#john fairburn

[empirearchives]

Idk I just think he was cute here

[museoillogique]

George Cruikshank - "Life" among the connoisseurs;or, Dick Wildfire & his friends in the Grand Gallery of the Louvre.  

Series: Life in Paris

Drawn & engraved by Mr George Cruikshank/ Published June 1 1822 by John Fairburn Broadway Ludgate Hill, British Museum

[treasuresfromthearchives]

The Chance Seller of the Exchequer Putting an Extinguisher on Lotteries

Thomas Rowlandson British Publisher John Fairburn British Subject Frederick John Robinson British September 18, 1823

"Frederick John Robinson, wearing his Chancellor of the Exchequer's gown, places an extinguisher on the head of Fortune, who sits atop a globe. She hands out a paper inscribed "Ticket £20 000" to a rambunctious crowd at left."

[treasuresfromthearchives]

An Emblem of Asia

Anonymous, British, 18th century British Publisher John Fairburn British September 4, 1798

"A female figure wears a jeweled turban, fur-lined robe and holds an open book in her right hand lettered "Al Coran" [the Qur'an]. Behind at right is an elephant carrying a howdah and, at left, a caravan of camels near a pyramid. The print comes from a group that includes emblems of America and Europe (52.585.73, 52.585.74))."

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An Emblem of Europe

Anonymous, British, 18th century British Publisher John Fairburn British September 4, 1798

"An emblematic female figure of Europe wears classical garb, carries a snake-encircled staff and leans on a pile of books next to an armillary sphere and telescope, a quadrant at her feet (these objects symbolize travel, navigation and astronomy). At right a beehive stands before an ocean and ships (references to agriculture and commerce). The print is part of a group that includes America and Asia (52.585.73, 52.585.75)."