"The interior of a penny-barber's shop showing one corner of a small raftered room lit by a lamp hung from the roof and inscribed 'Shave with Ease & Expedetion for one Penny'. The barber (right) flourishes his razor above the head of a lean client whose face a boy (left) coats with lather, using a large brush; a bucket hangs on the boy's arm. In the background (right) a second customer in back view is also being shaved. Two wig-blocks lie on the ground (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, Companion print to: A penny barber., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs June 20, 1789, by Mrs. Lay, on the Steine, Bright-helmstone
"A very fat man draped in a sheet, his vast chin lathered, turns his eyes upwards to a thin barber who stands beside him (left), his bowl in one hand, soap in the other. Behind (left) a bald man bends over a basin, stanching a wound; and (right) the barber's man applies a flat-iron to a wig on a standing wig-block with a carved face. From the raftered ceiling hangs a lamp in a rectangular (?) paper shade inscribed: 'The Oldest Shaving Shop in London Most Mony for second Hand Wigs'. On the wall hang a bird in a cage, a print of two men, a wig. Wig-blocks, a razor, and the customer's wig lie on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
Description:
Title and publisher from lettered state., Proof before letters; plate later published with the title "A penny barber" and imprint "London, Pubd. by Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street." Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 7605., Date from description of lettered state in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: A sufferer for decency., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 257-8., and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse etched on both sides of title: See the course thronged with gazers ..., 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 55 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. June 30, 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Horse racing, Horseback riding, and Carriages & coaches
"The royal party on board a vessel which, though the sail is inscribed 'Southampton Frigate', resembles a fishing-vessel. They are seated in the stern in the worst throes of sea-sickness: the King (centre), his hat tied on with a handkerchief, clasps his stomach. One of the princesses, holding a smelling-bottle, supports the Queen. The helmsman is impeded by a fat lady who drinks from a bottle. A princess (left) droops despairingly, another (right) appeals to Heaven for mercy. A sailor (left) carries off a bucket, holding his nose. Below the deck appear the heads of two beef-eaters, vomiting."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Southampton Frigate
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Southampton frigate -- Naval uniforms: sailors' uniforms -- Sails -- Beefeaters -- Sea sickness., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.1 x 37.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augst. 4, 1789, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
"Two designs on one plate. Above, a group of spectators seated in a gallery and watching a comedy, all intent and either amused or surprised. Below, a similar group, all of whom weep or look distressed. A man holds a smelling-bottle to a lady's nose (right). A play-bill is inscribed 'Romeo and Juliet' (reversed)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image., Printmaker signature etched within top image in bottom right; imprint statement etched within lower image in bottom right., Reissue of a plate originally published by T. Rowlandson in 1787; publisher name changed in imprint statement and the year in printmaker signature and imprint changed from "1787" to "1789". Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 1, pages 217-19., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 37.2 x 27 cm., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publishd. as the act directs, Octr. 8th 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Theater audiences, Children, Fans (Accessories), Monocles, Loss of consciousness, and Staffs (Sticks)
A tour guide leading two men with astonished looks on their caricatured faces (one holds a simple walking stick and his hat) and a fashionably dressed women through Westminster Abbey, points to a monument decorated with the effigies of three knights
Description:
Title etched below image., Former questionable attribution to Newton from local card catalog record., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admitce. 1 shillg., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36.1 x 27 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Tour guides, and Tourists
A tour guide leading two men with astonished looks on their caricatured faces (one holds a simple walking stick and his hat) and a fashionably dressed women through Westminster Abbey, points to a monument decorated with the effigies of three knights
Description:
Title etched below image., Former questionable attribution to Newton from local card catalog record., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement below title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints. Admitce. 1 shillg., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 38 x 28.5 cm, on sheet 38.9 x 28.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Westminster Abbey.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, Tour guides, and Tourists
"A charming lady, elegantly dressed, plays the harp and sings close to her unconscious husband, asleep in a stiff arm-chair. Pose and expression are both provoked and provocative. Behind her (right) is a square piano with an open music-book, at her feet a lute-like instrument and a music-book. An oval fire-screen protects the man's head from a blazing fire in a fire-place of Adam type. A picture of (?) Apollo with a lyre is in an ornate frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
"Landscape with a figure herding cattle to the water at left, a shepherd resting on the banks at right with his flock around him."--British Museum online catalogue, registraion no.: 1852,0705.266
Description:
Title from Grego., Plate from series: Rowlandson's Imitations of Modern Drawings., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. May 1, 1789, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market
"Landscape with figure carrying a bundle of branches at right, a copice behind and two cows in the field at left."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0705.273
Description:
Title devised by curator. and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1, 1789, by J. Thane, Rupert Street, Hay Market