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- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 November 1821]
- Call Number:
- 821.11.01.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Thomas Raikes sits on a divan between two courtesans, his head in profile to the right. On the right is a round table spread with a luxurious dessert, pine-apple, peaches, decanters, &c. The centre-piece is a figure of Mercury (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7592) poised on a globe and holding up a second globe, perhaps a lamp. A long bill hangs from the table . . . Dr to Mrs Wood--Bed--10-- Brandy 5--coffee 1--Eggs--Brandy 2--Oysters 1--Eggs--20, 0 Ham--10-- Coffee 11--Beds 5--Brandy 2--Bed 1-- to show that the establishment is a brothel run by Mrs. ('Mother') Wood (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13734). On the wall are two pairs of crossed rakes tied with ribbons, and pictures, with punning titles: Siege of Belle Lisle, Wood Deamon [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10796], Babes in ye Wood, The Rakes Progress, Burn em Wood, Deity of the Woods, Wood Pigeon Wood Cock."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- The commercial dandy and his sleeping partners
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., "Dr. E.D." pseudonym of George Cruikshank?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1821 -- Furniture: round table -- Divan -- Food: pineapple, fruit -- Decanters -- Lighting: candlestick -- Mythology: Mercury -- Rakes -- Mrs. "Mother" Wood, fl. 1821., Manuscript "256" in upper center of plate., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1821 by G. Humprey [sic] 27 St. James's St.
- Subject (Name):
- Raikes, Thomas, 1777-1848
- Subject (Topic):
- Brothels, Courtesans, Dandies, British, and Prostitutes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic]