Four ugly old women try to scrub a black man white with brushes, a kettle of boiling water, as steam billows around the room. A fifth woman brings buckets of hot water. A sixth, in the center background, drinks gin. The black man squats in a big tub, with a pained expression on his face
Description:
Title inscribed beneath central image., Attributed to George Cruikshank., Date inferred from the 1827 publication date of George Cruikshank's Illustrations of time, plate 3 of which includes a smaller version of the central image. Cf. No. 15472 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Image also used in Plate 3 of Cruikshank's 'Illustrations of Time'; the attempt to 'wash a black man white' was a traditional example of an impossible task., and On paper watermarked "J. Whatman 1821".
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Ethnic stereotypes, Racism, Wash tubs, and Brooms & brushes
Caption title., Illustration at top of sheet is a copy of a French soldier from Hogarth's Gate of Calais., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3050., and On page 145 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Printed by R. Shaw, Silver-Street, White-Friars, Fleet-Street
Capt. Ord's Independent Company of Volunteer Rangers
Description:
Title from first line of text., Illustration at top of sheet (plate mark 9.2 x 13.8 cm) is a copy of a French soldier from Hogarth's Gate of Calais., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3050., and On page 145 in volume 2.
"A Paris street. A young and handsome English couple walk arm-in-arm (right to left), the man well-dressed in top-hat, tail-coat, breeches, and top-boots, the lady simply and elegantly dressed in a high-waisted gown and plain bonnet. Four Parisiennes, ugly, bedizened, over-dressed, and round-shouldered, point and jeer. One holds by the hand a little girl, also pointing. A man, dishevelled and vulgarly smart, stares over his shoulder"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Evidence of imprint statement modifaction on plate. Cf. British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 41 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Grand tours (Education), Ethnic stereotypes, City & town life, and Clothing & dress
Mary Hackabout, now a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, exposes her breast and kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover who hides behind the door of the room with her maid servant. A monkey and young black servant boy in a feathered turban look on the scene with frighten expressions. The mask and mirror in the lower left corner and the paintings of scenes from the Old Testament (Jonah IV.8 and 2 Samuel VI.1-5) hanging on the wall further amplify the artist's moral message
Description:
Title, state and date from Paulson., Second state of the second plate in the series A harlot's progress, as described by Paulson, with black Latin cross in the center below design., "Plate 2"--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Touched in sepia ink around the Harlot's and Jew's faces, and the Harlot's dress and foot; the foot of the blackamoor is extended down to meet the pile of cloth.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Prostitution, Biblical events, Ethnic stereotypes, Blacks, Boudoirs, Jews, Masks, Monkeys, Paintings, Prostitutes, Relations between the sexes, Servants, Tea, and Rake's progress
A single-horse carriage is stopped in front of a rustic inn or roadhouse, with two caricatured Frenchmen (one a postillion wearing enormous boots) engaged in changing out the horse. An occupant of the carriage hands money out the window to a peasant woman holding an infant and accompanied by a young boy; two other shabbily dressed figures are nearby next to a tree, one of them playing a makeshift drum. In the doorway of the building stands a young woman, and to the left a man under an archway stands with arms crossed; both watch the scene unfold. In the background a postillion rides away on horseback, whip extended into the air
Alternative Title:
Changing horses on the road to Paris
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Signed by the artist in lower left., and One of five views by the artist F.G. Byron that record his visit to France in 1790; they were exhibited at the Society of Artists the following year. This drawing was exhibited under the title "Changing horses on the road to Paris" (Society of Artists, 1791, no. 39).
Subject (Geographic):
Clermont (France) and France.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Horses, Taverns (Inns), Postillions, French, Peasants, Country life, Ethnic stereotypes, and Drums (Musical instruments)
Title supplied by curator., Original work created 1883., Place of publication derived from artist's country of residence., 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):
Self medication, Traditional medicine, Black people, Sick persons, Ethnic stereotypes, Medicines, and Quilts
