Title etched within image., Publication attributed to John Bowles and dated based on imprint from other prints in the series., Print for March. One of a series of etchings representing the months; only the image for January has the series title "Lilliputian figures"., Six lines of verse below title: So often Dick you take a pot, That half your business is forgot ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Lilliputians., Month designation in series erased from this impression., and Restrike date suggested in an unverified card catalog record: ca. 1810.
A "Lilliputian" couple in the costume of late 17th century walk from right to left, the verse engraved below them. The design and verse are encirled by a rococco border which incorporates objects and figures that amplify the subject verse
Alternative Title:
Sir Jeffrey Jumble and my lady Grave-airs
Description:
Title from item., Later state of one of a series of etchings representing the months of the year. The month name "January" has been burnished from the top of the image, as has the text "The twelve months represented by" that was present above the remaining text "Lilliputian figures". For an earlier state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1874,0214.1., Date of publication based on the ca. 1840 date given in the British Museum for the earlier state of the plate., Six lines of verse below title: Dear Duck, while thus abroad we go, expos'd to chilling frost and snow ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Series title, including month designation, partially erased from this impression., Traces of an earlier imprint burnished from plate and replaced with John Bowles's publication line., and Suggested restrike date in an unverified card catalog record: ca. 1810.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Iohn Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
A broadside on Christopher Bullock, a tiny but fat watch and clock-maker in Suffolk; with a woodcut showing a portrait of Bullock, holding a wig in his left hand, mopping his brow with the other; with letterpress title and text, including information on other people of Suffolk including another dwarf Miss B-t-h-c-r, and a table listing market days and distances from London of towns on the road to Yarmouth, and with one vertical segment of type ornaments. See British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pleasant, facetious, and merry dwarf of Bottesdale
Description:
Caption title., Woodcut of the dwarf dated 1755. See Sheila O'Connell's 'Popular Print in England' (British Museum 1999, cat.4.41) where she shows that the portrait was lifted from an etching of Jacob Powell made a year or two earlier (see British Museum cat.4.40)., Woodcut signed lower left with a italic 'g'?, and Preserved in a modern mount. For further information, consult library staff.
"A scene on the Steine at Brighton. A small, fashionably dressed man carries (left to right) a large and muscular man, who sits astride his back, naked, holding his hat to shield his person. Two ladies (right) walking together stare at him, one holding up a fan and looking through the fingers she puts across her eyes. A dog (right) snarls at the naked man. On the left the Prince of Wales stands full-face, legs astride, arms akimbo, ogling a lady who stands (left) in profile to the right, staring at him immodestly (Lady Jersey?). Another lady smiles at the Prince. In the background are promenading couples, and a house with a circular bow window. Beneath the title: 'NB The singularity of the Spectacle & the Largeness of the Object caused much mirth among the Ladies - Lady C------ [Cholmondeley?] Exclaimed with a Sigh oh it is too much for any Man!!'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Strong lad of Brighton taking off the Princes chum and Dwarf and the giant
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., One line of text below title: NB. The singularity of the spectacle & the largeness of the object ..., Publisher's announcement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Mounted to 32 x 42 cm, matted to 47 x 62 cm., Printmaker's and subjects' names printed on mat below image., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub October 5, 1795 by S.W. Fores, N 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley, Marquess of, 1749-1827, and Cholmondeley, Georgina Cholmondeley, Marchioness of, 1764-1838
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's place of residence., Below title: (Dedicated to Monsieur Theirs)., Possibly from Punch., 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 (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Thiers, Adolphe, 1797-1877 and Thumb, Tom, 1838-1883
Subject (Topic):
Giants (Persons)., Dwarfs, Human curiosities, and Politics and government
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stand two fierce-looking guards. In the background three other ladies listen rapturously to the slim, erect, and well-dressed dwarf, who is in marked contrast with the massive Turk and the voluptuous ladies of the seraglio. A draped canopy completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate originally published in 1781. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 186-187., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from British Museum catalogue., Watermark., and Mounted to 23.3 x 30.7 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Portrait of a Persian dwarf, full-length, slightly turned to the left, holding up ropes tied to his hair, dressed in a frockcoat with the skirts buttoned back and with a Turkish hat on his head, a large weight at his side, a harlequin pointing to an advertisement for the dwarf on a shed beyond, the whole surrounded by scrolling rococo foliate and shell designs."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wonderful strong and surprising Persian dwarf
Description:
Title etched below image., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue. Also from contemporary newspaper clipping mounted with print on the Lewis Walpole Library impression., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted with a contemporary newspaper clipping, dated 18 July 1740, announcing the arrival of the Persian dwarf.
Title etched below image., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Inscription after title: The wonderful and surprising English dwarf 3 foot 6 inches high, born in Persia, is fifty six years old, speaks eighteen languages sings Italian, dances to admiration and with the ropes ty'd to his hair when put over his shoulders lifts the great stone A., 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):
Dwarfs (Persons)., Ropes, Bodybuilders, Human curiosities, and Dwarfs
Title from item., Published: Henry Wilson and James Caulfield, The Book of Wonderful Characters, London: Hotten, 1869., Trimmed to 17.8 x 14.2 cm with loss of imprint., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and One of three copies.
Title from item., Published: Henry Wilson and James Caulfield, The Book of Wonderful Characters, London: Hotten, 1869., Trimmed to 17.8 x 14.2 cm with loss of imprint., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Uncolored.
