A shepherdess greets a young man (left) who sits on the bank of a river under a tree. She is shown full length walking towards the right and holding a crook decorated with vegetation; two sheep drink from the river beside her
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Plate numbered '220' in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Sheep, Shepherdesses, Staffs (Sticks), and Rivers
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.0 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 36.7 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Leaf 54. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two designs on one plate. Top (British Museum Satires No. 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (British Museum Satires No. 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in the country ; Nap in town
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature. Imprint statement appears twice, once below each title., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see nos. 6868 and 6869 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 175., and On leaf 54 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho and Field & Tuer
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below., 1 print : etching in sepia on laid paper ; designs 34.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 35.6 x 24.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed on one side within plate mark. Watermark cropped on right centered edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
"Two designs on one plate. Top (British Museum Satires No. 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (British Museum Satires No. 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in the country ; Nap in town
Description:
Titles etched below images., Later state, with both images contained within double border lines added along edge of plate., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature. Imprint statement appears twice, once below each title., Late-20th century restrike on modern paper, with pencil annotation "RP/77" in lower right that suggests a 1977 printing date. The copper plate would have been in the possession of the successor Leadenhall Press in England at the time, according to Nicholas J.S. Knowles., For the original issue of the plate, see nos. 6868 and 6869 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 175.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Two designs on the same plate. Upper design: A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Lower design: A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Lettered beneath each image with title; lettering within image on upper design: "Rowlandson. 1785."; below lower design: "London Pubd by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho".
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the columns are not separated by rules., Verse begins: "A merchant's son of worthy fame,", In this edition the woodcuts from left to right depict a sheep and a couple walking through a countryside., Imprint below fourth column., Date supplied by cataloger., Mounted on leaf 15. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
George as a farmer and Charlotte dressed simply as a farmer's wife sit outside a cottage (left) smiling as they point to a pair of large foxes hanging from a gallows in the middle of their farmyard. A rooster and geese stand looking up at the fox; in the foreground sheep and rams observe the scene before them, some with looks of alarm
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: The Oxford magazine or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 4 (1770), p. 46., and Mounted to 30 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Oxford magazine
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dwellings, Foxes, Farmyards, Geese, Gallows, and Sheep
