"Bottom sits in an arm-chair directed to the left, wearing spectacles on his ass's forehead. In his right hand is a piece of charcoal in a holder, in his left is a paper, which he is studying. Above his head is etched 'Apollo'. On the left stands a man looking over Bottom's shoulder, his fists clenched. Behind (right) two students (seated) draw from the antique, a nude male statue on a pedestal just above the level of their heads."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image, a line from a speech by the character Quince, from Shakespeare's A midsummer night's dream, iii.1.121., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Six lines of verse below title: "W_hen Phidias or Raph'el shall chuse to repair, I_ncog to our fine modern Artists' fam'd School, L_ost in wonder to see stuck in Genius's Chair T_he Block which now fills it) a formal old Fool. O_ ff again with this sneering Remark they will go, N_o marvel your Pupils old Friend are so so". JP.", and Initial letters of each line form word 'Wilton.'
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany 1, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Wilton, Joseph, 1722-1803, Richards, John Inigo, 1731-1810, Phidias, approximately 500 B.C.-approximately 430 B.C., Raphael, 1483-1520., Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain), and Apollo (Deity)
Subject (Topic):
Artists' materials, Artists' models, and Sculptors
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '131' in lower right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Pastimes: games -- Games: 'Blindman's buff' -- Haystocks.
Publisher:
Published 1st Decr. 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printseller's statement following imprint: NB. Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Temporary local subject terms: French military uniforms: Bonaparte & soldiers., Mounted to 37 x 47 cm., matted to 47 x 62 cm.; printmaker's and subjects' names printed on mat below image., and Watermark.
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of text below title: Ay, he will wholesale you new wine and anon retail you old wit. Shakespier., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: wine merchants -- Connoisseurs -- Picture galleries: exhibition -- Male costume: cane -- Eyeglasses -- Literature: William Shakespeare, 1564-1616., and Matted to 49 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. June 11, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Three columns of verse below title: Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle, / He was all for love and a little for the bottle ..., Plate numbered '214' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Maps: wall-map of England -- Naval uniforms: officer's uniform., and Watermark: 1811.
Publisher:
Published 4th April 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from caption below images., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: A shooting party; A fishing party., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Fishing -- Hunting., and Watermark: C. Ansell 1807.
London coffee houss, London coffee house, Country ale houss, and Country ale house
Description:
Title from caption below images., Publisher's announcement following imprint: NB. Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: A London coffee houss [sic]; A country ale houss [sic]., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Window treatment -- Coffee house -- Food., and Ms. corrections in contemporary hand to titles of prints within design; final "s" in "houss" overwritten in ink with an "e."
Title from caption below images., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caricatures lent., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: A rout; A ball!, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Balls -- Routs.
Half an hour before dinner! and Half an hour after supper!
Description:
Title from caption below images., Publisher's announcement following imprint: NB. Folios of caricatures lent for the eveng., Two designs on one plate, each depicting two figures holding an individually-titled print: Half an hour before dinner! ; Half an hour after supper!, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dining -- Parlors -- Parties -- Dining table., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
