"A toilet scene. The Regent stands in profile to the right at his dressing-table, rouging his cheek with a small brush. An attendant, resembling McMahon, laces the stays which in front resemble a waistcoat; he tugs at the lace, standing on a low stool, using one foot as a fulcrum against his master's posterior (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8287), a small buffer ornamented with goats' heads being attached to this foot. On the oval mirror which reflects the Prince's face sits a monkey, holding on its head a wig with a pyramid of curls above the forehead with large side-whiskers attached. The Prince's hair is similarly arranged. The Prince's tail-coat, in back view, is spreadeagled on a stand. On an ornate wall-bracket inscribed 'Bills' and 'Recetts' are two ornamental files, one filled with bills: 'hatters Bill', 'Poulterers Bill', 'Fishmongers B', 'Hair Dresser', 'Taylors Bill', 'Butchers Bill', 'Docters Bill', 'Silve smiths Bill'; the other empty. A bracket-clock, surmounted by a figure of Time shearing a triple ostrich plume, points to two o'clock (reversed). A round wall-mirror and candle-sconce is surmounted by a figure of Bacchus bestriding a cask. On the dressing-table are pots and jars of 'Tooth Powder', 'Rouge', 'Otto of Roses', and 'Secilian Wash for the Skin'. On the floor is a book, 'The Stripes Poem', which a small dog shaved like a poodle is befouling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Regency a la mode
Description:
Title etched below image., Imprint statement burnished from plate and mostly illegible; it appears to begin "Pub. Feb. 1st [...?]"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Laid down on modern laid blue-grey THS Kent paper. Mounted to 49 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, McMahon, John, approximately 1754-1817, and Dionysus (Greek deity),
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides behind a curtain on the far left. The room is decorated with a large wardrobe, an oval portrait, and large mirror; a footstool and urn in the right corner partially seen in the right corner
Description:
Title engraved above image., From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson., Numbered "9" in upper left corner., Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: No sooner was the come t' himslef But on his neck a sturdy elf ... And that which was proved true before Prove false again? Two hundred more., Copy of no. 512 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 90., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, May 1st, 1769.
Call Number:
769.05.01.01+
Collection Title:
Page 64. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print shows an interior view of a room; a duke has arrived home drunk at 5 a.m. (as shown on the longcase clock beside the door) accompanied by two attendants and watchman only to find his bedchamber occupied by another man. Through the open curtains around the bed can be seen a bare-breasted duchess. On the floor near the bed is an open book, "Memoirs of a woman of pleasure" (a reference to John Cleland's Fanny Hill ...) beside the chamber pot. As the duke with sword drawn, staggers forward, his rival climbs through a window in the background, leaving his clothes behind on a chair. A monkey dashes onto the table near the window on the heels of the husband's rival but pulls down the tablecloth causing the items on the table to be strewn across the floor in the foreground; a book opened to pages “Chastity in the nobility a farce. Dedicated to their Graces the Duke & Dutchess xxx”, breaking a broken mirror, and sending the bottles and jars onto the floor. The bottles have labels "Viper drops" and "Surfeit water" and the jar is labeled "Lip salve".
Description:
Title engraved below image., Text preceding publication statement: A recent transaction., "Price 1s. but given gratis to the purchasers of the Court Miscellany."--Following imprint., Eight lines of verse beneath image, four on either side of title: Persons in exalted station, Should patterns be of imitation; But if a duke must have his punk, And from the bagnio ride home drunk. What wonder if her wanton grace, Invites another in his place? He draws his sword raps out his oaths, But what redress? his rival's cloaths., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., The reference to the duke is probably Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland, 1745-90., and Probably a 19th century impression, based on the quality of the paper.
Title and place of publication from item., Date derived from poster style., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Imp. P. Leménil, Asniéres
Subject (Topic):
Advertising, Soap, Hygiene, Beauty, Personal, Women, Mirrors, and Soaps
"An ugly elderly man, emaciated but paunchy, stands in profile to the left, head thrown back, in the effort to swallow. His right fingers are crisped as he throws over his left shoulder the contents of a tumbler. He wears night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers, with unbuttoned garments and stockings festooning his legs. He faces a smouldering fire. The small chimney-piece is covered with medicine-bottles; above it hangs a cracked mirror. A torn hearth-rug, minute tripod washstand with broken jug, and a truckle-bed in disorder heighten the picture of sordid discomfort, but the impression is conveyed that this is due to feckless neglect rather than poverty. Under the bed a mouse scampers off. Beside it is a candle covered with extinguisher."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Gup gup gup!, Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Taking medicine., 1 print : aquatint and etching, hand-colored ; 320 x 228 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge.
Title below image, in ink., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from publisher's known location., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
chez Martinet
Subject (Topic):
Diseases, Symptoms, Sick persons, Wigs, Spouses, and Mirrors
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Above image: Caricaturna 72., Originally published in Le Charivari, 14 January 1838., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Chez Aubert gal. véro-dodat and Imp. d'Aubert & Cie
Subject (Topic):
Robert Macaire (Fictitious character)., Deals, Colic, Negotiation in business, Actors, Pain, Costumes, Theatrical producers & directors, and Mirrors
Lieutenant Bowling pleading the cause of young Rory to his grandfather
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: Vide, Roderick Random, Vol. I, Chap. III., Illustration to Adventures of Roderick Random., "Plate 1st"--Lower left corner., Originally issued in 1792? See: Grego. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 308-310., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Disease -- Medical equipment -- Officer's uniform -- Furniture: armchair -- Furnishings: portraits -- Architectural details: door frame -- Literature: illustration to Roderick Random by Tobias Smollett., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medicine in Literature., and 1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored ; plate mark 270 x 344 mm.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, May 12, 1800, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Smollett, T. 1721-1771. (Tobias),
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Wheelchairs, Military uniforms, Mirrors, and Interiors
Title from item., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication derived from street address., Possibly after Antoine Chazal., From: Album Comique de Pathologie Pittoresque, Paris, A. Tardieu, 1823., Above image: Album Comique., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Ambroise Tardieu éditeur rue du battoir No.12 and Lith de Langlumé
Subject (Topic):
Smallpox, Communicable diseases, Vaccination, Families, Physicians, Sick persons, and Mirrors
Muller, Harmen Jansz. (Harmen Janszoon), approximately 1538-1617, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1617]
Call Number:
Print00933
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
[Thou shalt not commit adultery: Bathsheba receiving the message from David].
Description:
Title from item., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from publisher's place of residence., After title: Exod. XX., Within image: ij. Samuel xi.Cap. ; 6., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
H. Cock excude
Subject (Name):
Bathsheba (Biblical figure). and David, King of Israel.
Subject (Topic):
Baths, Ten commandments, Adultery, Hygiene, Public baths, Dressing & grooming equipment, Servants, Bathing, Grooming, Biblical events, and Mirrors
