"Two men lie in the small truckle-beds (i.e., trundle bed) of a cheap lodging-house, one (left) asleep. An old woman holding a candle kneels at the foot of the other bed, and tugs at the wooden leg of its occupant. She says: "There is nothing like looking after Servants I always like to see that my lodgers are comfortable. --Aye here's a pretty careless trick--the warming pan left in the gentleman's bed I declare". Its owner, an angry sailor, shouts: "Hollo --Avast heaving Zounds dont pull off my timber--I went to bed half seas over and forgot to stow it alongside the hammock"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:
Careful landlady
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Rowlandson and artist questionably identified as Woodward in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue of a print apparently first published 10 May 1809; in this reissued state, the day and year of publication in imprint are heavily scored through but still legible. For a later state with beginning of imprint burnished from plate, see no. 11466 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "300" in upper right corner., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.1 x 33.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May [10th, 1809, by] Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Three man stand full-length with speech balloons above each figure. On the left, a man in coat, hat, and whip with the title "Dress like a coachman". In the middle a more sturdely built man with a walking stick under his arm -- "Study boxing and bull baiting". On the right, a man also in hat, coat and walking stick -- "Speak the slang language fluently".
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Mounted on leaf 31 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. September 15th, 1814, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
"A tall French soldier, swarthy, mustachioed, muscular, and sinister stands almost full-face, his mouth open as if shouting. In his large cocked hat are three large favours, one white inscribed 'Vive Le Roi', one tricolour inscribed 'Vive Le Empereur', the uppermost and largest, 'Vive Le Diable', is pink. He holds his musket by the barrel, the butt resting on the ground, in his left hand he holds out a snuff-box. His uniform is neat, but his feet are bare, except for remnants of leather across the instep. By his head in large letters: 'French Constancy' (left) and 'French Integrity' (right). Behind and on a smaller scale are emblems of fickleness: a windmill (left) represents 'French Stability'; an ape and cat embracing, both on their hind-legs, represents: 'French Union between the National Guard and Troops of the Line'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vive le roi! Vive le empereur. Vive le diable
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with partial loss of artist's signature., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Title devised by curator., Design attributed to Rowlandson by curator., Date assigned by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
Title supplied by cataloger, based on title given by Grego for the original drawing., For the original drawing by Rowlandson, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 422., Date assigned by curator., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 13 of 14 volumes.
