A rotund doctor, holding a cane under his arm and wearing a wig, looks at his watch as he takes the pulse of very thin man in a dressing gown and night cap who jumps on one leg and wears a look of pain on his face. Above the doctor's head: "You are be...
"See BM Satires No. 16435. A pretty girl, perhaps the subject of BM Satires No. 16435, lies in a bed drawn close to a fire, indicated by corner of chimney-piece, fender, and guard (left). She is framed in drawn-back curtains, lit by firelight, and is ...
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title from note in artist's hand above image.
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
An old woman dressed in her nightcap and gown, her one breast hanging exposed from her gown, climbs into bed in which her husband already lies. She expels gas from her bottom in the direction of the candle on the ground in front of the fireplace with ...
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub'd by Wm. Holland, Oxford street
Subject (Topic):
Bed, Boxes, Candlesticks, Canopy beds, Cats, Corsets, Couples, Fireplaces, Flatulence, Single women, and Sleepwear
A man wearing in a nightcap leans out a window from the upper story of his cottage and aims a blunderbuss at a ghostly sprite who dances in the yard outside his front door. The man's face is contorted with anger and concentration as he points his gun
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1, 1792, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
A couple stand in their nightclothes in horror as they look on their bed which is in flames. An overturned table with a lit candle appears to be the cause of the fire, the other contents, a book, a rosary, a watch and chain, and spectacles are also on...
Description:
Title and series title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Fox hides under a four-poster bed hung with curtains, his hand resting on his chin with a speech balloon above his head: "They'll do nothing at last!" A bare-breasted woman [Catherine II of Russia] wearing a nightdress, a crown on her head, and pearl...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 20, 1791, by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bedrooms, Daggers & swords, Canopy beds, and Sleepwear
A sleeping man on his back in a bed, is attached to a machine that is undressing him, pulling his pants off and his arms out of his sleeves, as other parts of the machine prepare to pull his nightcap and sleeping shirt over his head
Alternative Title:
Apparatus to undress and cover up when sleepy
Description:
Ttitle etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Automation, Beds, Machinery, Sleepwear, and Undressing
