Title below each image., Top print is ca. 1720. Bottom print is 18th century. Dates supplied by curator., Place of publication supplied by curator., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Alchemy, Medicines, Scientific equipment, Purses, Rich people, Coal, Dwarfs, Medicine shows, and Physicians
"Satire with a coal-man singing while playing on a harp, sporting butterfly wings, admired by fellow coal-men."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title etched below image., For a later state with secondary title "March of intellect among the black-diamond carriers" etched in upper margin, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1988,1001.17., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Temporary local subject headings: Dustmen -- Coalmen.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1828 by J. Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Topic):
Butterflies, Carts & wagons, Coal, Harps, Singing, People associated with manual labor, and Working class
A caricature of a man astride a steam-generated, three-wheeled vehicle shaped like the body of a horse. Two fashionably dressed ladies in elaborate hats look on with disgust at the exhaust. In the background (left) a man leans on his shovel in front of three bags of coal labelled "Feed". In the background (center) a man feeds coal into the furnace of another vehicle
Alternative Title:
H. Alken's Illustration of modern prophecy, or Novelty for the year 1829 and Illustration of modern prophecy, or Novelty for the year 1829
Description:
Title from item., Title above image: H. Alken's Illustration of modern prophecy, or Novelty for the year 1829., and Quote above title, below image: Faugh the filthy fellow my Dear, the wretch feeds his horse with common coal.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 1828 by S. & J. Fuller, 34 Rathbone Place
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Colliers -- Fullers -- Coal pits -- Shovels -- Literature: Aesop's fables, no. 88., Watermark: J Whatman., and Mounted to 28 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Sold at No. 34 King Street, St. Ann's, Soho
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
