"Gouty gourmands at dinner."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Ninth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Health resorts, Wheelchairs, Crutches, Dining tables, and Eating & drinking
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 31 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A man places a coin in the hat of an old, one-eyed beggar who leans on a crutch
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist in black ink., Date from Rowlandson's etching based this drawing., Drawing numbered in black ink in the upper corner: 14., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Misers, Charity, Poor persons, Hats, and Crutches
A stout man (left) wearing a robe and nightcap, on crutches with his gouty right foot bandaged and in a sling that wraps around his shoulders, complains to a thin man (right) wearing a coat and boots but with his legs bare. The man on the left says "Don't plague me now - I have got the gout", to which the other man replies "I give you joy my good friend, in these hard times it is very well you can get any thing!!!"
Description:
Title etched below image., Final two digits of year in imprint likely transposed in error; publisher S.W. Fores did not move to the 50 Piccadilly street address until the mid-1790s, according to the British Museum online catalogue. Krumbhaar lists 1789 as the year of publication., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Sling for a gouty foot., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.5 x 23.3 cm.
A stout man (left) wearing a robe and nightcap, on crutches with his gouty right foot bandaged and in a sling that wraps around his shoulders, complains to a thin man (right) wearing a coat and boots but with his legs bare. The man on the left says "Don't plague me now - I have got the gout", to which the other man replies "I give you joy my good friend, in these hard times it is very well you can get any thing!!!"
Description:
Title etched below image., Final two digits of year in imprint likely transposed in error; publisher S.W. Fores did not move to the 50 Piccadilly street address until the mid-1790s, according to the British Museum online catalogue. Krumbhaar lists 1789 as the year of publication., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Sling for a gouty foot., Publication year in imprint corrected in manuscript from 1769 to 1796., and Watermark: P Edmonds 1817.
Title from text below image., Printmaker from plate no. 1., Series title from plate no. 1., No. 2 from the Dighton's series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy., Plate is numbered "2" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Corporals' uniforms -- Male costume, ca. 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Crutches, Screens, Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Stools, Interiors, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Smoking
Title etched in center of image. and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Miracles, Children, Wells, Healers, Country life, Sick persons, and Crutches
Title below image in German and French., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from first language of caption., Book illustration., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medicine & morality.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Religion and medicine, Sexually transmitted diseases, Sin, Poor persons, People with disabilities, Sick persons, Crutches, Horses, and Prayer
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from publisher's street address., Verse below title: Worn out with folly & disease / The Doctor thinks his purse can please. / But miss Maria with disdain / Laughs at his hopes & fancied pain / And says a warming pan instead / Would better suit his feeble bed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pub. [...]17 1777 by J. Walker No.13 Parliament Street
Subject (Topic):
Lust, Old age, Sex, Servants, Purses, Physicians, Crutches, and Beds
Title from caption etched below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. Admittance 1 shill., Companion print to: Wet souls., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: sitting rooms -- Furniture: tables -- Chairs -- Furnishings: carpets -- Paintings.
Title from top margin., Date supplied by curator., In margin top right: 752., In margin lower left: Munchener Bilderbogen. 3. Auflage. (Alle Rechte vorbehalten.), and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Herausgegeben und verlegt von Braun & Schneider in München and Kgl. Hof- und Universitats- Buchdruckerei von Dr. C. Wolf & Sohn in München
Subject (Topic):
Electrotherapeutics, Gout, Crutches, Scientific equipment, Electrical apparatus, People with disabilities, and Healing
