Dividing the spoil!! [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Dividing the spoil!! [graphic]
- Alternative Title
-
St. James's
St. Giles's - Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Fores, S. W., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [20 May 1796]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 20, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
In the image at the top: Four ladies, fashionably dressed, sit round a table dividing the profits of 'the Faro Bank'. On the table are heaps of guineas with cheques or banknotes, a sword, a ribbon and star, a paper: 'Bond 200 . . half Pay . . Faro'. The two central figures seated behind the table are Lady Archer (with an angry expression) and Lady Buckinghamshire facing each other in profile, their breasts much exposed. On the extreme left sits a young and good-looking woman, her chin concealed by a swathing round the neck; she watches the dispute warily, her arms folded. Facing her (right) an older woman reads through a glass a paper inscribed 'Hond Sir please to pay Lady Bilkem one Thousand Pound for your Dutiful Son Dupe'. These two are probably Mrs. Concannon and Mrs. Sturt, the other two fashionable and notorious holders of faro-banks. Lighted candle-sconces decorate the wall. The near edge of the table forms the lower edge of the design. In the image on the bottom, titled "St Giles's: Four prostitutes in a ramshackle room are grouped, much as the four above, round a table on which their night's plunder is spread: seals, watches, &c. They are younger, handsomer, and have pleasanter expressions than the women of fashion; their breasts are similarly exposed, though their dress is ragged
- Description
-
Title etched between the two images on one sheet.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios lent out for the evening.
Variant wtih artist's name. Cf. No. 8880 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Watermark: G R and date 1794 below. - Provenance
- Walter Schatzki; 1961.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 40 x 29 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.05.20.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Etchings England London 1796
Watermarks (Paper) G R. - Material
- etching ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 - Subject (Topic)
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Gambling
Poverty
Prostitutes
Social classes - Subjects
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Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Gambling
Poverty
Prostitutes
Social classes
England > 1796
England > London > 1796
G R.
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8081218
- Object ID (OID)
- 10952934