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1.
A diving machine on a new construction [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[31 May 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Fox, in a diver's dress which leaves his face and hands bare, stands on the bed of the ocean, speaking, through a tube inscribed 'Haul up', to his assistants in a boat; these haul on a pulley attached to the mast of the boat, but cut off by the upper...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1, James St., Adelphi
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Windham, William, 1750-1810, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, and Lansdowne, Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, Marquess of, 1780-1863
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Barrels, Diving suits, and Shipwrecks
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A diving machine on a new construction [graphic].

2.
John Bulls turnpike gate [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[15 May 1805]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The Pope (left), on a small ass decked with trappings, faces John Bull, who stands as toll-keeper before a closed five-barred gate. From the other side of the gate a path leads to a country church on a hill, irradiated, and framed by the semicircular...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15, 1805, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Pius VII, Pope, 1742-1823
Subject (Topic):
Dissenters, Quakers, John Bull (Symbolic character), Donkeys, Toll roads, and Tolls
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > John Bulls turnpike gate [graphic].

3.
Raising the wind [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
Octr. 30, 1805.
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A handsome young military officer, seated in an armchair, drinks wine with two Jewish money-lenders, who sit facing him across a round table. He listens with a reckless smile to one of the Jews; the other peers through spectacles at 'Title Deeds'. Th...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Eyeglasses, Soldiers, British, Usury, and Wine
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Raising the wind [graphic]

4.
Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
July 14, 1812.
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A paunchy carbuncled fellow, wearing old-fashioned court-dress, with ribbon, star, sword, and bag-wig, peacocks with hands on hips before an amused group in a narrow 'Whitechaple' street. They are outside the new peer's shop, from which projects a po...
Alternative Title:
Breeches maker become a lord
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Str., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, Couples, Dogs, Social classes, Social mobility, Snobbishness, and Tailors
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord [graphic]

5.
Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[9 November 1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait caricature of the murderer Thomas Simmons, a young man in shackles; whole length, standing in prison yard in profile to right, hand in pocket of coat; five prisoners standing, sitting and conversing in front of cells behind; after a drawing ...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Simmons, Thomas, -1808 and Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Prisons, Murder, Criminals, Prisoners, and Shackles
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Thomas Simmons the horrid and inhuman murderer of Mrs. Hummerstone and Mrs. Warner at the house of Mr. Boreham a Quaker at Hoddesdon in Hertfordshire on Tuesday evening, October the 20th, 1807 / [graphic]

6.
[A maiden aunt smelling fire] [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 May 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A grotesque old maid having woken at night, the open door of her bedroom behind at left, approaching the foot of a staircase with a candle, only partly dressed and with her bosom hanging outside her dress, led on by a cat; above at left, the young ni...
Description:
Title, printmaker and imprint from Grego.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Couples, Single women, and Stairways
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [A maiden aunt smelling fire] [graphic]

7.
Ducking a scold [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
[12 April 1812]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A angry old hag sitting in a chair is lowered into a body of water by jeering crowd. A little boy on the right urinates in her direction. A cat in a bowl floating in the water howls in her direction. A calf sits between the large man blowing a trump...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12th, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Anger, Cats, Crowds, Trumpets, and Urination
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ducking a scold [graphic]

8.
Directions to footmen [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:
[not before 10 November 1807]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Collection Title:
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An untidy shock-headed footman stands letting a tureen slide on to the table so that its contents pour out; in his Ieft hand is a dish containing a leg of mutton, held so that joint and gravy fall to the floor. He stands between a hideous old woman a...
Alternative Title:
Directions to footman
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Dinners and dining, Accidents, Eating & drinking, Servants, Women domestics, Birdcages, Cats, and Dogs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Directions to footmen [graphic]

9.
"The muse so oft her silver harp has strung ..." [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 February 1802]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly man plays a harp on a hillside surrounded by couples and children. In the distance are mountains and a tower
Alternative Title:
Harpist in the mountains, the Welsh bard
Description:
Title from the first line of the four-line poem printed below the image.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament Feb. 20, 1802 by Ed. Jones, in Lord Steward's Court-Yard, St. James's Place
Subject (Topic):
Children, Couples, Harps, Mountains, and Musicians
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > "The muse so oft her silver harp has strung ..." [graphic]

10.
A brace of brimstones [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 April 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two prostitutes stand on a street identified as the notorious Gunpowder Alley; the one woman on the right with crossed-arms turns her head to talk to a short man. On the left, a man in a shop with a sign over the door "Booth's Best British Gin" pours...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 7th, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Billboard posters, Gin, and Prostitutes
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A brace of brimstones [graphic].

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