"Against the left margin is a thermometer inscribed with degrees upwards and downwards from 0, in the centre. Those above zero are headed Temperance, those below Intemperance. Reading downwards: [70] Water; 60 Milk & Water; 50 Small Beer; 40 Cyder; 30 Wine; 20 Porter; 10 Ale Stou[t] ; 0; 10 Punch; 20 Toddy Crank; 30 Grog and Brandy Water; 40 Flip, Shrub; 50 Bitters infused in Spirits Usquebaugh. Hysteric Waters; 60 Gin Anniseed Brandy Rum and Whisky in the Morning; 70 D° during the day and Night. The rest of the plate is covered with eighteen small realistic designs arranged in three columns; the upper half show the results of Temperance and are headed Benefits. They are: Health. A sportsman tramps up hill with dog and gun. Respect, Esteem, & Reputation. A well-dressed couple walking to church preceded by children are greeted with a bow and a curtsey from a prosperous-looking pair. Cheerfullness. Three men drink, smoke, and sing at a table on which is a decanter. Wealth. Three men count great quantities of coin and notes. Happiness. Parents caress two children while an elder girl plays the piano. Strength. A man in a warehouse lifts up a big weight to the astonishment of another who holds a smaller one. Serenity of mind. A man sits with folded arms on a garden seat facing flowers. Old Age. A lady brings a little girl to an old man who sits with a large book beside him; the child offers him fruit. Nourishment when taken at meals or in moderate quantities. A well-covered dinner-table. Two men drain large tankards, two ladies hold glasses. The designs illustrating the consequences of Intemperance are in columns headed: [1] Vices, [2] Diseases, [3] Punishments. [1] Idleness. Three men, one tipsy, outside a rustic ale-house. Quarrell, Fighting, Swearing, and Obscenity. Two men fight; a tankard of gin lies on the floor. Swindling, perjury, burglary, murder Suicide. Two men in a wood with their dead victim; one rifles his pocket, the other loads his pistol. [2] Sickness, & Tremor in the Morning. A man, half-dressed, sits in a bedroom, leaning his head on his hand. Inflamed eyes, red nose & face sore and swelled legs. A doctor attends to his patient whose leg is supported on a stool. Dropsy, Epilipsy [sic], Melancholy, madness, palsy, appoplexy, Death. Men lift a man who has collapsed in the street; spectators stand round. [3] Poverty and Debt. Scene in a garret. A row of creditors, including a milkwoman, hold out their bills to a dismayed man. Two small children stand behind. Rags, hunger, and, the Poor-house. A man in tatters faces a stout citizen who points with his thumb to the large poor-house behind a wall. Jail, Whiping [sic], the Hulks, Botany-bay the Gallows. Four men, handcuffed in pairs, are led to a ship's boat by an armed man."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Dedicated to that eccentric gentleman Mr. Abernethy, who posessing the abilitie of a skilfull Docr. yet disowns the title. NB. Recomemended [sic] to the serious study of all sober heaads [sic] of families., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Alcoholism, Prevention and Control., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 343 x 245 mm., and Hand-colored.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1827 by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Abernethy, John, 1764-1831. and Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Prevention, Temperance, and Thermometers
"Against the left margin is a thermometer inscribed with degrees upwards and downwards from 0, in the centre. Those above zero are headed Temperance, those below Intemperance. Reading downwards: [70] Water; 60 Milk & Water; 50 Small Beer; 40 Cyder; 30 Wine; 20 Porter; 10 Ale Stou[t] ; 0; 10 Punch; 20 Toddy Crank; 30 Grog and Brandy Water; 40 Flip, Shrub; 50 Bitters infused in Spirits Usquebaugh. Hysteric Waters; 60 Gin Anniseed Brandy Rum and Whisky in the Morning; 70 D° during the day and Night. The rest of the plate is covered with eighteen small realistic designs arranged in three columns; the upper half show the results of Temperance and are headed Benefits. They are: Health. A sportsman tramps up hill with dog and gun. Respect, Esteem, & Reputation. A well-dressed couple walking to church preceded by children are greeted with a bow and a curtsey from a prosperous-looking pair. Cheerfullness. Three men drink, smoke, and sing at a table on which is a decanter. Wealth. Three men count great quantities of coin and notes. Happiness. Parents caress two children while an elder girl plays the piano. Strength. A man in a warehouse lifts up a big weight to the astonishment of another who holds a smaller one. Serenity of mind. A man sits with folded arms on a garden seat facing flowers. Old Age. A lady brings a little girl to an old man who sits with a large book beside him; the child offers him fruit. Nourishment when taken at meals or in moderate quantities. A well-covered dinner-table. Two men drain large tankards, two ladies hold glasses. The designs illustrating the consequences of Intemperance are in columns headed: [1] Vices, [2] Diseases, [3] Punishments. [1] Idleness. Three men, one tipsy, outside a rustic ale-house. Quarrell, Fighting, Swearing, and Obscenity. Two men fight; a tankard of gin lies on the floor. Swindling, perjury, burglary, murder Suicide. Two men in a wood with their dead victim; one rifles his pocket, the other loads his pistol. [2] Sickness, & Tremor in the Morning. A man, half-dressed, sits in a bedroom, leaning his head on his hand. Inflamed eyes, red nose & face sore and swelled legs. A doctor attends to his patient whose leg is supported on a stool. Dropsy, Epilipsy [sic], Melancholy, madness, palsy, appoplexy, Death. Men lift a man who has collapsed in the street; spectators stand round. [3] Poverty and Debt. Scene in a garret. A row of creditors, including a milkwoman, hold out their bills to a dismayed man. Two small children stand behind. Rags, hunger, and, the Poor-house. A man in tatters faces a stout citizen who points with his thumb to the large poor-house behind a wall. Jail, Whiping [sic], the Hulks, Botany-bay the Gallows. Four men, handcuffed in pairs, are led to a ship's boat by an armed man."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Dedicated to that eccentric gentleman Mr. Abernethy, who posessing the abilitie of a skilfull Docr. yet disowns the title. NB. Recomemended [sic] to the serious study of all sober heaads [sic] of families., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Alcoholism, Prevention and Control.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 1827 by S. Knights, Sweetings Alley
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Abernethy, John, 1764-1831. and Lettsom, John Coakley, 1744-1815.
Subject (Topic):
Alcoholism, Prevention, Temperance, and Thermometers
Title etched below image., Shortshanks is the pseudonym of Robert Seymour., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
King George IV and the Marchioness of Conyngham grieve over the body of a dead giraffe, which had been sent to them by Mehmet Ali, Pasha of Egypt. There is a black mourning border around the image. Left, two Nubians lament. Right, the Lord Chancellor Lord Eldon plays a dirge on the bagpipes (the King called him "Old Bags" because of the purse containing the Privy Seal carried by the Lord Chancellor), while next to him are a pillbox and a prescription signed "Abe[rne]thy", representing unsuccessful medicine for the giraffe
Description:
Title from text below image., Two lines of text beneath title: Suppose and suppose the giraffe it should die, Old Bags he should play over him, we'd sit down and cry., and Matted to: 32.5 x 41.6 cm.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861, Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838, Abernethy, John, 1764-1831., Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861., Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838., and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):
Giraffe, Pets, Death, Bagpipes, Medicines, Bagpipe, Medicine, Giraffes, and Grief