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1. Petticoat interest [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 September 1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.09.24.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A pretty young woman sits on the knee of an officer (left) wearing a gorget and cocked hat. She looks over her shoulder to speak to her elderly husband who leaves the room (right) supported on crutches: "Pray my Dear go and speak to Sir John in the mean while the Captain & I will push the point in this Quarter." He answers: "I'll go this momment. now is the Golden instant so dont be Idle but exert yourselves to have the affair well done & quickly." Over the doorway is a stag's head with antlers. The captain says: "Thanks, Sir. I trust your good Lady will Succeed in her Undertaking
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., State with street address '20 Strand' burnished from plate., and Mounted to 38 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Sepr. 24, 1802 by T. Williamson, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Couples, Horns (Anatomy), Military uniforms, British, Sofas, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Petticoat interest [graphic].
2. The corporal in good quarters [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [18 July 1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.07.18.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- 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., and Mounted to 36 x 24 cm.
- Publisher:
- Published July 18th, 1802 by S. Howitt, Panton Street, Hay Mart
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Dogs, Dwellings, Interiors, Military officers, and British
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The corporal in good quarters [graphic]
3. The corporal in good quarters [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [18 July 1812]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., "Del." in the statement of responsibilty has been burnished from plate in this state as has a portion of the date "802" in the publisher's statement., "1812" has been added to the publisher's statement in a contemporary hand. Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Published July 18th, 1[...], by S. Howitt, Panton Street, Hay Mart
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Dogs, Dwellings, Interiors, Military officers, and British
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The corporal in good quarters [graphic]
4. The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grinagain, Giles, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [25 July 1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.07.25.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man in ragged but quasi-fashionable dress rides (right to left) an ass through a river which flows past a steep mountain. The animal jibs, with ears set back; the rider raises a whip in each hand. He wears, and uses, three pairs of spurs, and attached to his shoulders and to the ass is a monstrous pile of bladders inscribed respectively 'Repartee', 'Nonsensical Verses', 'Catastrophe', 'Sentiment', 'Blasphemies', 'Puns', 'Duels', 'Double Entendres', 'Metaphors', 'Ghosts', 'Melting Speeches', 'Squibs', 'Dialogue', 'Daggers Poisons'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.*
- Alternative Title:
- Dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by S.W. Fores in 1804. Cf. No. 10334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 25, 1802, by S. Howitt, Panton Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, Donkeys, Literature, and Spurs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus [graphic]
5. The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his endeavor to ascend Parnassus [art original].
- Creator:
- Grinagain, Giles, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- Drawings G867 no. 1 Box D205
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man in ragged but quasi-fashionable dress rides (right to left) an ass through a river which flows past a steep mountain. The animal jibs, with ears set back; the rider raises a whip in each hand. He wears, and uses, three pairs of spurs, and attached to his shoulders and to the ass is a monstrous pile of bladders inscribed respectively 'Repartee', 'Nonsensical Verses', 'Catastrophe', 'Sentiment', 'Blasphemies', 'Puns', 'Duels', 'Double Entendres', 'Metaphors', 'Ghosts', 'Melting Speeches', 'Squibs', 'Dialogue', 'Daggers Poisons'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print engraved after this drawing and A rough pencil sketch of the same design but lacking much of the detail on the verso
- Alternative Title:
- Dramatic author foiled in his endeavor to ascend Parnassus
- Description:
- Title written below image, in the artist's hand., Unsigned; artist attribution from statement of responsiblity "Giles Grinagain in. et f." present on the print made after this drawing., Date surmised from that of the print based on this drawing., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., and Original design for a print first published by S. Howitt in 1802 and then reissued by S.W. Fores in 1804. Changes in the printed version include the replacement of the word "endeavor" in the title with "attempt," and the elimination of the speech bubble emanating from the man. Cf. No. 10334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 8.
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, Donkeys, Literature, and Spurs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his endeavor to ascend Parnassus [art original].
