Title from etching in the center of the letterpress broadside., Etching originally published on February 16, 1799, by C. Knight, and here inset within a letter printed in letterpress in the left and right margins. The letter's title "To the fair ladies of Great Britain, old or young" is printed above plate. Signed "John Dinely" and dated "Windsor Castle, May 20th, 1799" below the plate. The whole is in ornamental border and decorated with emblematic woodcuts in each of the four corners., Two lines of verse etched below the plate's title: How happy will a lady be, to have a little baronet to dandle on her knee., Another very similar broadside using the same plate was published October 23d, 1799 by C. Knight. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 9446., and For further information, consult library staff.
Title from etching in the center of the letterpress broadside., Etching originally published on February 16, 1799, by the same publisher, and here inset within a letter printed in letterpress in the left and right margins. The letter's title "To the fair ladies of Great Britain, old or young" is printed above plate. Signed "John Dinely" and dated "Windsor Castle, October 23d, 1799" below the plate. The whole is in ornamental border and decorated with emblematic woodcuts in each of the four corners., and Two lines of verse etched below the plate's title: How happy will a lady be, to have a little baronet to dandle on her knee.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Pictures amplifying subject: painting of a church -- Slang: crow & pigeon -- Placards., and Printmaker's name in lower left of image partially erased from plate. Possibly a restrike.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by Hixon, engraver, printer & printseller, No. 355, near Exeter-change, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Cats, Clergy, Dogs, Firearms, Glassware, Interiors, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Religious dwellings, Servants, Tithes, Wine, and Wine cellars
Title from item., Numbered 'No. 235' in upper left of plate., Nine lines of text printed below plate: An honest Moorlander, who procured his livelihood by mill-work, was unfortunately very deaf, and, conscious of the mistakes he made in answering questions, the tendency of which he did not understand ... Vide Monthly Mirror for January 1799., From the series of Laurie & Whittle Drolls., and Temporary local subject terms: Magazines: Monthly Mirror, January 1799 -- Trades: mill workers -- Tools: mill worker's tools.
Publisher:
Published 24 Augst 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
An angry husband with carving knife and fork in hand glowers at the leg of mutton on the dinner table before him, while his wife and two young men look on with anxious expressions. He says: "Its rad! not fit to eat! --these are the blessed effects of boiling mutton in a clath!" A dog at the wife's feet looks on. On the wall hangs the framed picture with the two allegorical figures of Peace and Concord
Alternative Title:
Dinner spoiled
Description:
Title from item., Series title and number etched above image., and Publication date from British museum catalogue and Grego.
"No.1: A small dinner-table, largely covered by a pale leg of mutton behind which sits the irate husband, carving-knife and fork in hand. His wife opposite (right) glares at him, two youths look anxious. He says: "Its rod! not fit to eat! - these are the blessed effects of boiling Mutton in a clath!!" A dog watches him. On the wall (right) is a framed picture of 'Peace and Concord', two allegorical figures."--British museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dinner spoiled
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Earlier state, with date in imprint, of no. 9622 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14.
Publisher:
Pubd. Oct. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, N. 101 Strand
Title from item., Plate numbered '11' in upper 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: Games: playing cards -- Domestic service: manservants -- Dishes: teacup and saucer -- Lighting: candlestick -- Furniture: card tables -- Jewelry: earrings.
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- London: Grosvenor Square -- Music: private performances -- Violin -- Cello -- Newsboys -- Trades: milkmaids -- Fish-wives -- Bills: bill to supress Sunday newspapers -- Sunday Observance Act., Plate slip on top and in lower right corner resulting in poor quality of impression in these areas., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 25, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Marquis of, 1767-1845
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- London: Grosvenor Square -- Music: private performances -- Violin -- Cello -- Newsboys -- Trades: milkmaids -- Fish-wives -- Bills: bill to supress Sunday newspapers -- Sunday Observance Act., Printmaker's and subject's name printed on mat below image., 1 print : etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm., Laid paper, hand-colored. Sheet trimmed within plate mark, matted to 47 x 62 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Pub. June 25, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Westminster, Robert Grosvenor, Marquis of, 1767-1845
Prince Bladduds man traps and Prince Bladdud's man traps
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Six lines of verse in two columns below title: Skill'd in all arts that grace the modish fair, the air of confidence the high bred flare ..., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: gaming table -- Candle-snuffers -- Emblems: Prince of Wales's feathers -- Female fashion -- Slang: man traps -- Mrs. Panton, fl. 1799., Watermark: Durham., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. May 11, 1799, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Gambling, Headdresses, Playing cards, and Sconces
