The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-41
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
"A brothel scene. The fat bawd (left) leans back in an arm-chair in a drunken sleep; the contents of a glass in her right hand pour over a dog; a bottle on the ground at her feet spills its contents. There are three couples of revellers, the three women all pretty; one puts her arms round the neck of a man who waves his hat in one hand while with the other he pours the contents of a punch-bowl on to the sleeping woman's head. Another sits on the knee of a very young military officer while she snatches off the wig of the third man (right), old and ugly, who is dallying with the third young woman. The room is lit by a candle-sconce on the wall (left)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.
Description:
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 145., CtY-BR, Printmaker from signature on later state: Engrav'd by W.P. Carey., Probably an early (proof?) state before printmaker's signature added., Publication information based on later state with the imprint "London, Publishd. June 24, 1784, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street." Cf. No. 6719 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint statement., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Riviere & Son Binding., Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist., and Smith, John Raphael, 1752-1812, publisher.
"Scene from the Sheridan play, the characters sitting together (suggested to be portraits of Mrs Green and Quick in the roles), the Duenna a portly woman at left with wide open mouth and hands on chest, turning to Isaac who cowers from her."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state.
Alternative Title:
Duenna and Little Isaac
Description:
Date from Grego., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Reissue, with imprint burnished from plate, of a print published with the imprint: London, Published April 1, 1784, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: allusion to Sheridan's The Duenna., and Title engraved below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
