"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below., 1 print : etching in sepia on laid paper ; designs 34.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 35.6 x 24.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed on one side within plate mark. Watermark cropped on right centered edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Leaf 54. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two designs on one plate. Top (British Museum Satires No. 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (British Museum Satires No. 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in the country ; Nap in town
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature. Imprint statement appears twice, once below each title., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see nos. 6868 and 6869 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 175., and On leaf 54 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho and Field & Tuer
Two designs on the same plate. Upper design: A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Lower design: A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Lettered beneath each image with title; lettering within image on upper design: "Rowlandson. 1785."; below lower design: "London Pubd by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho".
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Obadiah's ill timed complaisance to Doctor Slop in the Dirty Lane
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Muddy roads -- Church buildings.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Horseback riding, Stone walls, and Mud
Title from item., Variant state of No. 6799 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Second state, with alterations to design., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: allusion to tax on maidservants -- Allusion to tax on shops -- Allusion to window tax -- Petitions: trampled London petition -- Trampled Manchester petition -- Trampled Westminster petition -- Westminster riots -- Signs: sign-posts -- Propaganda -- Butchers' cleavers -- Dogs -- Cats -- Shops to let -- Irish Propositions -- Staff of Liberty -- Allusion to the custom of riding the black ram --Expressions of speech: "I'll darken his daylights.", Watermark: Fleur-de-lis, partially obscured by image., and Mounted to 23 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs, June 20, 1785, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: anchor as emblem of hope -- Hot air balloons -- Bills: East India Bill, 1784 -- Coalitions: Fox-North Coalition, 1783 -- Treasury Bench -- Irish Propositions, 1785 -- Navigations laws as an anchor., Watermark: J Whatman., and Mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs, by J. Nunn, Great Queen Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
"Two men, much caricatured, with large heads, in consultation. Both are fashionably dressed, and wear hats; one (l.), standing full face, wears spurred boots, the other, standing in profile to the left., wears buckled shoes."--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state and Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', V, 1935) Perhaps an allusion to the incessant negotiations and intrigues which were going on for Cabinet reconstruction, see 'Corr. of George III', iv. 475-9. 7-8 Nov. 1779, &c.
Description:
Title etched below image., Originally published 20 October 1779. Publication date and the printmaker's address altered., Variant state of No. 5558 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Temporary local subject terms: Cabinet reconstruction -- Spurs -- Walking staves -- Swords -- Hats.
Publisher:
Printed & published as the act directs, Octr. 20, 1785, by W. Hinton, copper plate printer, No. 5 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, engraving and printing in general
"View of people attempting to skate on the Serpentine in Hyde Park; in foreground a man has fallen on his back on the ice, losing his hat, next to him two ladies stand looking down, on his left a man begins to fall, tripping over a dog, dropping his glass and bottle, spilling the liquid; on the left a man bends over in front of another seated gentleman who thrusts his leg at the man's behind; other skaters in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
"A pretty and coquettishly dressed milkmaid stands full-face, her pails hung from a wooden yoke across her shoulders. Her expression and pose suggest that she is about to receive favourably the overtures of an elderly beau who stands ogling behind her (right), holding coins in his hand. In the background are farm-buildings and cows."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Printems et l'hiver and Printemps et l'hiver
Description:
Title from caption below image., Numbered "562" in lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 33 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Milkmen & milkwomen, Pails, Villages, Seduction, Yokes, and Allegorical prints
