Peg legs, Puppets, and Tailors
A midwife holds out a newborn child, who exhibits a combination its parents' physical traits: the nose of its mother, who lies in bed, and the hook arm, peg leg, glasses and queue of its father, who stands proudly at the foot of the bed. The midwife e...
Volume 2, page 81. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four men smoking long pipes sit stiffly in upright wooden chairs. One (left) in profile to the right, very obese, is an old military officer with a wooden leg; next is a lean man in back view, next a stout man sits full face, and on the right is a th...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st, 1792, by W. Dickinson, engraver, No. 24 Old Bond Street
"Four men smoking long pipes sit stiffly in upright wooden chairs. One (left) in profile to the right, very obese, is an old military officer with a wooden leg; next is a lean man in back view, next a stout man sits full face, and on the right is a th...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. March 15th, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ...
"Illustration to a song engraved in three columns below the title: A scene on the shore, with a frigate in the offing. A grotesque naval officer, with wooden leg and black patch over one eye, takes the wrist of a young sailor of feminine appearance wh...
Alternative Title:
True and lamentable ballad call'd Billy Taylor
Description:
Title below image, at head of verses.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sepr. 24, 1804 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eye patches, Homicides, Military officers, British, Peg legs, Sailors, Sailing ships, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
A man with a wooden leg stands outside begging for alms, with a broom in one hand and his hat in the other. On the wall above his head is a broadside which reads "Supported by voluntary contributions."
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April, 1829 by Harrison Isaacs, Charles St. Soho Square and Printed by C. Hullmandel
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
Plate 42. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a country town with two newly-elected members of parliament (one a representation of George Bubb Doddington, the other visible only as a shadow on a distant wall) carried shoulder-high along the street, led by a blind and ragged fiddler and ...
Description:
Title engraved above image.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bears, Black people, Chimney sweeps, Donkeys, Fighting, Monkeys, Peg legs, Political elections, Riots, Servants, Street musicians, and Swine
