A young woman (Sally) works at her spinning-wheel in front of a farm building. With her left hand, she pushes away an elegantly clad young man (Squire) who is bowing to her. Next to his feet, a mother hen and chickens drink from a flat bowl; in the background across the road is a church
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered in lowere left corner: '485'., Below the title are four verses "From the favourite Scotch Air in the Overture to Thomas and Sally," beginning with "Till bolder grown so close he press'd ...", Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark and publication date erased., No. 3 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; plate mark 35.4 x 25.3 cm, on sheet 38.5 x 27.4 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"Gilpin gallops (right to left) past the 'Bell' at Edmonton. His wife leans from the balcony over the door. With her are three children and a woman holding an infant. Two horsemen are in pursuit, one holds up Gilpin's wig. A spaniel barks. The inn appears to be drawn with some topographical correctness. A sign bestrides the road (right) with the words 'The Old Bell \ An Ordinar[y] \ Late Lan' and, below the bell, 'J. King from'. Another sign is on the front of the house."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Gilpin's return from war
Description:
Title from caption below image., Verse in three columns below title begins: "Away went Gilpin, and away went Gilpin's hat and wig; He lost them sooner than at first for why? They were too big ...", Numbered "558" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 31 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Chasing, Dogs, Families, Horseback riding, Horses, and Taverns (Inns)
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1770]
Call Number:
Folio 75 C697 770
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of Anne Day after Reynolds (Mannings 498); standing half-length to front with both hands in fur muff, her face half in shadow beneath Woffington hat, wearing ornate dress with lace and ribbons and posy at breast."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., No. 1 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at [the] Golden Buck in Fleet Street
"A young woman in rustic dress standing in a field with a cockerel in a cage near her feet, courted by a youth who leans over the fence behind to right, offering her a posy."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numbered "529" in lower left corner., No. 4 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Birdcages, Chickens, Couples, Courtship, and Villages
"A fat man shown head-and-shoulders to right, sweating profusely and mopping his bald pate with a handkerchief; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of numbering. Missing number supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 2010,7081.1953., Numbered "395" in lower left., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 15 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Bowles & Carver, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
A well-dressed prostitute lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right hand and a riding crop in her left hand as she looks up at the viewer with a seductive smile. Her blouse is unbuttoned to expose her breasts. At her feet is a vase with flowers
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Imprint and dimensions supplied from impression in the British Museum online catalogue. See British Museum number 2010,7081.1306., Verse in two columns below image: "In the tent how engageing the charmer reclines, the stoutest of hero's to love she inclines; she's a trap, to catch captain's; you're lost & undone, if once you attack her, as sure as a gun.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 54 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and Sheet 34.3 x 25.0 cm.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Rugs, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
Title etched below image., Plate from: Bridges, T. A burlesque translation of Homer. London, 1797?, Manuscript annotation citing illustration as being from book xii, page 205 in unidentified edition., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 59 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Two politicians out of office sit shivering in a garret with very downcast expressions. The man on the left writes on a paper entitled 'Abusing Administration', with other similar papers scattered at his feet and those of his partner. Their landlady presents a unpaid bill for their lodging; a tattered print pinned to the wall behind, depicting an anchor inscribed 'Hope'. Both men are much thinner than in the companion print celebrating their corrupt practices: "In place. En emploi." A tattered curtain partially obscures the diamond-paned windows. On the right shelves hold dishes and a broken candle stuck in a bottle as a lamp; below the shelves is a chair and a nearby chamber pot
Alternative Title:
Hors d'emploi
Description:
Title from caption below image, in English and French., Numbered "540" in lower left corner., Companion print numbered "539" in lower left corner: In place. En emploi., Artist from Sotheby's catalog: Watercolours by Robert Dighton, 23 February 1978, lot 32., For an earlier version of this print see Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4, pt. II, no. 3773., Also included in the design is a list of ways of obtaining places., No. 29 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., 1 print: mezzotint, on laid paper, sheet 35.2 x 25.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Published as the act directs
Subject (Topic):
Poverty, Chamber pots, Costumes, Prices, Interiors, Furniture, and Emblems
Title etched below image., Plate from: Bridges, T. A burlesque translation of Homer. London, 1797?, Manuscript annotation citing illustration as being from book vii, page 25 in unidentified edition., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 69 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
"An illustration of the song 'By Mr. Dibdin', which is engraved beneath the title, with the refrain, 'There's a sweet little cherub sits perch'd up aloft To keep watch for the life of Poor Jack. ' Jack stands, looking at the spectator, holding a cane in his right hand, with his left he points up towards the head and wings of a cherub which emerges from clouds in the upper right corner of the design. He wears a round high-crowned hat, his hair, cut across his forehead, falls curling on his shoulders. He has a striped waistcoat with short coat and petticoat. Behind is the sea with a ship flying the Union flag."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption for verses etched below image., After Robert Dighton. See British Museum online catalogue., Verse in four columns below title begins: "Go patter to bubbers and swabs, d'ye see, 'bout danger, and fear, and the like ...", Numbered "600" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For description of later state published by Bowles & Carver see no. 7817 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 39 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
