Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: Oh, let me die in peace! Eumenes cried ..., Above title in lower right corner: Vide Philosophical Transactions of I. Schamburgh., Plate numbered '209' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedrooms -- Furniture: closed stools -- Physicians -- Patients -- Creditors -- Domestic service: maidservant -- Architectural details: staircases -- Lighting: lanterns -- Medicinal: medicine bottles., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799.
Publisher:
Published 6th March 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '237' in lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pastimes: skipping., and Watermark: Russell & Co 1799.
Publisher:
Published 24th Jany. 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Three well-dressed men sit at a small rectangular table drinking, singing, and smiling. The visible part of the room is bare, but framed pictures and a wall-paper above a dado indicate that it is well furnished. Beneath the title two verses of a drinking-song are engraved, beginning: 'Glorious Apollo from on high beheld us.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series., Fifteen lines of a drinking song in two columns below image: Glorious Apollo from on high beheld us ..., Numbered '178' in lower left below image., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: parlors -- Furniture: chairs -- Wallpaper -- Glass: wine glasses -- Singing -- Furnishings: pictures., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1798.
Publisher:
Published March 4th, 1797, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title etched below image., Reissue, without plate numbering and with new imprint statement, of a print published by Darly on 1 December 1773. For the earlier state, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 724 776D., Date of publication based on publisher's street address., Ten lines of text explaining the title below it: Because no man has more business upon Earth, and he always chuses good Grounds for what he does. He commands his Thyme; he his [sic] master or the Mint ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gardeners -- Baskets -- Tools: rake -- Tools: spade., and Watermark: Russell & Co.
Page 223. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man leans from a rostrum (right), holding up his wig, addressing an audience of men and women, seated and standing, most of whom hold up their wigs, disclosing bald or cropped heads. In his left hand is a wig of luxuriant curls which he has taken from the head of a protesting old woman. Most of the wigs simulate natural hair, either short or in ringlets. On the wall is a placard: 'For Debate, \ Opinions \ on \ Baldness. \ It is the sincere wish of the \ proprietors of this Institution, \ that Gentlemen and Ladies will be Uncover'd on this important Occasion'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Debate on the baldness of the times
Description:
Title etched below image., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '217' in lower left of plate., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: rostrum & paneling., 1 print : etching with engraving on wove paper ; plate mark 20.1 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 24.3 x 30.2 cm., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 223 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Page 223. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man leans from a rostrum (right), holding up his wig, addressing an audience of men and women, seated and standing, most of whom hold up their wigs, disclosing bald or cropped heads. In his left hand is a wig of luxuriant curls which he has taken from the head of a protesting old woman. Most of the wigs simulate natural hair, either short or in ringlets. On the wall is a placard: 'For Debate, \ Opinions \ on \ Baldness. \ It is the sincere wish of the \ proprietors of this Institution, \ that Gentlemen and Ladies will be Uncover'd on this important Occasion'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Debate on the baldness of the times
Description:
Title etched below image., One of the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '217' in lower left of plate., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: rostrum & paneling., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799.
Publisher:
Published 24th May 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
