Portrait of Thomas Brand Hollis (1714-1804) Product:Canvas Pat 'raises his roof' by

Pat 'raises his roof' by the simple means of lowering his floor

Resistance came from both 'patrician champagne and plebian beer'

Mr Punch agreed that preparations were being made for self-defence and approved the notion that 'the English fleet should exceed the united fleets of France and Russia'

In the distance a mock

The extended family at breakfast

Portrait of Thomas Brand Hollis (1714-1804) Product:Canvas Pat 'raises his roof' byHalf length portrait in profile showing the sitter's long and loosely tied hair. Inscribed: 'THOMAS BRAND HOLLIS ESQ: F. R. S. and S. A. OF THE HYDE NEAR INGATEESTONE ESSEX. AGED XXXII.' A further [indistinct] inscription below: 'From a drawing taken from life at Rome 1752 by Pozzi in the possession of John Disney D. D. F. S. A. Engraved 1807 by E. Bocquet.' Inscribed in pencil lower left T Brand Elec 1756. Frontispiece to Memoirs of Thomas Brand