"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles),, grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold tripe & cold potatoes - you may smell soap suds a mile! Ah Jack - Jack you dont know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor!" Behind (left), two women stand at a wash-tub"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Later state with altered publication line and original date of publication removed: Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.
Publisher:
Pubd by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Bachelors, Eyeglasses, Laundresses, and Wash tubs
"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles), grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold tripe & cold potatoes - you may smell soap suds a mile! Ah Jack - Jack you dont know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor!" Behind (left), two women stand at a wash-tub"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Earlier state with date in imprint. Cf. No. 9626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Earlier state of the print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Bachelors, Eyeglasses, Laundresses, and Wash tubs
A woman wearing a colorfully-dyed dress carries a large bag of laundry on her head while a toddler walks by her side
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Possibly one of a series of small drawings of black Bermudans., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Bermuda Islands.
Subject (Topic):
Children, Laundresses, Women, Lifting & carrying, and Laundry
