A sudden thought [graphic]
Found In:
Lewis Walpole Library > A sudden thought [graphic]
Description
- Title
- A sudden thought [graphic]
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher. - Published / Created
- [1 January 1804]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Januy. 1st, 1804 by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Abstract
-
"scene in a coffee-house or tavern, the tables (l.) separated by the high backs of benches topped by short curtains, leaving a wide floor-space (r.). A young man, fashionably dressed, postures as if terror-struck before two astonished waiters (r.); a broken decanter and spilt wine lie at his feet; the foremost waiter points to the mess. The second waiter holds a punch-bowl. A man seated at the nearest table watches in quizzical amusement. An ornate wall-mirror reflects a lighted candelabra. Below the design:'Like dire Macbeth, - with sudden glare and start, Young Vapid studious o'er the Tyrants part, Like a stuck pig he stares - and trembling stands, Down falls the glass and bottle from his hands, Th' affrighted Waiter saw his tackle broke, While thus his attitude - and thus he spoke "Thou canst not say I did it bloody Banquo? Yes cried the Waiter "by my soul I can though.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from item.
Printmaker and plate number from British Museum catalogue
Number 2 in a series of six plates: Specimens of dramatic phrensy.
Two columns of verse below design: Like dire Macbeth, -with sudden glare and start, young vapid studious o'er the tyrants part ...
Temporary local subject terms: Punch Bowl -- Candelabra.
Watermark: Russel & Co. 1797. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. X.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 29.3 x 37.3 cm, on sheet 32 x 44 cm
- Edition
- [State with plate no. burnished out]
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 804.01.01.07+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1804
Etchings England London 1804
Watermarks (Paper) Russell & Co. 1797 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and laid paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
- Coffeehouses
- Subjects
-
Coffeehouses
England > 1804
England > London > 1804
Russell & Co. > 1797
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
- 8420207
- Object ID (OID)
- 15813704