Collection Items
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Photo, Print, Drawing[The monster melo-drama] Prints shows a four-footed monster, with the heads of Richard Brinsley Sheridan, John Philip Kemble, Joseph Grimaldi, and Harlequin, suckling playwrights in front of Covent Garden and Drury Lane theaters.
- Contributor: Tipper, Samuel - De Wilde, Samuel
- Date: 1807-01-01
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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, 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, 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, DrawingBackside ['side' scored through] & front view of the ladies fancy-man, Paddy Carey O'Killus Dsq &c &c - Erected in Hide Park, in honor of the "Waterloo man" & his Soger men ... 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 36 cm. | "The back view of the Achilles statue burlesqued on its high pedestal raised on a plinth and the front view of the booted statue, displaying a grotesque face, and the fig-leaf..." (Source: George).
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1822-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingL'assemblée nationale: - or - grand co-operation meeting at St. Ann's Hill. Respectfully dedicated to the admirers of "A Broad-Bottom'd Administration" 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Print shows a reception given by Charles James Fox and wife for various groups and friends of the Prince of Wales, all opposed to the government.
- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1804
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe slang duellist-s a shot at a hawke or the wounded pigeon! 1 print : hand-colored etching ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm. | Print shows a duel between Martin Bladen Edward Hawke and Henry Francis Mellish in which Mellish is wounded on his arm and says: "Now Mr Quixote take care of your bread basket, for by Jasus its 5 to 4 but I'll hit you. - " Hawke responds: "6 to 4. you...
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac
- Date: 1807-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingVery slippy-weather 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows an elderly man who has slipped and fallen on the sidewalk outside Humphrey's printing establishment at No. 27 St. James's Street, London. He is holding a thermometer which he manages keep upright, behind him are five individuals looking at caricatures printed by Humphrey that are on display in the shop windows.
- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1808-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe modern Circe or a sequel to the petticoat 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Cartoon shows Mrs. Mary Anne Clarke, wearing the Duke of York's military cloak, extending it to cover a crowd of miniature soldiers, civilians and clergymen clustering around her with outstretched arms; Mr. Waddle (Mr. Wardle), standing to the side, gazes at her and declares his fascination.
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac - Delaney, E.
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingIs this a rattle which I see before me 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | John Philip Kemble, caricatured, plays the dagger scene in Macbeth. In front of him is magically suspended a large watchman's rattle, labelled "a word to the wise". Text refers to the personal attack made on the Kemble family.
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Isaac
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingA parody on Macbeth's soliloquy at Covent Garden Theatre 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Kemble as Macbeth, in Highland dress, declaims before the footlights; holding out a coin in his left hand, he staggers back, left leg forward.
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingFarmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours, on her return from school 1 print : engraving. | Cartoon showing plump girl playing piano. Her parents gloat nearby while others appear less interested.
- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, Drawing[Practical jokes played on unsuspecting friends, and costumes of the locals of Hogs Norton] Print shows two scenes of practical jokes played on unsuspecting friends and two scenes showing the costume of the locals of Hogs Norton.
- Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas - Tegg, Thomas - Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard)
- Date: 1809
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Photo, Print, Drawing"A little music"--or--The delights of harmony 1 print : etching, with aquatint, hand-colored ; 26.5 x 36.5 cm (plate) | Print shows at center in a parlor a man playing a flute, he steps on a small dog's tail causing it to yelp, on the right a young woman is playing a pianoforte with some intent as a man holds her music book open, they both are singing, a small...
- Contributor: Gillray, James
- Date: 1810-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe centaur-ian manager 1 print : aquatint. | A satire on the equestrian performances at Covent Garden, with John Philip Kemble, as a mount for Mrs. Sarah Siddons, as a tragedy queen, with raised dagger. Behind the centaur's kicking hind-legs lies Comedy on her back, a young woman holding up a smiling mask. Harlequin kneels at her feet, flourishing his wooden sword. Kemble says to a troupe...
- Date: 1809-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingPidgeon hole. A Convent [sic] Garden contrivance to coop up the gods "A close-up view of one of the 'pigeon holes' which flanked the upper gallery at Covent Garden..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Rowlandson, Thomas
- Date: 1811
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Photo, Print, DrawingLumps of pudding 1 print (5 sheets) : etching, hand-colored ; 35.3 x 239 cm. | Print shows 36 people at a country dance, wearing typical dress, though some women have elaborate head pieces.
- Contributor: Bunbury, Henry William - Heath, William
- Date: 1811-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe cowpox tragedy - scene the last 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Funeral procession showing coffin labeled "Vaccina aged 12 years" on which stands a golden calf; four vignettes, two on each side, present realistic scenes related to cow pox.
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1812-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingLodgings to let 1 print : engraving, color. | Cartoon showing a fashionably dressed man standing in a well-furnished sitting-room, speaking to a pretty and elegant young woman. He wears a tophat, Hessian boots, and carries a large rough walking-stick. He says: My sweet honey, I hope you are to be let with the lodgins! She answers: No, sir, I am to be let alone.
- Date: 1814-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingJohn Bull's three stages or, from good to bad & from bad to worse 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Three section print showing John Bull and his family eating a large meal before the war, eating less during the war, and with bones on plates during peace time.
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1815-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingState physicians bleeding John Bull to death!! 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 26 x 37.5 cm, sheet 27.2 x 39 cm. | Vansittart and Castlereagh, as surgeons, bleeding coins from the arms of John Bull. The coins are collected by Prince Leopold, Princess Charlotte, a tiny McMahon, a Chinese mandarin, and the gouty Regent. Brougham, stands on the left, pointing finger at John Bull, saying, "Retrench! Johnny, Retrench!...
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1816
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Photo, Print, DrawingEconomy 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Brougham, in the guise of John Bull, appears to the Regent, holding up a broom which points towards a small scene surrounded by clouds. The Regent, who has been revelling over a large bowl of punch, falls back terrified, overturning his chair. Brougham, arm extended towards the Regent, declaims: "Retrench! Retrench, reflect on the distressed state of your...
- Contributor: Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1816-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe freedom of election or hunt-ing for popularity and plumpers for Maxwell 1 print : engraving with watercolor ; 30.3 x 48.0 cm (sheet) | Print shows two candidates in the Westminster election, Henry Hunt and Murray Maxwell, addressing a crowd (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Robert
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingDandies dressing 1 print : etching, hand-colored. | Six men dressing in grotesque attire.
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Robert
- Date: 1818-01-01
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Photo, Print, DrawingThe spirit moves!! 1 print : hand-colored lithograph ; 27 x 38 cm. | Print shows "Two grossly ugly Quakers waltz, the man very thin, the woman fat..." (Source: George)
- Contributor: Cruikshank, Robert - Cruikshank, George
- Date: 1817-01-01