A young, richly dressed and very tipsy youth staggers towards the viewer over the top of a hill. His wig is flying off; his neckwear is disarranged. In the crook of his right arm he carries a straw-covered wine bottle and a half full wine glass in his...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne at the Globe in Newgate Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Drinking songs, Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, and Taverns (Inns).
"Satire on the end of Lord Rockingham's administration shown as a dance at court. The verses below describe the protagonists who have been numbered in pen and ink: in the centre, Princess Augusta (1) dances with Lord Bute (2) their joined hands holdin...
Alternative Title:
New country dance as danced at Court July the 30th 1766
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Murray, Fanny, 1729-1778, and Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Britannia (Symbolic character), Alcoholic beverages, Brooms & brushes, Crutches, Devil, Eyeglasses, Prostitutes, Symbols, Weather vanes, and Witches
"A satire on the folly of marriage where the two parties are of a dissimilar age, and on the sexual opportunism of young military office. An elderly magistrate has fallen asleep sitting beside a table on which are glasses, pipes and two bottles, one l...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, Map & Printseller, No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Alcoholic beverages, Bottles, Chairs, Drinking vessels, Firearms, Fireplaces, Furnishings, Interiors, Marriage, Military officers, British, Parlors, and Tables
In a room decorated with a marble pilaster with Ionic capital, a corpulent gentleman holding a stick stands to the left of a table pointing gleefully to the two pineapples and three bottles -- labeled "Burgt", "Claret", and Chamne." -- that are set up...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs Novr. 9th, 1769, by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792,
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Alcoholic beverages, Pictures, and Staffs (Sticks)
Leaf 106. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A portly man sits in a chair at a small round table, a baluster glass in his right hand and another on the table. The spoon or ladle held in his left hand rests within the bowl in front of him. He wears a large coat and a tricorne
Behind the bar of the "Pro bono publico" stand Charles Fox and Lord North, advertising their mixture. Several displeased customers sitting at tables in front of the bar complain about the punch's appalling quality
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd June 18th, 1783 by W. Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792 and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bars, Alcoholic beverages, and Clothing & dress
