publish'd according to act of Parliament, May 3d, [approximately 1743]
Call Number:
743.05.03.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In an elegant room, ten elderly getlemen with caricatured faces and in various stages of decrepitude are seated in a semi-circle talking to one another. The gentleman in the center has his gouty foot supported on a small stool. In the background, thre...
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before1762]
Call Number:
760.00.00.88+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tall, elegantly dressed elderly gentleman stands in center of a room looking with disgust over his left shoulder at large round tripod table on which lies a crying infant in a straw basket. He holds a raised cane in his right hand and a tricorne hat u...
Alternative Title:
Plague of a single state, Enraged batchelor, and Enraged bachelor
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, & John Smith in Cheapside
Verse begins: "My friend I would have you take my advice,".
Publisher:
Sold at Sympson's printing-office, in Stonecutter-Street, Fleet-Market
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Man-woman relationships, Marriage, Bachelors, Single women, Men, Social life and customs, Eating & drinking, Driniking vessels, Tobacco pipes, and Women
A group of fashionably dressed elderly gentlemen engage in a range of activities including reading aided by magnifying lenses, browsing newspapers, and gazing into mirrors. A placard on the wall reads: Young gentlemen instructed in fashionable accompl...
Description:
Title and date based on Laurie & Whittle published etching after this drawing.
Subject (Topic):
Older people, Newspapers, Mirrors, Bachelors, and Hand lenses
"A fat, elderly man, his face contorted, struggles between two men, who try to pull on pantaloons; he puts an arm round the neck of each, nearly throttling the man on his right. A boy stands (right), legs astride. A grinning head looks through a casem...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published 13th November 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Bachelors, Older people, and Mirrors
"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles), grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Bachelors, Eyeglasses, Laundresses, and Wash tubs
"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles), grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Bachelors, Eyeglasses, Laundresses, and Wash tubs
