An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off th...
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
A large woman, her dress thrown up revealing her legs and part of her bottom, crashes to the floor, having broken her commode The contents of the commode spills out much to the anger of a lap dog and the terror of a cat who flees by climbing a curtain...
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Published by T. Williamson, No. 20 Strand, London
Subject (Topic):
Washstands, Falling, Dogs, Cats, Draperies, Women domestics, and Obesity
"[Satire based on the fable of the "catspaw"]: a monkey with Talleyrand's head sits on a stool beside a stove clasping round the body a cat with Palmerston's head. He holds the cat's right paw in a fierce grip, forcing the frightened and reluctant cre...
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Title from text below image.
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Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducotés lithogy., 70 St. Martins Lane
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838 and Palmerston, Henry John Temple, Viscount, 1784-1865
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Ambassadors, French, Government officials, British, Monkeys, Cats, Stools, Stoves, and Chestnuts
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
A satire of William IV's involvement in the debate leading up to the Reform Act of 1832: A cat with the face of William IV is being persuaded to pull a hot chestnut from a blazing fire by a bewigged monkey (Lord Chancellor Henry Brougham). The fire is...
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Title etched below image.
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Pubd. by Marianne Humphreys, St. James's Stt
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Parliament, William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837, Brougham and Vaux, Henry Brougham, Baron, 1778-1868, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845,
Subject (Topic):
Reform, Cats, Monkeys, Fireplaces, Bookcases, Irons (Pressing), and Portraits
"The interior of a poverty-stricken room. An old man (left) seated in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. He wears a night-cap, his hat and wig hang on the back of his chair. A w...
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Title from text below image.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Podiatry, Foot, Diseases, Interiors, Poverty, Teapots, Fireplaces, Eyeglasses, Beds, Cats, and Pain
"The interior of a poverty-stricken room. An old man (left) seated in a chair is rubbing one foot which rests on a low stool with the contents of a bottle held in his right hand. He wears a night-cap, his hat and wig hang on the back of his chair. A w...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Podiatry, Foot, Diseases, Interiors, Poverty, Teapots, Fireplaces, Eyeglasses, Beds, Cats, and Pain
