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1. A gentleman of moderate income making himself decent to dine out. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [28 November 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.11.28.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In his meager attic lodgings, a man dresses as his land lady looks on. On the wall is a poster with a portrait of Thomas Paine and a partially torn sign with the words "Buggs distroy'd", the art amplifying the subject
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '174' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published 28th Novr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809.
- Subject (Topic):
- Attics, Landlord & tenant relations, Mirrors, Poverty, and Shaving equipment
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A gentleman of moderate income making himself decent to dine out. [graphic]
2. A helping hand [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hunt, George, active 1824-1831, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1825. and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 47. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike. For a brief mention of the original issue of the plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1865,1209.76-111., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Two lines of dialogue below title: John, I'm going to raise your rent. Sir, I'm very much obliged to you, for I can't raise it myself!, and On leaf 47 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Landlord & tenant relations, Dandies, British, Horseback riding, and Dogs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A helping hand [graphic]
3. Landlord & tenant [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1817 and 1819?]
- Call Number:
- 817.00.00.25+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A dandy (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13029), with a handsome profile, wearing knee-breeches, advances with a mincing step and outstretched hands towards an ugly farmer who stands facing him with a large stick and wearing top-boots and broad-brimmed hat. The tenant holds a money-bag and is fiercely prognathous. The landlord: "My dear Sir--I am rejoiced to see you--I hope your lovely family are well--You are a charming Man--correct in every point--in short your countenance is an index to your mind." The farmer: "You certainly are flattering me--here is your Rent.--as to my family--thanks to the Lord, my Wife, and all the brats, be gone to kingdome come." There is a carpeted floor."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Landlord and tenant
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Artist identified as Capt. Hehl in the British Museum catalogue., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., and "One of prints (coloured) by, after, or attributed to G. Cruikshank [many were closely copied and unless original and copy can be compared they are difficult to distinguish; some attributed by Reid or Cohn to Cruikshank are in the manner of the supposed copyist; some are probably by I. R. Cruikshank], from a set issued c. 1817 to c. 1819 ..."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies, British, Farmers, Hats, Staffs (Sticks), Bags, and Landlord & tenant relations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Landlord & tenant [graphic].
4. The ghost of a scrag of mutton written by Mr. C. Dibdin, Jun., composed by Mr. Reeve, and sung by Mr. Smith, with unbounded applause at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [23 January 1809]
- Call Number:
- 809.01.23.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Heading to (printed) verses: 'Written by Mr. C. Dibdin Jun. composed by Mr. Reeve, and sung by Mr. Smith, with unbounded Applause, at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells'. A young man in academic cap and gown spears on a fork a bony fragment with a head resembling Napoleon, and is about to plunge it into a pot on a huge fire (left). He turns with a triumphant smile to his fat landlord and two others who gape in terror (right). A wall-clock points to twelve."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text printed in letterpress below image., Imprint statement from text in letterpress printed in lower right corner., Three columns of verse in letterpress below title: A scholar one time, tho' I can't tell you when, nor can I tell where too, just now..., and Plate numbered '505' in upper left corner.
- Publisher:
- Published 23rd January, 1809 by Laurie and Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures and cartoons, Clocks & watches, Fear, Fireplaces, and Landlord & tenant relations
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The ghost of a scrag of mutton written by Mr. C. Dibdin, Jun., composed by Mr. Reeve, and sung by Mr. Smith, with unbounded applause at the Aquatic Theatre, Sadler's Wells. [graphic]
5. The old times [graphic]
- Creator:
- Lynch, James Henry, -1868, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1826]
- Call Number:
- 826.00.00.91+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Outside a rustic building with a sign "Old Farmer [...]ck House", a farmer with a large belly, smoking a pipe, leans against a table loaded with bags with '500' written on them. Above the table on the fence is a sign "Quarter Day".
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date from other prints in this series., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Daily paper"--Upper right corner., "Plate 1"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Published by J. Royle, 27, King Street, Holborn, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Landlord and tenants, Landlord & tenant relations, and Newspapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old times [graphic]
