Sr. Samuel House [graphic]

Description

Title: Sr. Samuel House [graphic]
Alternative Title: Sir Samuel House
Creator: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created: [1780?]
Publication Place: London?
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A stout publican (Samuel House) holding a tankard with initials SH in his right hand and a pipe in his left is standing in front of his house. He wears waistcoat with sleeves, without a coat and wig; his breeches are unbuttoned at the knees. Behind him is a large barrel on which is written "Fox for Ever Huzza." A man smoking a pipe is seated below the window in which sit two other men, one with a pipe. Another man is vomiting out the second window
Description: Title from item.
Trimmed within plate mark at the bottom with loss of imprint.
First state, with printmaker's name on plate.
Date of publication from nos. 5696 and 5697 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 5.
Sheet trimmed.
Provenance: Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966;
Extent: 1 print : sheet 24 x 20 cm
Edition: [1st state].
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Etchings England London 1780
Material: etching with roulette ;
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): England
Westminster
Subject (Name): House, Samuel, -1785.
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806.
Subject (Topic): Political elections
Drinking vessels
Tobacco pipes
Barrels
Birdcages
Vomiting
Clothing & dress
Subjects: House, Samuel, -1785
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Political elections > England > Westminster > 1780
Drinking vessels
Tobacco pipes
Barrels
Birdcages
Vomiting
Clothing & dress > England > 1780
England > 1780
England > London > 1780

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