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1. [The dog barber] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1770]
- Call Number:
- Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 10b. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A grinning man with a long queue stands facing right, holding a pair of shears in his left hand. He holds wooden box that serves as a stool in his right hand, and under his right arm is a struggling dog. Behind him, in the upper left, hangs a sign with three fleur-de-lis that is lettered "LA VENGEANCE De crotteur royal Tond des CHIENS Proprement".
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and publication date supplied by curator., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., For a version of this design in reverse, published 25 April 1771 by M. Darly, see no. 4668 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted on page 10b in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Barbers, Scissors & shears, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The dog barber] [graphic].
2. [Charles spends his fortune] [art original]
- Creator:
- Dodd, Daniel, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1752 and 1793]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D639 no. 2 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The second drawing in a series of twelve on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this second drawing, Charles stands in an elegant room as he is measured for new cloths by a tailor who kneels to his right with a tape measure raised to Charles's leg; on the floor at his feet is a bolt of fabric and a scissors. Behind them on the right, a servant holds up a large silver urn for Charles's approval; it is reflected in one of two large Venetian mirrors on the wall behind, the second being hung by two servants. On the left, a woman in a large hat sits in an chair beside a round tea table holding another bolt of fabric; she sits in front of a large window through which is seen a elegant square with an equestrian statue. A little dog jumps toward Charles
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., Text in faint pencil below image: Charles [illegible text]., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '2' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Dogs, Equestrian statues, Mirrors, Scissors & shears, Tailors, Parables, Parlors, Plazas, and Wealth
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Charles spends his fortune] [art original]
3. Wholesome food for the ministers [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.04.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The figure of Time, with his scythe, hovers in the air between the kneeling figures of Pitt on the left and Fox on the right. Through two pipes inscribed, "Court favor" and "popularity," he blows bubbles that Pitt catches in his mouth. Fox, his hands raised in supplication, begs Time for the same favor. His plea is supported by the Duchess of Devonshire who stands behind him. In the background, a radiating temple on a rock behind Pitt is inscribed, "St. Jameses." Behind Fox, a lighthouse with a flare hanging from its top is signed, "House of Commons." Between the two, on the other side of a river, is a ruined ancient city, a reference to Rome
- Description:
- Title from item. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd by [...]
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, England, and Westminster
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806., Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806., and Pitt, William, 1759-1806.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Political elections, Scythes, Temples, Ruins, Lighthouses, Tobacco pipes, Scissors & shears, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Wholesome food for the ministers [graphic]
4. The tooth-ache, or, Torment & torture [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1823] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 72. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Print of a country 'quack' doctor standing behind an alarmed looking female patient with his fingers in her mouth. A young boy stands on the left holding a dish and pliers. In the background stands a woman wearing a ... cape and holding the side of her mouth whilst exhibiting obvious pain. Suspended from the ceiling is a bird in a cage. A bill on the wall reads: 'Barnaby Factotum / Draws teeth Bleeds and Shaves / Wigs made here, also sausages / wash Balls, Black puddings. / Scotch pills Powder for the Itch / Red Herrings / Breeches Balls / and small beer by the maker / In Utrumque Paratus'."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue and "Print of a tailor seated cross legged on a table as he irons a garment. Beside him on the table, stands a pewter tankard and shears. A second tailor, also ironing, sits behind the first with a look of surprise cast in the direction of a woman who stands at the door holding a basket of ?cucumbers on her head. The woman resembles Rowlandson's etching of a 'Shrimp Girl' (RCIN 913702). In the foreground, a small boy warms irons by a fire as cat stands next to him, yawning."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Toothache, or, Torment and torture, Torment & torture, and Torment and torture
- Description:
- Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with its own title, signature, and imprint statement., Restrike. For original issue of the left side of the plate, see Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810964. For original issue of the right side of the plate, see Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810963., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [approximately 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 375., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 374., and On leaf 72 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Published August 1, 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Toothaches, Dentistry, Dental equipment & supplies, Birdcages, Wigs, Dogs, Baskets, Cats, Cucumbers, Fireplaces, Food vendors, Irons (Pressing), Pitchers, Scissors & shears, and Tailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tooth-ache, or, Torment & torture [graphic]
5. The tailors war! being a new system of cutting in the trade! / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1832?]
- Call Number:
- 832.00.00.42
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two groups of tailors battle each other. The group on the left, fighting under the "Journeymen Tailors Union for a fair renumeration of labour" banner, charge forward riding geese and using scissors as weapons; additional members fire bows and arrows from towers. The group on the right, fighting under the "Union of Master Tailors for a coninuance of tyranny low wages & profits 100 percent" banner, are well dressed and hang back in a defensive position; they use firearms, swords, and a shield bearing a pound sign ("£") as weapons
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Signed in lower left corner with the initials of Charles Jameson Grant., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Text following title: When snip meets snip then comes the tug of war!, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Tailors, Labor unions, Fighting, Geese, Scissors & shears, Bows (Weapons), Arrows, Firearms, Shields, and Daggers & swords
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The tailors war! being a new system of cutting in the trade! / [graphic]
6. The rivals [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [14 July 1812]
- Call Number:
- 812.07.14.05+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a well-furnished parlor, a woman (left) sits playing at a harpsichord as she turns to gaze with admiration at young military officer who looks at her with intimacy; an older officer to her left scowls at them, his hand in the breast of his vest. On the right another young woman leans her head in her hand, a bored, annoyed look on her face; her elbow is resting on a table on which sits her sewing basket; in her right hand she holds a scissors, her arm thrown back over the back of the upholstered chair. On the floor at her feet is a book "Tirumph of temper." A dog sits at her feet looking up at her. On the back well is a portrait of old woman. On the mantel is a sculpture of a roman chariot and horses
- Description:
- Title etched below image., The year of publication in lower right corner is etched over "1807.", In lower left corner of design: Rowlandson 1812. "1812" is etched over "1807.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 14, 1812 by T Rowlandson, No. 1 James S[t]., Adelphi
- Subject (Topic):
- Anger, Couples, Dogs, Draperies, Envy, Fireplaces, Harpsichords, Mantels, Paintings, Parlors, and Scissors & shears
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rivals [graphic]
7. The fighting taylors [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [17 April 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.04.17.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two tailors, stripped to the waist, fight each other with shears. One tailor has cut off the nose of his emacipated opponent ; his own ear falls to the ground. One of the seconds holds a cucumber in each hand; the other holds a cabbade while on the right another tailor holds a tape measure. On the floor are cucumbers, cabbages, garments, and a tailor's goose
- Alternative Title:
- Fighting tailors
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Aprill [sic] 17, 1788 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Tailors, Scissors & shears, Cucumbers, Cabbages, and Fighting
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fighting taylors [graphic].
8. The dog barber la Francia / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 March 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 113. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the French, evidently inspired by British Museum Satires No. 4668: a grinning man with a long queue smoking a pipe stands wearing wooden shoes holding out a pair of shears; under his left arm is a struggling dog and two more dogs are tied to a post on which is a sign reading, "Qua[i] Ch[...]" beside a stool; a view, presumably intended for Paris, behind."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Paris: Church of the Sorbonne, dome -- Quais: Paris, In La Cité -- Dog barbers -- Dog barber instruments., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 29th March 1772, by J. Bretheron, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Animal grooming, Scissors & shears, Dogs, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dog barber la Francia / [graphic]
9. The dog barber la Francia / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Page 113. Bunbury album.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the French, evidently inspired by British Museum Satires No. 4668: a grinning man with a long queue smoking a pipe stands wearing wooden shoes holding out a pair of shears; under his left arm is a struggling dog and two more dogs are tied to a post on which is a sign reading, "Qua[i] Ch[...]" beside a stool; a view, presumably intended for Paris, behind."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Early (proof?) state of the plate, before day of publication added to imprint and before drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, see no. 4669 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Paris: Church of the Sorbonne, dome -- Quais: Paris, In La Cité -- Dog barbers -- Dog barber instruments., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, March 1772, by J. Bretheron, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Animal grooming, Scissors & shears, Dogs, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The dog barber la Francia / [graphic]