Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be seen the original model of the guillotine, head and hand of Count Streunzee and the largest collection of caracatures in the world. Admit. 1 shl.
Publisher:
Pub. June 9, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Holland.
Subject (Name):
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Subject (Topic):
Bottles, Cannons, Courtesans, Military camps, Prostitutes, and Wine
A half-length portrait of Rachel Pringle, a large Barbados woman wearing a stripped headscarf, long dangling earrings, and a pearl necklace from which hangs a cameo of an English officer in uniform
Alternative Title:
Rachel Pringle of Barbados
Description:
Title and date from item., Portrait of Rachel Pringle probably based on the 1792 Thomas Rowlandson etching of the same title, without the background drama in the Bridgetown brothel., Signed with the monogram of an unidentified artist: possibly 'FCh' followed by the date., Formerly part of a scrapbook, now detached, mounted on blue paper, page trimmed. Clippings from newspapers mounted above the portrait include three poems and songs, the unsigned "The last leaf of summer", "Dirge" by M.H.J., and "There is not one familar face", the last of which includes a review of "Songs for the grave and the gay" by Thomas Haynes Bayly., and On the verso, an engraving by W. Deeble, drawn by J.P. Neale, and printed by J. Bishop: Fonthill Abbey, the Oratory. London : Pub. Feb.1, 1824 by J.P. Neale ... Also three small etchings of country laborers.
Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 3 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 134): A room at the Rose Tavern, Drury Lane (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum); to left, Tom, surrounded by prostitutes and clearly drunk, sprawls on a chair with his foot on the table; one young woman embraces him and steals his watch, another spits a stream of gin across the table to the amusement of a young black woman standing in the background; one woman drinks from the punchbowl; another is removing her clothes in order to perform "postures"; to the right, a harpist and a door through which enters a man holding a large dish and a candle, and a pregnant ballad singer holding a sheet lettered "Black Joke"; on the walls hang a map of the world to which a young woman holds a candle and framed prints of Roman emperors, all (except that of Nero) damaged. A second version of the paintings is at the Atkins Museum (Kansas City, Missouri).
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress. Plate 3 and What wretched Fate succeeds his guilty Joys, ...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 3"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: What wretched Fate succeeds his guilty joys, ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 5.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the third of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., and Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Title from the first line of verse below image., Publication date from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of part of image and possibly title at top of plate., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: See here presented to your view / A scene both frolicksome and true ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Pictures amplifying subject.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Bryer, engraver & printseller, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Cross dressing, Dressing tables, Fireplaces, Interiors, Mirrors, and Prostitutes
Title from item., Below title: You can't beat the Axis if you get VD., Date derived from reference to the "Axis"., Publisher supplied by curator., In lower left corner: VDgraphic-9., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Venereal Disease Education Institute
Subject (Topic):
Sexually transmitted diseases, Syphilis, Gonorrhea, World War, 1939-1945, Prostitution, Soldiers, Sailors, and Prostitutes
"Above are two fashionably dressed courtesans (three-quarter length) seated facing each other; one (right) holds a punch-bowl, the other, who looks at the spectator with a leer, holds a glass. Below, two burly women, prostitutes of the lowest type, stand together, full face, one (left) with her arm across the shoulders of the other."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
St. Giles's
Description:
Titles etched below corresponding image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Reissue by Fores, with original publication year changed from '2' to '4'.
Publisher:
Publish'd by T. Rowlandson, Strand, Jany. 1794 & S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Prostitutes, Tableware, and Women
In a large, barn-like hall on the street level, at the open door on the right, a man stands outside with a raised staff, denying entrance to two men coming towards him. The hall is spacious, with an arched double door and a skylight window above in the center of the back wall and a tall, hooded chimney over a fireplace on the left. Along the back of the hall two women sit on a bench awaiting an interview. The one on the left has crossed eyes and spots on her forehead and checks, her hands in a muff. Two youths standing behind her smile down on her scornfully. Further to the right sits a poorly dressed black woman with an eager expression on her face. A young woman standing behind her appears to instruct her while pointing to the interview taking place in the foreground. On the left, an old getleman examines a young, buxom maid whom he is holding by the arm. A copy of Harris's list sticks out from his coat pocket. Above the maid is a notice on the wall “To be Lett and enter'd on immediately.” Two other women standing by the fireplace watch the pair intently. In the center of the image, an elderly lady leaning on a cane examines through her quizzing glass a sturdy young man she is interviewing. Above them is notice on the wall “Wanted a Strong Man servant for a Lady to do all Work.” Between them on the ground, sits a little boy with a toy in his hand. Next to them, a large dog lies asleep, with a note next to his muzzle, "A faithful servant wants a place". On the extreme right, a man seated behind a desk with his back to the viewer, gives a young woman a paper signed "To Mrs. Coupler Covent Garden". In bottom right of image is book open with title page partially obscured by trunk on top of it: “Modern Chastity exposed. a Vindic[ation] Hon.” A large lantern is suspended from the ceiling near the fireplace. One of its panes reads, "Cheatall's new Statute Hall every day", another, "A Statute Hall for hiring servants."
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, and Jno. Smith. No. 35 Cheapside
Three London scenes: a man being cajoled by two prostitutes, a young man being accosted by two debt-collectors, and a physician attending a patient. In the left scene, the man stands outside a tavern with its fascia lettered "Cordials & compounds" and "Hodg[son's] best", i.e. ale brewed by George Hodgson (and subsequently Mark and Frederick Hodgson) at the Bow Brewery in London: the brewery was rebuilt and enlarged in 1821. The prostitute on the left holds his wallet concealed in her muff while the one on the right tries to steal his fobwatch. A burning gas light on the left indicates night. In the right scene, the moribund patient wearing a nightgown and nightcap sits in an armchair on casters next to the bed, while the physician (a thin elderly bald man in a black suit) looks at him intently from the next chair, and an old nurse stands nearby; medicine bottles on the mantlepiece behind
Alternative Title:
Love, law, & physic and Love, law, and physic
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Second part of title adapted from the farce by James Kenney, Love, law and physic, first performed in London in 1812., "A second state of British Museum Satires No. 14312, above the design as an additional title: SYMPTOMS OF LIFE IN LONDON--OR [cf. No. 14320]."--British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Apothecary Shops -- Exterior.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 28th, 1821, by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St., London
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Prostitutes' customers, Prostitution, Taverns (Inns), Gas street lamps, Debt, Debtor and creditor, Collecting of accounts, Physicians, Physician and patient, Patients, Nurses, Muffs, and Drugstores
Terrible massacre de femmes dont l'histoire na jamais donne l'example
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher and place of publication derived from Revolutions de Paris., Date from item., In margin top left and right: Rev. de Paris ; No. 165. P. 430., From: Révolutions de Paris, 1-8 September 1792., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Louis Marie Prudhomme
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Name):
Salpêtrière (Hospital).
Subject (Topic):
Massacres, Hospitals, Crowds, Soldiers, Prisoners, Homicides, Prostitutes, and History
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Trades: butcher -- Fighting: fist-fights -- Food: meat., and Imprefect: lower right corner torn off.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, & Jno. Smith, at No. 35 in Cheapside