The old bachelor's thermometer. The old maid's thermometer [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The old bachelor's thermometer. The old maid's thermometer [graphic].
- Contributor
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Harrison, L. active 1807-1842, printer.
S. and J. Fuller, publisher.
Clements C. Fry Collection of Medical Prints and Drawings (Yale Medical Library, Historical Library) - Published / Created
- [between 1809 and 1839]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by S. and J. Fuller, 34, Rathbone-Place and Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand
- Abstract
-
Print with an image at the top and two columns of letterpress below: A middle-aged man in a robe sits in an upholstered armchair, his gouty foot resting on a footstool, and a pained look on his face; medicine and a bowl on the table beside his chair (left) and a crutch rests against a second stool (right). He reaches toward a younger woman in a cap and apron who is looking down and away from him. On the left is bed with curtains and on the wall, a framed picture of Cupid shooting an arrow. The letterpress text below, in two columns, provides a timeline for a man's life, starting at the age of 16 listed at the beginning of each line, tells the humorous tale of the consequences of a man putting off marriage for prideful reasons from age "16 - incipient palpitations towards the young ladies", through the ages of "29 - rails against the fair sex", "37 - indulge in every kind of dissipation", and "48 - thinks living alone quite irksome ...". Eventually, he resolves to have a prudent young woman as housekeeper and companion, gradually feeling some attachment to her and becoming completely under her influence. At age 60, as he begins to feel ill, and "grows rapidly worse, has his will made in her favour, and makes an exit."
- Description
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Title from text below image.
Date based on publishers' known dates of activity at this address: Samuel & Joseph Fuller are listed in the London Directories from 1809 to 1839 at this address.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Spinsters.
1 print : lithograph with letterpress ; sheet 27.8 x 16.8 cm.
Imperfect. Lacking Old maid's thermometer portion. - Provenance
- Michael S. Kemp; March 2020.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 28.9 x 36 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 809.00.00.64
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Lithographs England London 1809 - Material
- lithograph with letterpress ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Bachelors
Life cycle, Human
Gout
Single women
Women domestics
Canopy beds
Chairs
Crutches
Cupids
Servants
Medicines
Cats
Dogs - Subjects
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Bachelors
Life cycle, Human
Gout
Single women
Women domestics
Canopy beds
Chairs
Crutches
Cupids
Servants
Medicines
Cats
Dogs
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
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
- 14976329
- Object ID (OID)
- 17324475