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1. Chacun a son gout (careless attention) / [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
Published / Created:: [20th century?]
Call Number:: Print00586
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: An obese gouty man in trouble, while his attendants cavort. The man's kettle boils over scalding his gouty foot and startling the cat, in his alarm he knocks over the table and snaps the bell-rope; the couple cavorting in the doorway are oblivious to his strife
Alternative Title:: Careless attention
Description:: Titles in French and English below image., According to Nicholas J.S. Knowles, this is a 20th century reproduction of a drawing by Rowlandson. For an etching after the same drawing, published in 1789, see The Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.327. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 256., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):: Gout, Obesity, Home accidents, Household employees, House furnishings, Fireplaces, Kettles, Cats, Servants, Women domestics, and Lust
Found in:: Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Chacun a son gout (careless attention) / [graphic]

2. The dull husband [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [approximately 1868?]
Call Number:: Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Leaf 73. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A charming lady, elegantly dressed, plays the harp and sings close to her unconscious husband, asleep in a stiff arm-chair. Pose and expression are both provoked and provocative. Behind her (right) is a square piano with an open music-book, at her feet a lute-like instrument and a music-book. An oval fire-screen protects the man's head from a blazing fire in a fire-place of Adam type. A picture of (?) Apollo with a lyre is in an ornate frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title from text below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 9677 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 266-7., and On leaf 73 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:: Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):: Spouses, Sleeping, Chairs, Harps, Stringed instruments, Pianos, Fire screens, and Fireplaces
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The dull husband [graphic]

3. Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [20 May 1804]
Call Number:: 804.05.20.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
Description:: Title etched below image. and In paper frame: 450 x 330 mm. Stamped in upper right corner: "84."
Publisher:: Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

4. Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker, artist
Published / Created:: [20 May 1804]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Gillray v. 5
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: A satire of Pitt's return to office in 1804. Pitt is shown in the chamber of Britannia. Britannia sits listlessly on a bed, holding a sword in one hand. Next to her, leaning against the bed, is her shield and olive branches. Pitt holds aloft a bottle labelled "Constitutional Restorative" as he kicks another man, a caricature of Addington, through the door. Addington is in the process of dropping a bottle labelled "Composing Draft". With his other foot, Pitt steps on the face of a flailing and prostrate Fox, who holds a bottle labelled "Rebublican Balsam" towards Britannia. From Fox's pocket dice and a dice container labelled "Whig Pills" have fallen. Emerging from behind the bed curtains, the figure of Death, a skeleton with the face and plumed bicorne of Napoleon, overturns a table and upsets bottles of medicine and points his sword toward the unsuspecting Britannia
Description:: Title etched below image., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.5 x 37.5 cm, on sheet 28.9 x 41.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:: Publish'd May 20th 1804 by H. Humphrey
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain
Subject (Name):: Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Britannia (Symbolic character) and Politics & government
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Britannia between death and the doctor's "Death may decide when doctor's disagree" / [graphic]

5. [Le bonnet rouge] [graphic].

Creator:: Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
Published / Created:: [12 January 1789] and [probably printed 1794]
Call Number:: 789.01.12.02+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Description:: Title devised by cataloger., Printed on one sheet with: A mis-fire at the Constitution., Originally printed on a separate sheet and included with a set of eight satirical portraits published in May 1794 in which the members of the Opposition are travestied as French republicans. The sheet was cut along the lower edge of the cap in order to place it on the head of each of the portrayed politicians. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., nos. 8450-7., Variant state of No. 8449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Temporary local subject terms: Sans culottes -- French Revolution., and Mounted to 49 x 34 cm.
Publisher:: Publ. 12th Jany, 1789, by Thos. Cornell
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Le bonnet rouge] [graphic].

6. Dressing for a birthday [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [April 1790]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A fat and ugly lady (left) and a young and pretty one (right) are being dressed for a Birthday at St. James's. A huge wig decked with feathers and roses is being placed by a maid on the bald head of the elder lady, who stands holding a bouquet and looking in a mirror which reflects a delighted grin. A little black page supports the mirror; he turns to a dog which fawns on him. Another maid fastens in front a false 'derrière', which will distend her dress below the waist, see BMSat 7100, &c. The girl is seated; a friseur dresses her long hair; a man-milliner, 'chapeau-bras', prepares to adjust a 'derrière'; she touches approvingly the dress which an ugly old woman wearing a hat holds out to her. On the floor is a round box containing roses."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Reissue, with alteration of date in printmaker's signature and addition of shading and background elements in design. For earlier state published 3 March 1789, see no. 9678 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Companion print to: Dressing for a masquerade., Temporary local subject terms: Birthday at St. James's Palace -- Female costume: Derrières -- Dressing for St. James's Birthday Ball -- Black page -- Hairdressers: Friseur -- Male milliners -- Feathered female wigs., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, April 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Dressing for a birthday [graphic]

7. Dressing for a birthday [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [April 1790]
Call Number:: 790.04.00.01++
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A fat and ugly lady (left) and a young and pretty one (right) are being dressed for a Birthday at St. James's. A huge wig decked with feathers and roses is being placed by a maid on the bald head of the elder lady, who stands holding a bouquet and looking in a mirror which reflects a delighted grin. A little black page supports the mirror; he turns to a dog which fawns on him. Another maid fastens in front a false 'derrière', which will distend her dress below the waist, see BMSat 7100, &c. The girl is seated; a friseur dresses her long hair; a man-milliner, 'chapeau-bras', prepares to adjust a 'derrière'; she touches approvingly the dress which an ugly old woman wearing a hat holds out to her. On the floor is a round box containing roses."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Reissue, with alteration of date in printmaker's signature and addition of shading and background elements in design. For earlier state published 3 March 1789, see no. 9678 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Companion print to: Dressing for a masquerade., Temporary local subject terms: Birthday at St. James's Palace -- Female costume: Derrières -- Dressing for St. James's Birthday Ball -- Black page -- Hairdressers: Friseur -- Male milliners -- Feathered female wigs., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.8 x 50.9 cm, on sheet 36.2 x 51.5 cm., and Final two numbers of date in imprint have been erased and "90" written in manuscript.
Publisher:: Publish'd as the act directs, April 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Dressing for a birthday [graphic]

8. The household, or, Who rules the roast! [graphic].

Creator:: Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:: Feb. 9th, 1789.
Call Number:: 789.02.09.01+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Print shows an interior view of a kitchen, the "Treasury" or the "Privy Purse" represented by a crown, in which a large bull on a spit labeled "Fourth Estate" is being roasted before a fire, dripping coins; on the left is the Prince of Wales (George IV), he asks "Dear Mother, pray let me have a sop in the pan." A woman with a large spoon raised over her head moves to drive him from the kitchen
Alternative Title:: Who rules the roast!
Description:: Title etched below image., Attributed to William Dent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:: Pubd. by W. Dent and Sold by W. Moore, Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830.
Subject (Topic):: Bulls, Cookery, Treasuries, Kitchens, Crowns, Coins, and Spoons
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The household, or, Who rules the roast! [graphic].

9. The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].

Creator:: Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 January 1789]
Call Number:: 789.01.03.01.2+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A vulture with the head of Pitt (in profile to the left) grasps in the left claw the Crown and sceptre, in the other (outstretched) the coronet of the Prince of Wales; the latter he crushes under the weight of his powerful talons, while he bites at the Prince's feathers, one of which he has already plucked out. The gorged bird's bulging breast is inscribed 'Treasury'; under the crown lies 'Magna Charta', torn. The spread of the creature's wings and the stretch of its long heck towards the feathers give an impression of savage rapacity."--British Museum catalogue
Description:: Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Reissue. Cf. No. 7478 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Numbered '41' in upper right corner.
Publisher:: Pubd. Jany 3d 1789, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):: Great Britain.
Subject (Name):: George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830. and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):: Regency, Crowns, Scepters, and Vultures
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > The vulture of the Constitution [graphic].

10. Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].

Published / Created:: Octr. 26, 1789.
Call Number:: 789.10.26.01++ Impression 1
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: Twelve carciatures of a clergyman delivering sermons from a pulpit with his clerk sitting below, satirizing the words etched above the clergyman
Description:: Title etched below image., Imprint repeated on the sheet without the title, with slight change in date: Published by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street, October 23, 1789., Two lines of verse below title: For modes of faith let graceless zealots fight ..., Publisher's advertisement below image on sheet without title: Lately pubd. The prince's bow, Old maids at a cat's funeral, English slavery, Meeting an old friend with a new face, The city assembly, all prints on the Irish embassy, &c. &c., Publisher's announcement on the sheet with title: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection in Europe of humorous prints and drawings. Admittance one shilling., Cf. No. 7643 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Both sheets joined and then cut into three strips.
Publisher:: Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):: Clergy, Preaching, Pulpits, and Wigs
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > Pulpit extravaganzas [graphic].