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1.
Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 April 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Sheet trimmed with partial loss of imprint. Mounted on leaf 33 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 4th, 1806, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Bedbugs, Bedrooms, Beds, Couples, Fans (Accessories), and Sleepwear
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Bug breeders in the dog days [graphic].

2.
Fat and lean [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[April 1806]
Call Number:
806.04.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Daniel Lambert sits on a bergere holding a very thin and elongated woman seated on his left knee which forms a broad and soft cushion. She wears a fashionably clinging dress that flows onto the patterned carpet
Description:
Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. April, 1806 by Wm. Holland, No. 11 Cockspur St.
Subject (Name):
Lambert, Daniel, 1770-1809,
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Obesity, and Rugs
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Fat and lean [graphic].

3.
Mrs. Runnington's wig [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1806, printed not before 1807]
Call Number:
806.03.05.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elderly couple on a sofa, both of whose wigs have fallen off."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date of printing from watermark., Four numbered columns of verse below title: Mistress Runnington wore a wig contrived to peep at a man ..., Plate numbered '418' in the lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: 1807.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 5, 1806 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Sofas, Wigs, and Couples
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Mrs. Runnington's wig [graphic].

4.
[A maiden aunt smelling fire] [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
[1 May 1806]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A grotesque old maid having woken at night, the open door of her bedroom behind at left, approaching the foot of a staircase with a candle, only partly dressed and with her bosom hanging outside her dress, led on by a cat; above at left, the young niece appearing at her own bedroom door as if only just awake, her lover escaping in his nightshirt up the stairs at right; at the foot of the stairs, a paper lettered 'Old maids are doomed to lead apes in hell'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker and imprint from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Couples, Single women, and Stairways
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [A maiden aunt smelling fire] [graphic]