"Guests are grouped in a semicircle in a handsome reception room with an Adam frieze and Doric pilasters. A carpet has a bold circular design in the Aubusson manner. A two-beaked lamp of Roman pattern hangs from the roof. In the foreground a handsome young man bends to kiss a hideous and eager woman. The other guests are engaged in flirting, usually one woman with two men, or two women with one man."--British Museum online catalogue
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Being obliged to kiss a remarkably plain woman at forfeits ...
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Text below image: Being obliged to kiss a remarkably plain woman at forfeits, when you are engaged in the pastime only with the hope of being enabled to salute a lovely young lady, to whom you are particularly attached., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Watermark: John Hall 1805., and Mounted on verso of leaf 36 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A country barber's shop, a ramshackle room with a raftered roof. The barber stands by his seated and infuriated client, holding up his razor, and stamping with anger; others are amused: a young woman (left), who combs an angry client's hair, looks round to laugh; the barber's assistant who is combing a wig on a wig-block, and a country youth who stands beside him. A dog barks. Wigs hang up in the window (right), two busts displaying wigs stand on a bench. On the wall are prints, wig-boxes on a shelf, and a roller-towel above a wash-basin."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber who shaves you
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Two lines of text below image: Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber who shaves you is obliged to introduce his thumb into your mouth to give it a proper projection, cutting his thumb in this position with the razor., and One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A country barber's shop, a ramshackle room with a raftered roof. The barber stands by his seated and infuriated client, holding up his razor, and stamping with anger; others are amused: a young woman (left), who combs an angry client's hair, looks round to laugh; the barber's assistant who is combing a wig on a wig-block, and a country youth who stands beside him. A dog barks. Wigs hang up in the window (right), two busts displaying wigs stand on a bench. On the wall are prints, wig-boxes on a shelf, and a roller-towel above a wash-basin."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber who shaves you
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Two lines of text below image: Having so flaccid a cheek that the parish barber who shaves you is obliged to introduce his thumb into your mouth to give it a proper projection, cutting his thumb in this position with the razor., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 11 x 17.5 cm, on sheet 15.5 x 24.6 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills., and Mounted on verso of leaf 33 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Men and women are grouped irregularly at a table laid with dessert. A young military officer presses with his foot the toe of a vis-à-vis, making an elderly woman scream, while the young woman next her looks consciously unconscious. A gouty old man has been trampled on, he tilts back his chair, raising a swathed leg. Two elderly women (left) sitting together watch the incident with indignation. A fat man is placidly amused, a thin one looks sour. A tiny clipped poodle barks."--British Museum online catalogue
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Endeavouring to make violent love under the table, and pressing the wrong foot
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Text below image: Endeavouring to make violent love under the table, and pressing the wrong foot., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 33 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A long narrow Assembly Room. Three couples, stiff and grotesque, face each other in the foreground; behind, three other couples dance holding both hands. The musicians (right) are a black man playing tambourine and fife, and an old fiddler. A fat man stands by the door (right) holding his wig and scratching his head. Next him, a very fat woman sits drinking from a punch-bowl which a man helps her to support. Above their heads is a placard headed: 'Ball - Suppe[r] ...'. Hats and scarves hang from a row of pegs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Text below image: Being overpersuaded to stand up in a country dance when you know, or what is equally bad, conceive that a bear would eclipse you in grace & agility., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 33 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A duellist and his second stand together, both trembling, in a sandy space among trees. In the middle distance (right) his antagonist marches up aggressively, arm-in-arm with an obese, truculent second. On the left a fat surgeon waits, holding a basket of instruments. In the background is a waiting coach (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
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Sending a challenge, requesting a timid friend to attend you to the field ...
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Text below image: Sending a challenge, requesting a timid friend to attend you to the field, who you think will not fail to acquaint the magistrate of it, going with honor to the appointed spot ..., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A parson in front of a house-door, rides facing the tail, which he holds. His wig is back to front and his hat flies off. A barking dog leaps at the horse. Four men are grouped by and on the steps: a fat man holds out a lantern and a pipe, another waves a punch-bowl. All are amused. A fifth man, apparently a parson, turns his back. The house is old-fashioned with mullioned window and arched doorway."--British Museum online catalogue
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In the country, going to a party to dinner, getting very tipsy ...
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Text below image: In the country, going to a party to dinner, getting very tipsy, quitting the house in a dark night, and getting upon your horse with your face towards the tail ..., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 34 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"An ox pins a fat 'cit' to a door-step (right), its horns enclosing the man's neck. Men with bludgeons chase the ox, filling the broad street. Two dogs leap savagely at it, one against the body of an old woman who falls violently to the ground. Other passers-by flee across the street. They include a fat woman with a (falling) basket on her head, a Jew with a sack on his back, and a man on crutches. The ox is beside the curved shop-window of a 'Chemist'; across the road is a 'China Warehouse', A coach with outside passengers turns down a side street (left). In the middle of the street is an obelisk supporting three lamps."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image., Text below image: Being pinned up to a door, round the neck, by the horns of an enraged over-driven ox., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 34 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 1st, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Inscription in the upper right. corner: 'A Serio Comic Scene that befel the Grocers Wife at Norwich Or Mrs Figgs bottom exposed owing to the bottom of Mr Figgs Whiskey breaking through.' The two-wheeled gig has stopped at the door of an old-fashioned grocer's shop. A plump woman stands on the ground behind the shafts, naked between waist and stockings, the hole in the floor of the gig having scraped up her petticoats. A scene of violent action: one man holds the head of the restive horse. Men (l.) rush to look at the unfortunate woman who screams with upraised arms, as does her husband who stands with his back to his shop. A woman furiously clutches the hair of a too-eager spectator (r.); a barking dog leaps towards Mrs. Figg. Over the shop-door hangs a conical sign: 'Old Sugar loaf.' A board over the door is inscribed 'Grocery Sweetmeats Hams Tongues Starch Plumbs Figs Vermicelli Tripe Barley Pickles Mustard Soap Hogs Puddings &c Sold here by Peter Figg.' In a bow window are many jars, &c, two inscribed 'Mustard' and 'Virgin Honey'. Above it are two large pot-plants. An agitated woman screams from a casement window over the door. On the house is a placard: 'Cattle Life Insurance Cow Lane Smithfield.'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from Grego., and Mounted on leaf 76 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Dogs, Grocers, Spectators, Spouses, Stores & shops, and Window displays
