A smiling school master in a wig applies the switch to a boy whose rear has a painted face on it. The boy being switched is lifted onto the back of another boy. On the left, two boys holding open books look on, one snickering behind his hand. The classroom includes a map on the wall and a shelf with books and quill pens in ink stands
Alternative Title:
Two heads are better than one
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Number '136' appears in lower left corner of plate.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Child discipline, Classrooms, Students, and Teachers
A little boy in tears sits on a low bench holding a bunch of twigs (a switch used for punishment) in his hands. A damaged hornbook with the alphabet lies on the floor
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. March 1, 1798 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
An old woman in street attire and a hat is seated on a chair, her left hand raised in admonishment, her right on the hip of a young girl who stands before her weeping. The girl is flanked on either side by an angry man gesticulating with his walking stick and another woman, also weeping
Alternative Title:
Miss willing to be in the ton
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Later variant of no. 4631 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
Publisher:
Printed for Ino. Smith, No.35, Cheapside as the act directs
An old woman in street attire and a hat is seated on a chair, her left hand raised in admonishment, her right on the hip of a young girl who stands before her weeping. The girl is flanked on either side by an angry man gesticulating with his walking stick and another woman, also weeping
Alternative Title:
Miss willing to be in the ton
Description:
Title from item. and Reduced and later version of no. 4631 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
"A pretty and elegant young woman kneels on a bed supporting her elbows on the pillow. A woman stands beside her raising the girl's skirt in order to birch her, but finds her posterior covered by a life-sized mask which is a close portrait of herself. She says: "Oh ma foi! dot is mine own Head in t'oder place.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Governess outwitted
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., A close copy in reverse of print published by Holland in 1799: The governess delineated, or, A pretty face spoiled. Note from Andrew Edmunds April 2019., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on brown paper backing to 31 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1817 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Governesses, Child discipline, Beds, Masks, and Young adults
