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1. The Brilliants [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [15 January 1801]
- Call Number:
- Drawer 801.01.15.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A drunken orgy by the members of a convivial club, grouped round an oblong table in a dignified room, which suggests a fashionable society. The chairman (left) with raised hammer gives a toast which is drunk sitting. Most are jovial, three are vomiting, one over a prostrate member. An elderly man protests angrily; his neighbour tries to make him sit down. The room is lit by a chandelier hanging from an ornate ceiling. A servant draws a cork, another enters with a punchbowl from behind a screen (right). Bottles stand in a magnificent wine-cooler, round which empty bottles are massed. The members' hats are piled on an ornate chimney-piece; a Jew reaches over a low screen to take a hat, unaware hat a member has risen to denounce him. This screen is in front of a 'Ballotin Box', with two round apertures inscribed 'Nay' and 'yea'. On the wall (left) is a placard: 'Rules to be observed in this Society, Ist That each Member shall fill a half pint Bumper to the first Toast. 2nd That after Twenty four Bumper toasts are gone round, every [sic] may fill as he pleases. 3 That any Member refusing to comply with the above Regulations to be fine a bumper of Salt & Water'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 15 Jany., 1801, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Bowls (Tableware), Eating & drinking, Intoxication, Private clubs, Servants, Vomiting, and Wine
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The Brilliants [graphic]
2. The Brilliants [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [15 January 1801]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A drunken orgy by the members of a convivial club, grouped round an oblong table in a dignified room, which suggests a fashionable society. The chairman (left) with raised hammer gives a toast which is drunk sitting. Most are jovial, three are vomiting, one over a prostrate member. An elderly man protests angrily; his neighbour tries to make him sit down. The room is lit by a chandelier hanging from an ornate ceiling. A servant draws a cork, another enters with a punchbowl from behind a screen (right). Bottles stand in a magnificent wine-cooler, round which empty bottles are massed. The members' hats are piled on an ornate chimney-piece; a Jew reaches over a low screen to take a hat, unaware hat a member has risen to denounce him. This screen is in front of a 'Ballotin Box', with two round apertures inscribed 'Nay' and 'yea'. On the wall (left) is a placard: 'Rules to be observed in this Society, Ist That each Member shall fill a half pint Bumper to the first Toast. 2nd That after Twenty four Bumper toasts are gone round, every [sic] may fill as he pleases. 3 That any Member refusing to comply with the above Regulations to be fine a bumper of Salt & Water'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 43.6 x 55.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Pub. 15 Jany., 1801, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Bowls (Tableware), Eating & drinking, Intoxication, Private clubs, Servants, Vomiting, and Wine
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The Brilliants [graphic]
3. [The Ram's Head Inn] [art original].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1785]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 16 Box D207
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A scene in a tavern with a pair of inebriated men sitting on a bench in front of fireplace, smoking pipes and drinking from tankards, a dog at their feet. Another man from the next booth leans over the wall to engage them in conversation which they seem not to enjoy. In the next booth (right) a group of four men play cards while a fifth looks on.
- Description:
- Title and date from dealer's description., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and With color tests on verso (not visible).
- Subject (Topic):
- Taverns (Inns), Pipes (Smoking), Drinking vessels, Card games, Intoxication, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The Ram's Head Inn] [art original].
