"A French dancing-master (l.), holding up his 'kit' or dancing-master's fiddle and bow at arm's length, addresses a group of representative British characters (r.). He says: "Monsieur, Sare, every ting depend pon lam to dance, widout dat you can do no ting at all in dis Worlt, for if you will get a Wife wid great deal Money, eh by Gar! you must dance away to Scotland, if you run in debt ver much, eh by Gar you must dance away from your Creditor, if you want a place from de great Lor, eh by Gar you must dance attendance, oh all de World dance every day, de Frenchman he dance after de Liberté, de Spaniard he dance away from Lor Nelson, den Lor Nelson dance after him, de Italian he dance to de Opera, den dance away wid your Money de Alderman he dance after de Turtle, so voila all de World von grand contré dance." A burly well-dressed Irish fortune-hunter says gloomily: "Arrah my dear Honey! and haven't I danced all the way from Sligo in order to pick up a Tight little partner to Jigg it to Scotland with me, and pay the piper into the bargain by Jasus to be sure I have." A raffish man, in ill-fitting clothes of fashionable intention, says: "Thats a Devilish good Hint, Monseer, so I'll lead off, without waiting for a partner, or some of my Creditors will be for Calling the Dance." A fat ugly 'cit' says: "O dear Heart! I could dance 20 miles after Turtle, in spite of the Gout." He raises one gouty foot in a slashed shoe. A bare-footed Scot takes snuff, saying, "Ah! the Mon says Vary true, I have been dancing attendance on a great Laird these twa Year and ha got nothing but promises. I be na so lucky as my Friend Johnny M'Cree" [Melville, see BMSat 10378]. A sturdy sailor ('Jack Bull'), taking a quid from his tobacco-box, looks with fierce appraisal at the Frenchman, and says: "They have led us a preetty dance sure enough, but shiver my timbers if we Won't make [sic] sing out for it when we do catch them". Behind (r.), a capering French opera dancer holds up a full purse, saying, "Good bye Jack Bull I go dance home wid de Guiné!" After the title: '"Thus Life is like a Country Dance, the World a spacious Ball Room'' - Dibdin'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of state with S.W. Fores imprint
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., 'Argus' is a pseudonym employed by the printmaker Charles Williams., and Cf. No. 10423, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of variant state.
Publisher:
Pubd. by C. Knight, Lambeth, and sold at No. 7 Cornhill
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: British sailor -- Last wills -- Lawyers.
"A sailor and his pregnant fiancée stand at left before a clergyman in a white surplice who stands at right, reading from papers inscribed 'Matrimony', and asking 'Wilt thou take this Woman to be thy wedded wife'; the sailor responds in affronted manner, asking 'do you doubt the word of a sailor'; an assisting cleric at right, wearing dark clothes and bands, drops his book in surprise."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 25, 1805, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Brides, Clergy, Grooms (Weddings), Pregnant women, Sailors, British, and Weddings
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of descriptive text below title: Three old women gossipping about the hardness of the times - One said bread was rising very fast ..., Plate numbered '381' in the lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1, 1805, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Two lines of descriptive text below title: An old woman went to a chandler's shop, to buy a three-farthing candle, but was told they were raised to a penny on account of the war ..., Plate numbered '388' in the lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching & roulette with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 19.8 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 23 x 29 cm., and Watermark: E & P 1804.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1805 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Two lines of descriptive text below title: An old woman went to a chandler's shop, to buy a three-farthing candle, but was told they were raised to a penny on account of the war ..., Plate numbered '388' in the lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: John Wise 1804.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 25, 1805 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
"Two grotesque and foolish connoisseurs standing admiring a collection of Egyptian statuary, both looking at a mummy case at left, one simpering, pointing and looking through pince-nez, the other squinting through a short spyglass; the antiquities include another mummy case, male and female statues, two sphinxes and a grotesque sculpture of a dog on a plinth decorated with hieroglyphs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14th, 1805, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
"Two grotesque and foolish connoisseurs standing admiring a collection of Egyptian statuary, both looking at a mummy case at left, one simpering, pointing and looking through pince-nez, the other squinting through a short spyglass; the antiquities include another mummy case, male and female statues, two sphinxes and a grotesque sculpture of a dog on a plinth decorated with hieroglyphs."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 32 x 24.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14th, 1805, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
