English oculist, drama critic, editor and newspaper publisher (1757-1832)

A chemist and his assistant as "puffers" heating a substance in a retort; representing a theatre critic who "puffs" the actor Joseph Holman at the bidding of his editor. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1786.

1 print : etching ; image and lettering 20.7 x 29.3 cm

Records of my life / By the late John Taylor, esq. Complete in one volume.

Sighs; or, The daughter  a comedy, in five acts; as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market. Taken from the German drama of Kotzebue; with alterations, by Prince Hoare. [Four lines of quotations in Spanish].

2 volumes : frontispiece (portrait) ; (8vo)

Records of my life / By the late John Taylor, esquire.

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Records of my life / By the late John Taylor, esq. Complete in one volume.

Sighs; or, The daughter a comedy, in five acts; as it is performed at the Theatre Royal, Hay-Market. Taken from the German drama of Kotzebue; with alterations, by Prince Hoare. [Four lines of quotations in Spanish].

Records of my life / By the late John Taylor, esquire.

A chemist and his assistant as "puffers" heating a substance in a retort; representing a theatre critic who "puffs" the actor Joseph Holman at the bidding of his editor. Etching attributed to T. Rowlandson, ca. 1786.