Satire against corruption with an image of a huge automaton representing the new London University (later University College, London) tramples over greedy clerics, doctors, lawyers and the crown. Five lines of text below image: "I saw a vision, a gian...
Satire on modern technology, including depictions of steam used for war, amputations, underground travel, and beauty treatments. Also depicted is air travel by way of birds harnessed together, and the pseudoscience of phrenology used to assess a child...
Description:
Title etched above images, at top of plate.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Steam, Machinery, Cannons, Warships, Birds, Phrenology, Children, Travel, and Amputees
"Interior view of the mint in the Tower of London, shortly before it was removed to Tower Hill; men labouring with machinery of mint."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st Feby. 1809 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Royal Mint. and Tower of London (London, England)
An older gentleman is on horseback strapped into a contraption that limits the horses movement (as such, it won't move above a trot pace), limits any jolting movements and also provides shade and cover through the attachment of an umbrella. In the lef...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Horses, Umbrellas, Machinery, Dandies, and British
BEIN Ujb22 +588r Copy 2: Bookplate: The James Walker Horological Library of Seth Thomas Clock Company, 1932. Stamp: Library of Amer. Clock & Watch Museum.
BEIN Ujb22 +588r Copy 2: Bookplate: The James Walker Horological Library of Seth Thomas Clock Company, 1932. Stamp: Library of Amer. Clock & Watch Museum.
