"Half length portrait, poised on a pedestal of a coarse-featured man directed to the left, a patch over one eye, bludgeon under his arm."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., First half of artist's name in signature is lightly printed and barely legible., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"The male counterpart of British Museum Satires no. 11166. A half length figure leaning forward in profile to the right, shouting, with raised arm and clenched fist. He is coarse-featured and spectacled, with a mop of hair."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Numbered "12" in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 30th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
"A bust, similar to British Museum Satires no. 11158, in profile to right of a foppish and effeminate young man, with naturalistic curls."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist's signature and imprint statement are lightly printed and barely legible., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Numbered "4" in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 20th, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside
Design in an oval. A head with lank, unkempt hair and melancholy, twisted features, mouthing grotesquely, appears to emerge from a tub; this is a section of a tub held by the performer on a table. Reference to G.A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764).
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Half length figure of a preacher emerging from a cask, hands together, eyes turned up sanctimoniously."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher's name at beginning of imprint statement is lightly printed and illegible. Publisher from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Impression from a worn plate; beginning of imprint statement is lightly printed and only partially legible., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"Half length portrait of an elderly man near-sightedly reading a newspaper in profile to the left."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
In an oval, a doctor in a wig sits behind a table so only the upper half of his body is shown. His hands are buried deep in a large muff, his one elbow leaning on the table. On either side of his body are one and two candlesticks with lit candles
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to G. A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764)., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 38.0 x 27.5 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Candles, Candlesticks, Muffs, and Quacks
In an oval, a doctor in a wig sits behind a table so only the upper half of his body is shown. His hands are buried deep in a large muff, his one elbow leaning on the table. On either side of his body are one and two candlesticks with lit candles
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: reference to G. A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764)., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Theatre., and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Stevens, George Alexander, 1710-1784.
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Candles, Candlesticks, Muffs, and Quacks
"Three quarter length portrait of a fop, head in profile to the left, looking through an eyeglass. Under his left arm is a stick."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher and date of publication from engraved frontispiece to the volume; see no. 11155 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: A lecture on heads / by Geo. Alex. Stevens ; with additions, as delivered by Mr. Charles Lee Lewes ; ... embellished with twenty-five humourous characteristic prints, from drawings by G.M. Woodward, Esq. London : Printed for Vernor, Hood, and Sharpe ..., 1808., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered "1" in upper left corner., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
