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Laurence Sterne

Anglo-Irish novelist and Anglican cleric (1713–1768)

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Images by Laurence Sterne

22 images from works
  • A young physician taking the pulse of a woman with whom he is flirting, a young man passing by raises his hat. Colour stipple engraving by J. Parker, 1783, after J. Northcote.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Doctor Slop, having fallen off his horse, is greeted by Obadiah. Etching after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Obadiah riding a coach horse knocks Dr. Slop off his pony into a pond, a sign to Shandy Hall hangs over him. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Uncle Toby looks into Widow Wadman's eye, as she holds it open for him. Line engraving by L. Stocks(?) after C.R. Leslie, 1831.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Coloured etching after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop with his wig on fire angrily gesticulating to Susannah who holds her nose near the wounded baby Tristram Shandy. Etching by J. Bretherton, 1773, after H.W. Bunbury after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop clinging on to his bag, after two gentlemen (one of them Tristram Shandy's father?) had attempted to look inside it. Aquatint by J.H. Clark, 1820, after L. Sterne.
  • An episode in Tristram Shandy: Dr. Slop arriving at the home of Tristram Shandy, where Mr. Shandy is seated with a friend and smoking. Aquatint by J.H. Clark after L. Sterne.
  • Maria sits sadly under a tree with her dog. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1808, after W. Hamilton.
  • A beggar is standing outside the door of a house, two women on the doorstep are putting money into his outstretched cap. Stipple engraving, 1789, by J.M. Delattre after F. Wheatley after L. Sterne.
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Images featuring Laurence Sterne

8 images from works
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • Maria sits sadly under a tree with her dog. Stipple engraving by R. Cooper, 1808, after W. Hamilton.
  • Phrenological chart with three figures of a head and sketches of the heads of famous men. Coloured lithograph, 1836.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • Elements of phrenology, physiognomy and palmistry, with diagrams of heads and hands, and portraits of historical figures. Colour lithograph, 1866.
  • Phrenological diagrams of the skull and brain, with three portraits: Laurence Sterne, a mathematician, and Shakespeare; exemplifying the faculties of wit, number and imagination respectively. Engraving by H. Sawyer after W. Byam, 1818.
  • Writers: twenty portraits of essayists and novelists. Engraving by J.W. Cook, 1825.
  • Laurence Sterne. Drawing, c. 1789.

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Frequent collaborators

Henry Bunbury
Clark, John Heaviside, approximately 1770-1863.
James Bretherton
Griffith, Richard d. 1788.
History, 18th Century
Costume
Slop, Doctor (Fictitious character)
Great Britain
House furnishings
Novelists, English - 18th century - Correspondence
Wigs
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.)
Uncle Toby (Fictitious character)
Household employees