Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Reissue? Cf. No. 8196 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Reissue of Grego, J. Rowlandson, v.i, p. 313-4., Temporary local subject terms: Skates -- Marquees., Watermark: J Whatman 1815., Printmaker's name and date partially erased from this copy., and Mounted to 28 x 38 cm.
At one end of a long table, a cleric with crossed eyes and mortar board drinks tea. He appears to be suspended in the air (the chair is not drawn) and leans with his elbow on the Morning Herald on the table. At the other end, a yawning academic in an unbuttoned coat under his robe, is doing up his stockings. His loose garter draws the attention of a playful cat while a dog watches him impatiently. Next to him on the table is an open volume of Euclid's Elements. The maid standing behind the table looks at the cleric on the left and pours hot water on the floor missing the teacup. Above the fireplace hang two muskets and three silhouette portraits of women. The bookshelves on the right display works of English authors and philosophers; on the left hangs a painting of a reposing nude and a satyr
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 21st, 1783 by J. Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, London
"A pugilistic contest between George III (left) and Charles IV of Spain (right), standing waist-deep in the sea. Each wears a crown, but that of Charles falls from his head. George III says, "Another thump in the bread basket will do your business, Whiskerando!" Each has a backer: behind George is Neptune, holding his trident and crowned with sea-weed; he extends his left arm, saying, "Bravo! my Son, make him feel the dominion of the Seas is thine and shall be so for ever." That of Spain is the Pope wearing his robes and triple crown, and holding his crozier to which two keys are attached. Fame emerges from clouds above Neptune, blowing her trumpet and holding a laurel wreath above George III's head. The two kings and Neptune are nude."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed in the British Museum catalogue to H.W.: possibly either Henry Wigstead or William Holland., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publisher's advertisement above the image: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of humorous prints. Admittance one shilling., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on crowned shield with a monogram WC below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charles IV, King of Spain, 1748-1819, and Pius VI, Pope, 1717-1799
Subject (Topic):
Neptune, Clergy, Popes, Crowns, Trumpets, Angels, and Fights
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date conjectured from period of printer's activity., Later, altered version of no. 6153 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Print based on "A journeyman parson going on duty".
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, England, Horseback riding, Taverns (Inns), and Clothing & dress
Two men, one a parson on horseback, the other a lawyer walks by his side. They closely resemble each other in profile and appearance except that the latter is thin and angular. The ungainly horse walks slowly (left to right) along a country road, beside which is a milestone: 'Derby II. Leicester 17. London 116'. In the distance is a village church
Alternative Title:
Pair of portraits
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent out for the evening.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decemr.11th, 1797, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, England, Lawyers, and Traffic signs & signals
Leaf 83. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two subjects are printed on one sheet, with a space between. Above: A middle aged woman points to her eye and seems to mesmerize man with a skull-like head. Below: one man waves a smoking pipe under the nose of another to wake him up, watched by a smiling woman who holds a foaming tankard."--Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each individually titled., Attribution to Rowlandson from the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Restrike, with added titles and with nudity in the top image etched over. For an earlier state before these changes to the plate, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.753., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published ca. 1800?; see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Temporary local subject terms: Prudery., and On leaf 83 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Eyes, Clergy, Pipes (Smoking), and Drinking vessels
Volume 2, page 75. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Plate from: Annals of horsemanship ... London : Printed for W. Dickinson ..., 1791., Text below title: Te veniente die, te decedente canebam., For a brief mention of the illustrations to Annals of horsemanship, see page 446 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on page 75 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1791, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on all sides., In upper right corner of design: Plate 25., Copy of no. 11686 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Syntax: illustrative material -- Paternoster Row -- Parson.
Publisher:
Pub Apr. 1, 1813 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"The doctor, mounted on Grizzle, is beside a four-direction signpost on an open heath with a group of asses in the middle distance."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later version of the design
Alternative Title:
Doctor Syntax losing his way
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Combe, W. The tour of Dr. Syntax in search of the picturesque. London: R. Ackermann's Respository of Arts, 1812., "Plate 2"--Upper right corner., For an early version of the design, published in 1809 in Ackermann's The Poetical magazine, see no. 11508 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 176. For a later version of the design, published in 1813, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1866,1114.848., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Doctor Syntax.
Publisher:
Published 1 May 1812, at R Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Teachers, Horseback riding, Traffic signs & signals, and Donkeys
