Two grotesque figures of a well-dressed man and woman stand before a background of Corinthian pillars topped with Doric capitals. The man points with his left hand to his mouth and grimaces at the viewer
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., First published by Carington Bowles on 20 October 1775; original publication date burnished from the plate. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 5, p. 786., Date of publication inferred from paper and from date of the Bowles & Carver partnership formed after the 1793 death of Carington Bowles. See Plomer, H.R. Dictionaries of printers and booksellers, p. 31., and Numbered in plate: 332.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver at their Map & Print Warehouse, No.69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
A fat woman sits on a sofa next to a thin man as she sings and plays a lute, apparently very badly given the pained look on the man's face
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered 'No. 4' in upper right corner., "Price 1/col.", Printmaker from Grego., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Feb., 1803 by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"A woman wearing a mob-cap, with tongue protruding and eyes wide, grasps her husband's left ear and raises a cudgel to strike him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered 'No. 11' 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., Three lines of text below image: A termagent wife, a henpeck'd husband & a cudgel are three principal ingredients for bringing forward the passion of simple bodily pain, as may an unfortunate sufferer can witness., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. 21 Jan. 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
A well-dressed young couple are shown in an argument. The woman, seated on a couch, has just overturned her tea table. Cups and saucers litter the floor and the woman's small dog jumps up on her husband who turns away from the scene. A reduced version of George 4549
Description:
Title from item., Publication date burnished from plate., Numbered in plate: 262., and Date estimated from British Museum catalogue, v. 5, Appendix, "Key to the dates of the series of mezzotints issued by Carington Bowles." See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Couples, Dogs, Interiors, Furniture, and Clothing & dress
A satire: the wife, sitting on the sofa on the right, has kicked over the table, scattering the coffee cups and has thrown something at her husband (?) who holds up his hand to protect himself as a little dog jumps on his leg and grabs the ribbon on his sword in its teeth
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication burnished from plate., and Numbered "352".
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dogs, Domestic life, Marriage, and Tea tables (Tables)
A fashionably dressed couple sit on a upholstered sofa embrassing and kissing; a rug on the floor completes the decorations of the room
Description:
Titles etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 29 x 21 cm., and Mounted on: Map of Gorteennamrock, Ballyhibbin & Bally morris situate in the county of Limerick, the estate of Thos. Henry Roys[?] / J. J. Byrne. Dublin: Forster & Co., 1852.
Title from item., Place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., In image top right: Tregear's Flights of Humor No. 68., Below title: All is lost now!! Still so gently oer me stealing; Mem'ry will bring back the feeling!, and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Published by G. Tregear, 96 Cheapside London
Subject (Topic):
Sleep, Pickpockets, Couples, Sleeping, Robberies, and Lounge chairs
A young man sits on a bench under a tree as he holds the hand of a pretty young maid. A piece of paper in her pocket has the words "Let us Polly do so to". At her side (right) a little boy plays gentle with a nest filled with eggs. A magpie sits on the edge of a basket filled with eggs. The young man points left to a pair of love birds on the wall behind, a dove cote in the yard of the house beyond. From behind the tree an old woman looks at the scene with anger, her first clenched. The cat on the fence beside her looks ready to pounce
Description:
Title engraved below image., Plate numbered '392'., and Publication date erased from this impression.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Anger, Boys, Cats, Couples, Dovecotes, Magpies, and Nests
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Drinking vessels, Hats, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Rings, and Wine
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here like the fly, vice flirts the painted wing without, all saint within, a venomed sting! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: headdress -- Male costume: night-cap-- Dishes: coffee service -- Coffee cups without handles, 1799., and Watermark: Russell 1798.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eyeglasses, Jewelry, Older people, and Young adults
