"A grinning woman sits full-face behind a square piano, playing with complacent vigour. At her feet is a dog. She accompanies an elderly violinist (left) and 'cellist (right), who both regard her with rage; the former has ceased playing. The 'cellist's contorted features are copied in BMSat 9605."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., Signed by Brownlow North using an artist's device: compass pointing north., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Musical instruments: piano -- Cello -- Violin or viola -- Pets: pug.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1800, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Title from item., Plate numbered '12' 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: Domestic service -- Food: roasted birds -- Roast beef -- Dishes: tureen -- Candlesticks -- Architectural details: staircase -- Accidents -- Emotions: panic.
Title from item., Signed by Brownlow North using his artist's device: compass pointing to the north., Printmaker and publisher identified by George., and Temporary local subject terms: Dances: Scotch reel -- Dancing -- Pets: performing dogs -- Lighting: chandeliers -- Furnishings: window curtains.
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '9' in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched below image., Signed by Brownlow North using an artist's device: compass pointing north., Printmaker identified from another print by Brownlow North signed with the same device ., One line of text below title: While your master is saying grace, take the chairs from behind the company and go out., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: dining room -- Art: pictures -- Domestic service: manservants -- Table settings -- Literature: Jonathan Swift (667-1745), Direction to Servants.
A large crowd of brawling men, some fallen with injuries, one being bitten by a dog; in the background a cat is thrown in the air, many clutching body parts in pain
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '8' in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark; printmaker's name erased from this impression., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
J. Baldrey
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Crowds, Dogs, Fighting, and Wounds & injuries
Title from item., Place of publication from other prints by Baldrey., Plate numbered '4' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Skating., and Watermark: E & P.
Title from item., Place of publication from other prints by Baldrey., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dueling -- Vehicles: coaches., and Watermark: E & P.
"A sequence of disasters: a servant (left), entering with a joint of meat, is tripped up by a dog, falls forward, bringing his dish down heavily on the head of one diner. The latter falls backwards, grabbing the table, which tilts and, together with a plate of soup, strikes his 'vis-à-vis' under the chin. The contents of a large tureen deluge the falling man. A second servant (right) runs forward with uplifted arms. Two lighted candles fall with the table."--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '10' in upper right corner., and Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark.
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '7' 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: Interiors: dentist's shop -- Furniture: ladderback chairs -- Coat rack -- Furnishings: wig-block -- Dentists -- Medical implements: dentist's implements -- Patients -- Pets: cats.
