"A 'cit' smokes angrily over his glass, tilting his chair, while his pretty young wife sits with folded arms. A handsome young officer opens the door, apparently unseen by both. Below the design: 'Husband. - What makes you look so thoughtful my Love, what are you puzzling your Dear Head about now." Wife - Why you said last Night at Supper, that you knew every one in our Street were Cuckolds but one, - And I have been Puzzling Myself ever since to find out who that one could be." - "Husband.-" Oh! Oh! Very well, I have done."'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '202' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings -- Furniture.
Publisher:
Published 10th October 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Military officers, Adultery, Mirrors, Pipes (Smoking), and Chairs
A pretty young woman sits at a table opposite a fat, older man, asleep with his glasses pushed on his forehead. The sit before a fire in a bedroom with a canope over the bed or couch (left), a guitar leaning against it. Two other pretty young woman enter through the door. A bird in a cage hangs from the ceiling; a dog yawns at the feet of the seated woman. A book lies open on the table along with a carafe of wine. The couple both hold wine glasses
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Companion print to: A silly., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 45 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 26, 1800, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Birdcages, Dogs, Fireplaces, Guitars, Sleeping, Women, and Young adults
"A young woman shown half-length to right with her back to the viewer, wearing a spotted neckerchief and a straw hat over her cap, looking over her shoulder towards the viewer, holding a basket over her arm and holding up three fruits; in an oval."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from text below image., For a later state bearing the imprint of Bowles & Carver, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1688., and Plate numbered "372" in lower left corner.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carrington Bowles, No. 69 St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Baskets, Fruit, Peddlers, and Food vendors
An elderly doctor in an old-fashioned wig, holding his silver-headed cane to his nose, takes the pulse of a young woman seated on a sofa. Her eyes are averted to avoid his leering gaze. A bottle of "Blessed Medicine" protrudes from his left pocket
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Medicine bottles -- Female dress, 1772 -- Canes.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Young adults, Women, Medicines, Bottles, Staff (Sticks), and Wallpapers
In an oval frame, a young woman with long hair and pearls around her neck, feeds a bird from a straw as she leans over a shelf. Beside her is a basket with other little birds and on the right a potted blooming plant
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
An old officer in uniform with a wrinkled face and carbuncles looks lustfully at a pretty young woman as they walk together on a path, his hand grasping hers
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Attributed to Rowlandson., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Lust, Older people, Young adults, and Women
The interior of a jeweller's shop, indicated only by three necklaces festooned on the wall and by a door giving on to the street. A lady sits between two men; one (left) points insinuatingly to a box of ear-rings which he holds, the other applies a boring instrument to her left ear. To her left, a dog barks as he looks up at her startled face. Behind, a weeping schoolboy with a bag of books is being birched by a young woman. Through the door are seen a Highlander blowing bagpipes and a milkmaid screaming for custom
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and One of a series of 'Drolls.'
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Octr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bagpipes, Dairy workers, Earrings, Jewelers, Jewelry stores, Necklaces, School children, Women, and Young adults
A young gentlemen sits in a chair opposite three fashionable young ladies and their mother who are seated on a sofa. His wide grin suggests that he has amused himself with an anecdote, but the expressions on the ladies' faces indcate that he has failed to amuse them. One of the young ladies looks down at the dog in her lap, another looks at her fan
Description:
Title etched below image., Companion print to: A capital joke., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Plate numbered '218' 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 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Courtship, Draperies, Living rooms, Love letters, Sofas, Wallpapers, Women, Writing materials, and Young adults
A young woman sits curled in a chair before a fire in a grate, looking directly at the viewer with a seductive gaze. Beside her a cat is curled up begging to be petted
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Printseller's identification stamp in lower right corner of sheet: S·W·F.
Publisher:
Pub'd July 1st, 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Fireplaces, Seduction, Women, and Young adults
