"Design in a circle. A man and wife seated at a circular breakfast-table. The man, who is obese and a gourmand, sits in profile to the right. holding a bowl with a spoon in it in one hand, a bill of fare in the other inscribed "Soup . . . Turbot. Duck . . Lamb". He is wearing spectacles and a large piece of food projects from his mouth. The cook (right) is showing his master a dead duck, which he holds up in his right hand; in his left, and partly supported by his knee, is a tray on which are two lobsters and a turbot. The lady, who is also fat, holds up her hands in horror at the cook, who, from his leanness, his profile, and his bag-wig, solitaire, and ruffled shirt, is evidently a Frenchman. He wears a white cap and an apron, a large knife is thrust under his belt. On the left a footman enters carrying in each hand a plate piled with muffins. Tea-things are on the table. Under the table a small dog, befouling the floor, is partly visible. Behind is a screen of several leaves, on the top of which is a bird, resembling a large dove."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Man of taste
Description:
Title from text below image. and Proof state with light scratch lettering. For later state with lettering, see no. 5919 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Publishd. Octor. 10, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
Title from text below image., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 10 October 1781 by J.R. Smith. Cf. No. 5919 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Companion print to: Evening, or, The man of feeling., Temporary local subject terms: Table settings -- Table manners., 1 print on laid paper : stipple engraving with etching ; circular image 28.8 x 28.6 cm, on plate 35.2 x 30 cm, on sheet 55 x 36 cm., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apl. 5, 1802, by Jno. Harris, No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street
Title from text below image., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 10 October 1781 by J.R. Smith. Cf. No. 5919 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Companion print to: Evening, or, The man of feeling., and Temporary local subject terms: Table settings -- Table manners.
Publisher:
Publish'd Apl. 5, 1802, by Jno. Harris, No. 3 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill, & 8 Old Broad Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[21 July 1801]
Call Number:
Bunbury 801.07.21.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting British and Continental customs: a portly Briton bows to an elegant French or Italian man with a long queue apparently in a piazza."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text below image., Reissue, with different imprint statement and text below image burnished out, of a print originally published 20 March 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. No. 4716 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Watermark., and Embossed stamp of publisher in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F.
A satire on Madame Mara: She sits in an armchair decorated with Masonic symbols which is in the center of a concert room, with a boarded floor and low platform along the back for the performers. She sings the lines "Oh, Oh, de roasta beef-a de charmante pudding O"; in her hands is an open music book titled "Oh the road beed of Old England, Fieldings popular song. The plebeian audience sit or stand along the right and left foreground. On the left a lady asks her neioghbor, "Did she sing this sogn at the Abbey?" He responds, "She never sung so well as the Abbey in her life." In the center foreground sits a dog who watches the vocalist. The wall is decorated with candle-sconces and a placard with the "Rules to be observed in this meeting" which jabs at the plebeian audience. One man performs on a salt-box, another with marrow-bone and cleaver while yet another puts a Jew's harp in his mouth; a fourth plays a bladder bridge. See British Museum catalogue for further discussion
Description:
Title etched below image., Seven lines of descriptive prose inscribed below title., Possibly engraved by Henry Wigstead (d. 1793). See attribution in British Museum catalogue to Mr. Hawkins., and Watermark in center of sheet: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 28th, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3, Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Wapping (London, England)
Subject (Name):
Mara, Gertrud Elisabeth, 1749-1833
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Masons, Audiences, Concerts, Dogs, Etiquette, Harps, Musical instruments, and Musicians
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 7 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A young fashionably dressed man casually swings a club around him which knocks an older lady and her apple cart clear into the air. From the caption: ... the manner of using it is the fashionable swing, as directed in the first article; it may be necessary to observe that the practitioner should be a person of some rank in life, to give the proceedings an eclat this with a proper portion of common assurance, aided by inebriety, will enable him to knock down men, women, children, and apple stalls with impunity and at the same time preserve a perfect sang froid on the occassion
Alternative Title:
Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects compartment no. 6
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Nine lines of typeface caption below title: Is the last distinction, and most to be dreaded; a little stick well knotted about three feet in length, or shorter, as may be found convenient must be provided ... This is a pleasing study for city apprentices, who wish to ape the fashionable manners of the West End of the town., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Etiquette
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 5 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A well-dressed man walking down the street holds the base of his walking stick and arrogantly points the end in an elevated fashion diagonally to the front. The ferrule catches the brim of a lady's hat and begins to lift it off of her head
Alternative Title:
Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 4
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with text in letterpress and ornamental border., Four lines in letterpress below title: Chiefly belongs to men of consequence of every denomination, and sometimes to those thoughtful gentlemen called absent men; it does less execution than any of the former, though properly managed, it is capable of lifting up the veil of a tall lady, or throwing off a hat as occasion may require., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Etiquette
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 6 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A very disgruntled looking man walks down the street with his walking stick tucked firmly under his arm, the ferrule end pointing straight behind his torso. This arrangement deflects the 'hasty' approach of a young female nearby
Alternative Title:
Six different methods of carrying a stick with their effects. Compartment no. 5
Description:
Title from letterpress caption below image., Pen and ink drawing on a broadside with typeface and ornamental border., Three lines of typeface caption below title: Goes soberly to work; in a declining position under the arm, well be-mir'd at the end, it stops in a peculiar manner any hasty approach, and never fails doing execution in turning to the right or left., One of a series of six drawings by Woodward with the same typescript heading., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Staffs (Sticks, canes, etc.), Staffs (Sticks), and Etiquette
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd 20th March 1773, New Bond Street No. 134.
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 89. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire contrasting British and Continental customs: a portly Briton bows to an elegant French or Italian man with a long queue apparently in a piazza."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher identified from street address., One line of text below title, in lower left: Macaroni & other soups hot every day., Temporary local subject terms: Taverns: Salutation Tavern Macaronies -- Bag wig -- Queue wig., Mounted on page 89 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.1 x 31.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
