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The corporal in good quarters , Soldiers, Fireplaces, Dogs, Cookery. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
The corporal in good quarters , Soldiers, Fireplaces, Dogs, Cookery. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
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In carnival, by Montbard.
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Theatrical mendicants relieved , Politicians, Nobility, Military officers, Actors, Actresses, Row houses, Doors & doorways, Philanthropy, Beggars, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Northumberland, Hugh Percy, Duke of, 1742-1817, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, Kemble, Charles, 1775-1854, Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings
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No. 35. / I caricatures (journal). (Are you)
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Easter and trade cards depicting flowers, shoes, children, angels, eggs, toys, a kite, a fish, a bicycle and a rabbit.. Trade cards. 1876 - 1890. The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection. Shoes, Eggs
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Italy, 19th century. Loggias of a theatre. From Jean Baptiste Thomas (1791-1838), A year in Rome (Un an a Rome).
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Life in New York, The Rivals 1824-39 H. Isaacs British. Life in New York, The Rivals. 1824-39. Lithograph, hand colored. H. Isaacs (London). Prints
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La restauración se presenta. La Madeja Política, 24 octubre 1874.
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Watercolor by August Leopold Venus depicting a social scene in a park, highlighted with white brush, over pencil with grid and brown edging lines, 19th century.
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Visser Bender, Joannes Pieter, Haarlem, Wit, Izaak Jansz. de, Koos! 't Is de eerste van dat boompje, Young couple in a garden, verso - stamped, Top right: Pl. III. Bottom right: bl. 99, print, book illustration, prints, height 141 mm, width 112 mm, Northern Netherlands, 1744-12-09 - 1809-03-13, print maker, printmaker, 1806 - 1806, paper, etching, etchings, hand coloring, Dutch, 1785-11-09 - 1813-12-09, intermediary draughtsman
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() James Gillray, 1757-1815, British, A Section of a Magnificent & Superb Water Closet ---, c. 1790. Etching, hand-colored.
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Washerwomen of Chiaja at Naples, Louis Ducros, 1778, draughtsman: Louis Ducros, 1778, paper, brush, h 184 mm × w 235 mm
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Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). "The artist Robert Macaire". Colored and erased lithography. 1836-1838. Paris, Balzac house. 56113-12 Artist, easel, horse, crook, gommee, lithography colored, paint, painter, caricature
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Gentleman being attacked by naughty children in a parlour. He says, They are really charming. He thinks, They are out of control! Handcoloured lithograph by the Gihaut brothers after an illustration by Swiss artist Jean Gabriel Scheffer from Petites Scenes du Monde, Ce qu'on dit et ce qu'on pense, Gihaut Freres, Paris, 1829.
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A club room where various men lounge about and one serves drink at a counter. Coloured etching, mid 19th century.
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A block for the wigs - or, the new state whirligig. British Cartoon Prints Collection , Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 6227. George,III,King of Great Britain,1738-1820. , Fox, Charles James,1749-1806. , North, Frederick,Lord,1732-1792. , Burke, Edmund,1729-1797. , Keppel, Augustus Keppel,Viscount,1725-1786. , Merry-go-rounds,Great Britain,1780-1790.
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Coach leaving Canterbury Gate, Christ Church, Oxford, 1810-1815. Thomas Rowlandson
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Hand-coloured etching titled 'Vent Contraire' published by Aaron Martinet. The print depicts a group of Englishwomen standing behind a folding screen waving their fans in a attempt to prevent the landing of the French Fleet. Dated 1803
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Rum Characters in a Shrubbery November 1, 1808 After Thomas Rowlandson A copy of a watercolor by Rowlandson. Two women stand at the counter of a gin shop, each with a glass. A woman drinks from a glass behind them at right. The bartender pours a third glass.. Rum Characters in a Shrubbery. After Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). November 1, 1808. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Prints
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Francois, listening this good king Francis, written this good king (goodbye of Louis XVI to his family) If that people whom I loved so much is unfair to me ".
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December - Christmas Bustle from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Pickering & Chatto (English, 19th century). Date: 1840. Dimensions: 95 × 153 mm (primary support); 221 × 286 mm (secondary support). Steel etching in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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The god Quante-Cong or Shangdi, first ruler of the Chinese. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Andrea Bernieri from Giulio Ferrario's Ancient and Modern Costumes of all the Peoples of the World, Florence, Italy, 1843.
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Missed. / What they wanted to do.
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Dramatic demireps at their morning rehearsal , Actresses, Intoxication, Gin, Dogs. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
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British Plenty, Charles Knight, 1743-c.1826, British, after Henry Singleton, 1766-1839, British, 1794, Stipple engraving, partially printed in color, Plate: 20 1/4 x 16in. (51.4 x 40.6cm) and Sheet: 22 1/2 x 17 3/4in. (57.2 x 45.1cm)
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News. / A leak in Egypt through Prussia ... / No. 7.
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DIBUJO PARA EL GATO CON BOTAS - CUENTO DE PERRAULT. Author: EUGENE COURBOIN (1851-1915). Location: PRIVATE COLLECTION. MADRID. SPAIN.
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Pardon mon cher.... Honoré Daumier (1808-1879). Lithographs
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Greeting card lever train card, Saying, Who pulls on the bell , who is on the door good , friend , for , whole , year , Jeremias Bermann -, publishing house
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Edward Edwards, 1738-1806, British, Illustration to A Sentimental Journey: Episode: Maria and her Dog Sylvia, undated. Watercolor, pen and black ink, and graphite on medium, slightly textured, cream laid paper.
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The anger / moderation / Wrath and Peace (Mastery). unknown, Bergeret
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Crinolines on the Beach. Dated: c. 1865. Dimensions: sheet: 15.2 x 23.9 cm (6 x 9 7/16 in.). Medium: watercolor and gouache over graphite on buff paper. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Eugene Boudin.
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Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, Set of eight (6): Cries of London, 1799. Etching with aquatint, colored by hand.
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Falbalas and Fanfrieche: Almanac of the modes present, past & future for 1923, 2nd year: Come, my good friend! / Scotland nineteenth century. Wandlend Paar in 19de-Euwse Kleding, Omkijkend Naar Twee Schotse Mannen. Procent of Serie Falbalas & Fanfrieches (1922-1926).
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Joko, the Brazilian monkey by Taglioni Gallerie Droller Scenen for the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist
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The green male, by Meisl Gallerie Drollerie Scenen to the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist
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Mistress and three servants, by John Leech. Gift of Archdeacon F.H.D. Smythe, 1957.
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Honoré Daumier, Chère Baronne, je vous felicite..., 1847, color lithograph on paper.
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English tourist sketching the Black Linn falls of the Braan River from Ossians Hall of Mirrors, Dunkeld, Scotland. A dog attacks its reflection and Dr. Factobend smashes a mirror. Doctor Prosodys disaster in Ossians Hall, Dunkeld. Handcoloured copperplate engraving drawn and engraved by Charles Williams from William Combes The Tour of Doctor Prosody, in search of the Antique and the Picturesque, through Scotland, the Hebrides, the Orkney and Shetland Isles, Matthew Illy, London, 1821.
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Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, The April Fool Consigned to Infamy and Ridicule, 1801. Etching, hand-colored.
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Eugène Charles François Guérard, Physionomies de Paris #3: Les Tuileries (Allée des Feuillants), 1856, chromolithograph, partly hand-colored, on wove paper.
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people love sex and eroticism sexual intercourse ""Lord Barr--res Great Bottle Club"" drawing by Thomas Rowlandson (1756 - 1827) Victoria and Albert Museum London,
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Frederick William III, Queen Luise in Paretz, c. 1800, Royal History of the Hohenzollerns, Prussia
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The bride's garter, c. 1812 French engraving
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Le live des grisettes The good kind number 29 - the lift of the Grisettes, 1807 ". Engraving. Print.
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A Silly June 26, 1800 Thomas Rowlandson. A Silly. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). June 26, 1800. Etching and aquatint, hand-colored. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints
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Read's Crinoline Sketches, No. 9. Artist: Anonymous, British, 19th century. Dimensions: image: 10 1/4 x 14 3/8 in. (26 x 36.5 cm)sheet: 11 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (28.6 x 37.5 cm). Publisher: Published by Read and Company (London). Date: July 22, 1859. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.
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The farandole, 1895. Artist: F Meaulle
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January - The Birth of the Year from George Cruikshank's Steel Etchings to The Comic Almanacks: 1835-1853. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Pickering & Chatto (English, 19th century). Date: 1839. Dimensions: 93 × 157 mm (primary support); 222 × 284 mm (secondary support). Steel etching in black on cream India paper, laid down on off-white card (chine collé). Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.
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Lords of the Bedchamber April 14, 1784 Thomas Rowlandson The Duchess of Devonshire at right makes tea for Charles James Fox and Sam House who sit at left. Sam pats Fox's bald head while Fox stirs his tea.. Lords of the Bedchamber. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 14, 1784. Etching. William Humphrey (British, 1742-in or before 1814). Samuel House (British, active 1780-85). Prints
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The good kind number 14 - the four corners Jean Fran�ois Bosio (1764-1827). "The good kind number 14: the four corners, 1803".