Collection Items
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe continental shaveing shop 1 print : engraving, colour ; plate mark 24.5 x 34.8 cm, sheet 25 x 35.5 cm. | "Napoleon is the barber who shaves in his shop the powers of Europe with the help of Talleyrand ..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1806
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Photo, Print, DrawingComedy in the country. Tragedy in London "Two designs on one plate. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall...Below, three members of the orchestra play, grotesquely weeping ..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas
- Date: 1807
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Photo, Print, DrawingNews from Worthing. In a letter from a beast of burden to her brother Jack 1 print : engraving, color. | "A young woman sits a donkey which is in the sea, refusing to move; she flourishes her parasol ..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac - Bloomfield, Robert
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTrue reform of Parliament,--i.e.--patriots lighting a revolutionary-bonfire in new Palace Yard 1 print : engraving with watercolor ; 30.7 x 42.3 cm (sheet) | Print shows Sir Francis Burdett making a speech and waving a bonnet rouge shaped like a fool's cap as Horne Tooke lights on fire a pile of acts and charters, as well as a Bible, with a flaming baton labeled "Sedition" while three creatures add to the flames. James Boswell, Samuel...
- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe life of William-Cobbett, --written by himself. No. 8 1 print : engraving. | Cobbett surrounded by flames and beset by ghosts, starts back in his chair, overturning his writing-table and dropping his pen... (Source: George)
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingExamination at Golgatha or the college of skulls 1 print : engraving, color ; sheet 21.3 x 39.2 cm.
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1811
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Photo, Print, DrawingPreparing John Bull for general congress Satirical print depicts John Bull standing, arms outstretched, as he is hacked apart by small figures representing both domestic and international issues, including France's Napoleon. A tub of a ship, the frigate USS President, sails toward him at left, battle weary with a tattered American flag. The dialogue refers to naval battles during the War of 1812. "John Bull, a giant beset by pigmies,...
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1813
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Photo, Print, DrawingA whole family lost 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 435 x 279 mm. | "A bell-man or town-crier stands full-face in the middle of the street, shouting his news, bell in his right hand, left arm raised. His cocked hat, long coat, and flapped waistcoat are gold-laced. His large figure fills the greater part of the design; words cover the upper part of the print: 'O...
- Contributor: Williams, Charles, Active - Williams, Charles
- Date: 1814-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe imposter, or obstetric dispute "A scene outside Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam). Joanna Southcott, grotesquely pregnant, bestrides a dog wearing clerical gown and bands, its collar inscribed Tozer..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1814
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Photo, Print, DrawingRoyal Methodists in Kent & Sussex---or the dissenters too powerful for the established church 1 print : engraving, colored. | "Dissenters, led by Collyer, and encouraged by the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, attack the Church of England..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1815-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Hombourg waltz, with characteristic sketches of family dancing 1 print : engraving, coloured. | "Members of the Royal family at an informal dance, the centre couple being Princess Elizabeth, grotesquely stout, and the Prince of Hesse-Homburg, who grasps her dress, unable to reach her waist..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA German mountebank blowing his own trumpet at a Dutch concert of 500 piano fortes!! 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; 32.5 x 24.9 cm (folded) ; 32.5 x 49.8 cm (open) | "Logier, the music-master, is delivering one of his musical lectures with demonstrations by his pupils..." (Source: George); with integral text leaf.
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Logierian system, or unveiling the new light to ye musical world!! With the discovery of a general thoro' base [altered to bass]discord in the old school 1 print : engraving, hand-colored ; 28.4 x 41.6 cm (sheet) | "Logier, with two supporters, stands on a platform, drawing aside a curtain from irradiated woman's head, with classical features and a laurel wreath..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingAn interesting scene, on board an East-Indiaman, showing the effects of a heavy lurch,---after dinner.--- 1 print : hand-colored engraving ; plate mark 257 x 356 mm, sheet 300 x 477 mm. | "Passengers seated at a table in the state cabin under six windows in the stern, are flung violently about as the ship slants steeply to the left..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Marryat, Frederick - Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLanding the treasures, or results of the polar expedition 1 print : hand-colored engraving ; plate mark 223 x 544 mm, sheet 230 x 562 mm. | "A procession headed by John Ross extends from the coast (right), where Esquimaux dogs swim ashore from a boat, to the gate of the British Museum, part of which is on the extreme left..." (Source: George). Print shows items brought from Captain John Ross' expedition to...
- Contributor: Marryat, Frederick - Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1819-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingMuch wanted a reform among females!!! 1 print : engraving, coloured. | "Four women, all eagerly amorous, look down on a densely packed crowd from a platform (right) in a rural setting..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1819-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLanding at Dover & overhauling the baggage! Or custom house officers rummaging for foreign commodities! Dedicated to the Persian Ambassador 1 print : engraving, coloured. | "A scene on the quay at Dover. A young woman in oriental draperies, with a high gold head-dress with aigrettes, struggles between raffish customs officers who search her improperly..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Robert
- Date: 1819-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe Revolutionary Association 1 print : engraving ; 16 x 39 cm. | Print shows "Radical leaders of all shades and in merging groups, are flanked by revolutionary mobs..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Robert
- Date: 1821-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe funeral procession of Queen Caroline Augut [sic], 14 1821 at Cumberland Gate, Hyde Park 1 print : engraving, colored ; sheet 20.5 x 33.7 cm. | "Mounted Life Guards are slashing and firing deliberately at a well-dressed crowd. Behind them is the plumed hearse which has just passed through the stone gateway..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1821-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingTugging at a high--[scored through] eye-tooth 1 print : engraving, coloured ; plate mark 27 x 34.5 cm, sheet 27.7 x 38.7 cm. | "The dentist, short, fat, and bald, stands in back view on a low stool, his knees pressed against the chair, his left arm round the victim's neck; he tugs at an upper tooth..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1821
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Photo, Print, DrawingAn Italian singer, cut out for English amusement, or, Signor Veluti. Displaying his great [scored through] parts
An Italian singer, cut out for English amusement, or, Signor Veluti. Displaying his great powers "Velluti (left), in slashed and embroidered theatrical costume, sings in a drawing-room or concert-room, the chairs irregularly arranged..." (Source: George)- Date: 1825-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe march of intellect 1 print : engraving, coloured ; plate mark 25 x 34.6 cm, sheet 25 x 34.6 cm. | "A London street scene between a curved shop-front (left) and a hoarding next to a quack doctor's house on the extreme right..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1826
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Photo, Print, DrawingSurgical operations or A new method of obtaining subjects 1 print : engraving, coloured ; plate mark 24.6 x 25.4 cm, sheet 25.4 x 36.5 cm. | "Scene in a dissecting room; medical students watch with amusement their instructor kick a sheriff's officer down a flight of stairs (right)..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1827
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Photo, Print, DrawingO'Connell and the Minister at the bar of the (Crown) and (Anchor) trying to settle a knotty point over a drop of Irish whiskey 1 print : engraving, coloured. | "Wellington (left) stands facing O'Connell with a smile, right hand held out..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1828-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA few illustrations for Mr Warbertons bill 1 print : engraving, coloured ; sheet 28.6 x 48.3 cm. | "Ten vignettes arranged round a central and larger vignette (No. 6)..." (Source: George)
- Date: 1829