"Two juxtaposed but unrelated half length figures, a man (right) and woman, with expressions of angry despair, anger prevailing in the woman's face. Beneath the design: 'A disappointed Old Maid & Bachelor, are selected as proper Subjects to represent the Passion of Despair.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered 'No. 20' in upper right corner., Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Two lines of text below image: A disappointed old maid & bachelor are selected as proper subjects to represent the passion of despair., Watermark: Russell & Co 1799., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: RA.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Feb., 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bachelors, Despair, Older people, and Single women
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered 'No. 9' in upper right corner., Three lines of text below image: Laughter is one of the most pleasing of the passions & is with difficulty accounted for as risibility is frequently excited from the most simple causes. As is the case with the countryman & his cat., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, p. 655., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Countryman -- Pets: cat in clothes -- Passions -- Laughter., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of design: RA.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800 at R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
"No. 4; scene at the door of a rustic inn, a large Union Jack floating over the doorway. An officer puts a cocked hat on the head of an ungainly yokel; another flirts with a pretty girl; they sit together on a bench (right), a dog gazing up at them. A smart drummer-boy beats his drum; behind, a peasant in a smock wears a cocked hat. In the doorway the fat host pours out wine; the sign is 'The Old Flask'. In the background (right) a sergeant drills a very awkward squad of four."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Soldiers recruiting
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate numbered "No. 4" above title., Temporary local subject terms: Soldiers -- Inns -- Drummer boys -- Drinking -- Dogs -- Flirting., Watermark: E & P 1797., Mounted on modern secondary support., and Printseller's stamp below printmaker's signature: RA.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1, 1798, at Ackermanns Gallery, No. 101 Strand
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered 'No. 5' in upper right corner., Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Two lines of text below image: This passion is represented by an antiquarian contemplating an unique., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, p. 655., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Antiques., Matted to 49 x 36 cm., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: RA.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
