Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printmaker from unverified data from card catalog record., Three paragraphs of text and printer's line printed in letterpress below title: Generous and exhilarating Bacchus, pour down, I beseech thee, ..., and Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"A drunken orgy by the members of a convivial club, grouped round an oblong table in a dignified room, which suggests a fashionable society. The chairman (left) with raised hammer gives a toast which is drunk sitting. Most are jovial, three are vomiting, one over a prostrate member. An elderly man protests angrily; his neighbour tries to make him sit down. The room is lit by a chandelier hanging from an ornate ceiling. A servant draws a cork, another enters with a punchbowl from behind a screen (right). Bottles stand in a magnificent wine-cooler, round which empty bottles are massed. The members' hats are piled on an ornate chimney-piece; a Jew reaches over a low screen to take a hat, unaware hat a member has risen to denounce him. This screen is in front of a 'Ballotin Box', with two round apertures inscribed 'Nay' and 'yea'. On the wall (left) is a placard: 'Rules to be observed in this Society, Ist That each Member shall fill a half pint Bumper to the first Toast. 2nd That after Twenty four Bumper toasts are gone round, every [sic] may fill as he pleases. 3 That any Member refusing to comply with the above Regulations to be fine a bumper of Salt & Water'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Sheet trimmed within plate mark. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
From the pulpit a minister wearing eyeglasses (right) reads to his small, mostly asleep congregation a sermon from a pile of papers resting on a pillow: "He brews, ten and twelve!!" A sleepy-looking man with a bulbous nose and carbuncels (foreground, left) looks up and in a speech balloon above is head: And no bad stuff either let me tell you. I should like a to take a mug.
Description:
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Place and date of publication inferred from a reversed copy published by R. Ackermann. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 33., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses. , Preaching., Religious services., and Sleeping.
From the pulpit a minister wearing eyeglasses (right) reads to his small, mostly asleep congregation a sermon from a pile of papers resting on a pillow: "He brews, ten and twelve!!" A sleepy-looking man with a bulbous nose and carbuncels (foreground, left) looks up and in a speech balloon above is head: And no bad stuff either let me tell you. I should like a to take a mug.
Description:
Date assigned by curator., For similar design see Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 2, page 33., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses. , Preaching., Religious services., and Sleeping.
"A drunken debauch in the new Union Club, see BMSat 9698. A long table, the cloth removed, one end cut off by the left margin, stretches almost across the design, slanting back slightly from the left, where it is in the foreground, and where Fox, grossly corpulent, sits in an armchair asleep, his feet on the table, a pipe in one hand. Nearly opposite his feet is the chair of state, on the table; on the empty seat is the Prince's cocked hat with triple plume, his motto 'Ich Di[en]' within the crown. The chair is backed by an elaborate architectural canopy with ornate pilasters on which swags of fruit and flowers are carved in relief: (left) grapes and lemons (materials for punch), and (right) roses and shamrocks. Above the seat are figures of Britannia and Erin, kissing, standing on a curved base inscribed 'The Union'. On the back of the chair are two clasped hands, elaborately irradiated. The chair is surrounded by broken wine-bottles; its former occupant, the Prince, lies on his back under the table, one arm flung over Lord Stanhope, who lies unconscious, clasping a bottle. On the Prince's stomach rest two feet in shoes with spiked, upcurved toes. In the foreground, opposite the Prince, Norfolk lies with his head against the seat of his overturned chair, looking very ill. All who are not incapacitated or fighting are toasting the Union (except Lansdowne and Parr, see below). On the table sits Moira, dressed as in BMSat 9386, a glass of wine held high above his head, his right leg thrust forward, while he stretches back to take the hand of Lord Clermont, [This is clear from the resemblance to BMSat 9575, and is supported by the shamrock which he and the other Irishmen wear. It is confirmed by 'London und Paris', vii. 80, where it is said that he and Moira were once bitter enemies. He is identified by Grego as General Manners, see BMSat 9288.] seated next Sheridan on the farther side of the table. Facing Clermont and in back view, Camelford sits erect, wearing a Jean de Bry coat (see BMSat 9425) and small round hat, with cropped hair. [The identification (that of Grego) is confirmed by BMSat 9716, Wright and Evans give Burdett, E. Hawkins 'Mr Manners'.] Beside him (right) two waiters bring in a full tub of Whiskey Punch, which they spill; one treads on the face of the prostrate Nicholls. Near the end of the table (right) sits Derby, his large head and crumpled features grotesquely caricatured. In the foreground on the extreme right Montagu Mathew (as in BMSat 9560) and Skeffington (as in BMSat 9557) advance dancing arm-in-arm, with tipsy grace, the former with a bottle in each hand; one reversed, the other, held above his head, splashes its contents over his partner's uplifted glass. (The pair, according to 'London und Paris', vii, 1801, p. 76, were known as inseparables in fashionable London resorts, cf. BMSat 9755.) ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Four lines of verse on either side of title: "We'll join hand in hand, all party shall cease, "and glass after glass, shall our union increase ... and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bedford, Francis Russell,--Duke of,--1765-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., Cholmondeley, George James Cholmondeley,--Marquess of,--1749-1827--Caricatures and cartoons., Erskine, Thomas Erskine,--Baron,--1750-1823--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Hanger, George,--1751?-1824--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings,--Marquess of,--1754-1826--Caricatures and cartoons., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97861435, Jones, Thomas Tyrwhitt,--Sir,--1765-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Kirkcudbright, John Maclellan,--Lord,--1729-1801--Caricatures and cartoons., Lansdowne, William Petty,--Marquis of,--1737-1805--Caricatures and cartoons., Nicholls, John,--1745?-1832--Caricatures and cartoons., Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons., Parr, Samuel,--1747-1825--Caricatures and cartoons., Pitt, Thomas,--Baron Camelford,--1775-1804--Caricatures and cartoons., Queensberry, William Douglas,--Duke of,--1725-1810--Caricatures and cartoons., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Skeffington, Lumley St. George,--Sir,--1771-1850--Caricatures and cartoons., Smith-Stanley, Edward,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons., Stanhope, Charles Stanhope,--Earl,--1753-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Sturt, Charles,--1763-1812--Caricatures and cartoons., Tierney, George,--1761-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., and Walpole, George,--1761-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
"A handsome young woman, in full dress with feathers in her hair, kneels on one knee, left foot thrust forward, arms extended, apostrophizing an ornate arm-chair on a dais (right). She appeals to Thalia and Melpomene for aid in her profession, asking for enormous rewards for her conspicuous abilities, should she 'ever reach the boards of a London Theatre'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printer's line below lines of text: Spragg, printer, 27 Bow-Street, Convent-Garden., Three paragraphs of text below title: Hear me dramatic sisters, gay Thalia, and sublime Melpomone, by guardians to your supplicant, and aid her in her profession ..., and Title from letterpress text printed below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"A plump woman kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before an upright chair. She addresses 'Enchanting Pharaoh' (Faro), asks for ability to pay a debt of £5,000 to Captain Simper, for the frustration of a design upon her virtue, for protection for her Bank and especially for the protection of 'all our Honorable, and Right Honorable Fraternity from the Lectures of L-d K-n [Lord Kenyon], and all the dire horrors of the stocks and pillory!'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Bottom edge of sheet trimmed with probable loss of printer's line: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden., Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Enchanting Pharaoh, thee I address ..., and Title printed in letterpress below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon,--Baron,--1732-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"A young jockey in peaked cap and spurred boots, slim and almost girlish, kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before a plain chair, his riding-whip beside him. On the wall is a picture of two jockeys galloping almost neck and neck. He prays to 'mighty Nimrod' and, in terms of the turf, asks for a wife, 'a filly well-bred'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Three paragraphs of letterpress text below title: O mighty Nimrod! to thee I pray for a helpmate, send me a wife, I beseech thee, such as will suit a lover of the turf and chace, and as I am to be saddled to her for life, let her be gentle in her nature, have a good fore-hand, and go well upon her pasterns ... and Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"An adaptation of British Museum Satires No. 5172 (1773), the figures reversed and altered. A short and grossly obese 'cit' stands on tip-toe in profile to the right at a side-table, raising a punch-bowl to his lips. The bowl is supported by Death, a skeleton, who stands over his unconscious victim about to plunge a javelin into his head, his right leg raised in triumphant delight. On the side-table are a frothing tankard, lemons, decanter of 'Port'; on the ground, a row of casks, with empty bottles, a corkscrew, flagon of 'Usquebaugh', &c."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue; year in imprint statement has been altered from "1801" to "1811." See British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St. Adelphi
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
"A man, fashionably dressed and vulgar, kneels on one knee, praying to a large framed picture of Fortune. She stands blindfolded on her wheel, empties coins and notes from a cornucopia, and holds out a placard: 'Peter Puffs Lucky Lottery Office'. He begs 'Insurance to my Schemes, so that they may turn up Prizes, and prevent my looking Blank when bowing at thy Altar', and, inter alia, that all old women and children may dream incessantly of the lottery, so shall the nocturnal Visions of old Chairs and Tables be converted into lucky Numbers...'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Kind and benignant fortune! Aid an adventurer prostrate before thy shrine, ..., Printer's statement from more perfect impression in the British Museum catalogue., Publisher and date from British Museum catalogue., and Title printed in letterpress below plate line.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
