A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the ...
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title written below image.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Pleading (Begging), Kicking, Poor persons, Interiors, Cats, and Dogs
A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centered in a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (butcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the othe...
Alternative Title:
New tenants at a mansion house
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Sold by all the printsellers in London
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 and Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838
An Irishman, wearing tattered clothing and holding a cudgel, converses with three well dressed men at a table in front of a poor box, the words "Guardians of the Poor" faintly visible on the wall behind them. The Irishman appears obstinate, and the th...
Description:
Title from dialogue below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Poor persons, Poor boxes, Charity, and Writing materials
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Emaciated and shaven-headed paupers treated as slaves by cruel overseers: adults beating hemp and children picking rope in the foreground, others in the background manacled to the wall or hanging from the ceiling, tied up by their feet and hands; to ...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton-Street, Clare-Market
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Almshouses, Children, Forced labor, British, Punishment & torture, Poor persons, Law and legislation, Poor laws, and Political satire, English
A hideous, ragged woman looks amorously at her male companion, a burly dustman, as they sift through cinders; two others kneel at their feet, one also using a sieve to sift through the cinders while her companion drinks gin. In the foreground are the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 11 Cheapside
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of cinder-sifters at work on one of the vast laystalls which disgraced the surroundings of London in the 18th century (notably off Tottenham Court Road). A woman of the lowest type, ragged, naked to the waist, holds her sieve, turning her hea...
A hideous, ragged woman looks amorously at her male companion, a burly dustman, as they sift through cinders; two others kneel at their feet, one also using a sieve to sift through the cinders while her companion drinks gin. In the foreground are the ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 11 Cheapside
