A sleeping man on his back in a bed, is attached to a machine that is undressing him, pulling his pants off and his arms out of his sleeves, as other parts of the machine prepare to pull his nightcap and sleeping shirt over his head
Alternative Title:
Apparatus to undress and cover up when sleepy
Description:
Ttitle etched below image., Series title etched above 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 Watermark: J Whatman Turkey Mill.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Automation, Beds, Machinery, Sleepwear, and Undressing
Title from caption below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with some loss of image and text., and Mounted to 28 x 22 cm; newspaper clippings pasted on verso of mount.
Publisher:
Pub. by J. Dyer, Junr., 59, Featherstone Street, City Road
Title from caption below image., Approximate year of publication from British Museum online cat., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. by Geo. Hunt, corner of York St. & Bridges St.
Title from caption 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., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Apron -- Reference to Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington, 1769-1852 -- Reference to cider., Mounted on modern secondary support., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 183.
A stout man reclines on a chaise-longue, a bolster pillow supporting his knees as a small cup meets his lips. Above this, a small tube descends from a bowl labeled 'Barcelonie'. On the wall are two wheels and the mechanism that pours and decants the wine and cracks the nuts
Alternative Title:
Body fanner, nut-cracker and wine helper, for the heats of summer
Description:
Title from text below image., Series title etched above image., Later edition attributes these plates to Robert Seymour: Living made easy : dedicated to the Utilitarian Society : twelve humorous subjects / designed by R. Seymour. New-York : Published by E.S. Mesier, 28 Wall Street, 1832., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1829.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift
Subject (Topic):
Automation, Couches, Eating & drinking, Machinery, Nuts, and Wine
Title from caption below image., Imprint continues: ... election caricatures executed for gentlemen in 3 hours., Text above image, following series title: Men are April when they woo your vote, December when they have got it., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from caption below image., Below title: Poor wretch! we gentlefolk seldom give, but when we do we give like nobs here's twopence for ye., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Particularly recommended to the philanthropy of those who have made large fortunes by machinery., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Printed by J. Netherclift)
Title from caption below image., A. Sharpshooter tentatively identified as John Phillips. See British Museum catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: SEC[?].
Publisher:
Published by S. Gans, 15, Southampton Street, Strand