An angry wife confronts her astonished husband with a letter from his paramour in which she suggests a rendezvous in the garden after the wife has gone to bed
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.6 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 21.7 cm., and Window mounted on leaf 3 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
Title from item., Number 278 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Other prints in the Laurie & Whittle Drolls series were executed by either Isaac Cruikshank or Richard Newton., Three lines of caption below design: Husband, "How do my Dear; you must excuse me my Dear being out so late, you know I don't do it often; I happen'd to meet a brother Buck ...", Plate numbered '278' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 18, 1802, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A virago wearing a torn apron, her cap slipping off her head exposing her short cropped hair, seizes by the hair a weeping man, who clutches a ladle as he bends under the weight of the assault
Description:
Title from item., Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate numbered '2' published as part of a 1810 edition of Bobbin's Human passions delineated, with an engraved dedication page, a portrait of the artist, and at least 25 individual prints depicting human passions., and Variant state, with a plate number. Cf. No. 11664 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
"Scene in a bedroom, meanly furnished except for a four-post curtained bed (left) and a carpeted floor; it is lit by a single candle or rush-light. Lady Eldon (right), a lean and ugly virago, assails the ex-Chancellor with a shovel, holding him by the coat. He tries to escape, shrieking, I cou'dn't in conscience my love, act with them--why, they are all in league with the Devil. Lady Eldon: Conscience, indeed! I'll conscience you! Aye, aye, Sir, you don't know your friends from your foes. I'll make you learn to keep a good place when you've got one; you shan't be idling at home earning nothing. What business is it of your's who's who as long as you have got a good place and are well paid for it. Under the bed is a box of Smuggled Goods. On the wall is a picture: Taking leave of the Court of Conscience. In this Eldon leans from a desk holding a handkerchief towards his eyes, facing a group of standing barristers. On the floor is a book: Rule a Husband and have a Husband [parodying the title of Fletcher's comedy, 'Rule a wife ...]."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New administration
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Matted to: 31.5 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Published by E. King, Chancery Lane
Subject (Name):
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 and Eldon, Elizabeth, Lady, 1754-1831
"An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Reissue, with year in imprint altered from "1806" to "1812." For original issue, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8., Verses etched beneath title: Now the weather's sultry grown, sweating late and early. Better far too [sic] sweat alone, oh we swelter rarely - Sweating here, sweating there., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage and married life.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 4th, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Bedbugs, Bedrooms, Beds, Spouses, Marriage, Fans (Accessories), and Sleepwear
"An elderly couple kept awake in their double bed by fleas."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Reissue, with year in imprint altered from "1806" to "1812." For original issue, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8., Verses etched beneath title: Now the weather's sultry grown, sweating late and early. Better far too [sic] sweat alone, oh we swelter rarely - Sweating here, sweating there., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage and married life., Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 12 of 14 volumes., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.1 x 28.9 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of verses from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 4th, 1812, by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St., Adelphi
Subject (Topic):
Bedbugs, Bedrooms, Beds, Spouses, Marriage, Fans (Accessories), and Sleepwear
Title from item., Publisher could not be determined., Date from item., Artist supplied by curator., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life.
Publisher:
Sterndr v. A. Knerset [?]
Subject (Topic):
Medicine, Rural, Physician and patient, Veterinary medicine, Spouses, Physicians, Cows, Sick persons, and Country life
An angry wife confronts her husband over an upturned tea table
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: "Loud she proclaims the thousands which she brought him, He cool retorts 'twas only that which caught him; "The world shall know your conduct brute", she cries, "Sooner the better, sweet" the your replies., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Hunt & Pyall, 18 Tavistock Street, Covent Garden
Title engraved below image., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Translated title supplied by curator., Above image: Satyrisches Bild. No. 40., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
im Bureau der Theaterzeitung, Rauhensteingasse No.926
Subject (Topic):
Indigestion, Colic, Traditional medicine, Stomach aches, Pain, Sick persons, and Spouses
Holding a candlestick, a wife departs from a room, which shows sign of an altercation with a turned over chair and pillow and book on the floow, her back to the viewer turns back looking at her husband
Description:
Title from text below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse below title: "Fierce and more fierce, the wordy contest grows, Taunts, gibes, and sneers, and every thing but blows; Each to a sperate couch in rage retires, Whence sleep is banished by vexatious fires.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
