"A decrepit old man stands at the door of a house of ill fame at the corner of Portland Street; Mrs Burke is on the door-plate. One hand is on the knocker; he turns to scowl at a woman (right) who holds out a bunch of water-cress from a large shallow basket slung from the hip. A child clings to her shoulders; a little girl (left) with a small basket also offers him a bunch. Two young courtesans lean from a first-floor window. In the background (right), behind a spiked gate, are trees and a large house (or houses)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Watercresses, come buy my watercresses
Description:
Title etched below series title and number.
Publisher:
Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Children, City & town life, Mothers, Peddlers, Prostitutes, Vegetables, and Women
"Kemble (scarcely caricatured), as Rolla (the noble Peruvian), stands with his left hand pointing upwards, his right arm thrown back, his head in profile to the right. He wears quasi-classical dress, with barbarian adornments, feathered head-dress, heavy gold belt, and ornaments. The costume appears substantially correct, with some exaggeration of the gold chains and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 26 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Kemble" in pencil below plate mark.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Name):
Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816. and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1801?]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 10 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A woman models several articles of clothing including a white puffy muslin spencer jacket and a very caricatured poke bonnet. The brim of the poke bonnet features a distortion of excessive length and concludes in a sharp point and the rear portion consists of extra fabric that sags off of the wearer's head
Description:
Title written in black ink in artist's hand below image., Signed by the artist's signature in black ink in lower left., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Three strips arranged horizontally as in BMSat 9488. The subjects (with inscriptions) are a 'round-about' or primitive merry-go-round, a couple in a 'Tax'd Cart', a newsboy crying 'The Second Edition', street musicians with hurdy-gurdy, tambourine, and triangle, a Punch and Judy show, parson and clerk, a couple on a horse, a man selling garters, 'Long, and strong Scarlet Garters a penny a pair', a man with a performing bear and dancing dogs, a town crier, a pugilistic encounter."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., "No. 8."--Upper left corner., Three horizontal strips between borders., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark, with loss of plate number. Missing text from impression in the British Museum., and Watermark: Iping.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 20th, 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bears, Carts & wagons, Clergy, Clerks, Dogs, Fighting, Musical instruments, Newspaper carriers, Organ grinders, Puppet shows, Puppets, Street musicians, Town criers, Street vendors, and Trained animals
Title assigned based on other prints from the series in the collection., Publication information from the bottom strip. Evidence of text in the border area of the top strip., Three horizontal borders from an unnumbered plate from the series of Borders For Rooms, designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800. See British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Uncut plate described in Woodward Collection of Prints and Drawings, Derbyshire Record Office and Derbyshire Diocesan Record Office, record no. D5459/2/23/9, as published on July 20, 1799. Rearranged here as follows: row 1 pasted as bottom strip, row 2 as top strip and row 3 as center strip., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Jews -- Dancers -- Aldermen -- Games: cricket -- Lilliputians -- Clergy -- Circus: tumblers -- London cries: "Buy my sand, oh, my lily, lily, lily white sand, oh.", and Mounted together to 33 x 47 cm.
Three horizontal strips in between borders. First image on top left: two men greet each other bowing excessively. The one on the left says: Sir, I am proud to see you. The other replies: Sir, you do me honor
Description:
Title devised by cataloger; captions etched above each image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of publication information., Publication date and attributionsd to Rowlandson and Woodward from mss. notes on verso of print., Possibly a restrike from one of 24 plates of Borders for rooms drawn by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson, and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800. See British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J Whatman 1821.
Title from Dobson., Finished state appears opposite p. 78 in S. Ireland's Graphic illustrations, v. 2., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at bottom of sheet beneath image: Given me by Mr. Rider, the engraver of it., and On page 228 in volume 3.
One image only. An erderly officer with a walking stick, acting as a second to his "friend, Capt. Bounce," serves a terrified elder man a duel challenge from the captain
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of mounting sheet., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series of Borders For Rooms, designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm, together with two other images from other Bordes plates.
Publisher:
Published March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 100 Strand
Four images: 1. An obese man in military uniform sits for his portrait as Alexander the Great. 2. A hopeful actor auditions for a skeptical manager. 3. A militia volunteer is instructed by an officer. 4. An actor and an actress in a scene from Arthur Murphy's Apprentice
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson and Woodward on verso of print., Fragment of the bottom strip from one of the Borders plates designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson, and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800., Publication information from manuscript note on verso of the print., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
Five images: 1. Two men converse: Man on the left: "If this is not the Tippy I wonder." Man on the right replies, "What pains some people take to make themselves ridicolous! 2. Two elderly couples sit at a game of cards with the man on the right addressing his partner: "I believe, Ma'am, we have two honors." 3. Two women walking with parasols discuss the novelty of their dresses. A short woman on the leftt says, "I believe Ma'am you'll find this the complete thing." The tall woman on rights responds with a haughty look on her face, "I beg your pardon Ma'am this is the true Bond Street." 4. Two elderly men read a letter from Copenhagen. "They write from Copenhagen!" "What do they say?" 5. A watchman brings a man he had accosted to an elderly judge or parson, "Please your Worship, this terrible looking fellow knock'd me down five times." The judge sitting in a chair replies, "A fierce looking countenance indeed, he shall be committed directly."
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series of Borders For Rooms, designed by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson. Cf. British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of the print., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
