A gentleman, knock-kneed and bespectacled, stands near a table in a print shop or auction gallery. He wears a sword and holds an auction catalog of prints. Possibly a caricature of James Christie, auctioneer
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and With offsetting from another print.
Publisher:
Published as the act directs, May 14, 1777, by J. Lockington, Shug Lane, Golden Square
On the right, a lady (Mrs. Catherine Macaulay) with an aquiline profile and wearing a morning gown, sits at a dressing-table; she is dipping a brush into a pot marked 'Rouge', other toilet implements and a looking-glass on the table. Her hair is in a grotesquely caricatured erection, with side curls, intended to ridicule the fashions of the day; on the top of it is a hearse drawn by six horses, decorated with enormous ostrich-feathers. Similar feathers adorn the heads of the horses. On the left behind the lady, a skeleton stands at a rectangular table grasping with both hands an hour-glass whose sands have run into the lower glass out the bottom onto the table. On the table there is also a knife. The base of the skeleton's spine is transfixed by a large arrow. On the wall behind the lady's dressing-table is a portrait bust of a clergyman, in profile to the right (Dr. Wilson).
Alternative Title:
Speedy and effectual preparation for the next world
Description:
Title from item., MD of publisher's name forms a monogram., and Numbered in plate at top: 3, v.2.
Publisher:
Pub May 1, 1777 by MDarly 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Macaulay, Catharine, 1731-1791. and Wilson, Thomas, 1703-1784.
Title from inscription in artist's hand., Date supplied by curator., Drawing is by an anonymous British 19th century artist, from a letter addressed to Mrs. S.S. Stevens., Inscription continues: Dr. Thomas Jowl. Fellow of the Royal Col. of Physicians, late of Corpus.-Cantab: &c, &c, &c.-- A gentleman popularly proficient in appreciating the multifarious conditions of disease, and in correctly estimating medical evidences, which are far too complex and voluminous for the capacity of the common herd of Pracitioners.--, and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Name):
Corpus Christi College (University of Cambridge).
Subject (Topic):
Royal College of Physicians of London, Physicians, and Eyeglasses
"Baxter stands directed to the left, his heels together, elbows bent. He wears a top-hat, a long coat over a striped and protruding waistcoat, with breeches, wrinkled stockings, and tied shoes. He has a humorous face."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Leaf 19 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
"A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 39 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Bishop of Bristol" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
"Dr. Gretton walks in profile to the left, wearing mortar-board, gown, bands, and cassock. He has a pouched and wrinkled face and short white hair or wig. He holds a handkerchief in his right hand which rests on his breast, the left is in the pocket of his cassock. William Gretton (1736-1813) was Master of Magdalene from 1797, and Vice-Chancellor 1800-1."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View from Magdalene College, Cambridge
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 50 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identifed as "Dr. Gretton" in pencil at bottom of sheet; this note corrects another pencil annotation, now scored through, identifying the figure as "Dr. Grafton".
"Dr. Ford walks right to left in profile, looking at the ground, and clutching his gown in his right hand. He wears mortarboard, bands, and cassock. "--British Museum online catalogue and "Henry Ford matriculated 1776, aged 23, at Pembroke, was Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic 1780-1813, D.C.L. Magdalen Hall 1788, Principal 1788-1813. "--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 42 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 17.7 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., Watermark, trimmed: [Ed]meads & Co. 1808., and Figure identified as "Dr. Ford" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"Dr. Ford walks right to left in profile, looking at the ground, and clutching his gown in his right hand. He wears mortarboard, bands, and cassock. "--British Museum online catalogue and "Henry Ford matriculated 1776, aged 23, at Pembroke, was Lord Almoner's professor of Arabic 1780-1813, D.C.L. Magdalen Hall 1788, Principal 1788-1813. "--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Figure identified by multiple ms. notes in lower portion of sheet.
