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1. [Frontispiece to The miseries of human life] [graphic]

Creator:: Pyne, W. H. (William Henry), 1769-1843, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 June 1806]
Call Number:: 806.06.01.01
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: In a drawing room, left, a woman with a very cross expression on her face sits on a settee threading a needle. Before her, a thin man sits on chair staring into the fire, a despairing expression on his face; at his feet are two open books: Much ado about nothing and The art of Tormenting. Behind him, another man rages as he stomps on a glove; the other glove also lies on the floor near-by and fragments of torn paper fly from his hand. The third man, far right, looks at the enraged man, a speech bubble from his mouth reads "Sunt lacrymae rerum!" On the wall are three pictures: Mountain of misery, a classical scene of worshippers outside a temple with Jupiter in the clouds: a whole length picture of Fortitude; and, a whole length picture of Temperance
Description:: Title from caption below image.
Publisher:: Pub'd June 1, 1806 by W. Miller, Albemarle Strt
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Subject (Topic):: Interiors, Sewing, and Anger
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Frontispiece to The miseries of human life] [graphic]

2. Miseries domestic [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1806]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A bedroom scene. A fat woman in night-cap and (short) night-dress drinks from a jug taken from the wash-stand (right); the water flows in a stream over her shoulder to the floor. Within a curtained four-poster (left) an aged man is asleep, his feet projecting from under the bed-clothes towards the spectator. On the floor are his hat, shoes, and breeches on which sleeps a cat. There is a high-backed armchair (left) which is also a commode. Over the fireplace hangs a blunderbuss."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Waking in the middle of the night in a state of raging thirst ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: Waking in the middle of the night in a state of raging thirst, eagerly blundering in the dark to the washing stand and there finding the broad mouthed pitcher which you lift to your lips ..., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 31 in volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: R. Ackermann
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries domestic [graphic]

3. Miseries domestic [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1806]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Cupboard in the parlour in which you are making love ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Two lines of text below title: A cupboard in the parlour in which you are making love, with the consquent perpetual intrusion of one prying servant after another ..., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Probably one of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on verso of leaf 31 in volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: R. Ackermann
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries domestic [graphic]

4. Miseries miscellaneous 12. Dialogue / [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 January 1807]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two ladies, fashionable and pretty, stand by the door of a neo-Gothic lodge or gate-house. One addresses a gardener who tugs at his hair; two elderly men (left) walk off to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: The necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence, by an ass, who, you plainly perceive, will forget (or rather has already forgotten) every word you have been saying., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., "Page 287"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries miscellaneous 12. Dialogue / [graphic]

5. Miseries of human life introductory dialogue / [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 January 1807]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "In a cottage room a sick man lies in a ramshackle uncurtained bed, on the foot of which sits a woman. Four children stand beside her, two younger ones are by the fire, at which a woman is cooking. Another woman stands at a wash-tub. Sheets hang on a line. A dog puts his paws on the bed. Over the fireplace are plates and a gun; a bird is in a wicker cage. The man's coat and top-boots are on a chair beside him."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Introductory dialogue and Sickness befriends temperance, by the simplicity of diet which it introduces ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Two lines of quoted text below title: "Sickness befriends temperance, by the simplicity of diet which it introduces - it wards off the varied injuries of the open air by requiring the party to inhale a thousand times over, the cherishing equable and safely treasured atmosphere of a chamber.", Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of page number from upper right. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum., "Page 10"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on leaf 33 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of human life introductory dialogue / [graphic]

6. Miseries of public places 5. Dialogue / [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1 January 1807]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A crowd outside the lamp-lit theatre door (right) set in a colonnade; slanting rain streams towards them. A stout man and woman stand together, looking round in distress, while a ragged link-boy shouts at them. Younger ladies stand behind. A prostitute accosts a fop. A sedan chair rests on the ground, held by one chairman only. Two carriages drive in opposite directions, the coachmen violently flogging the horses."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: After the play, on a raw wet night, with a party of ladies, fretting and freezing ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: After the play, on a raw wet night, with a party of ladies, fretting and freezing in the outter [sic] lobbies, and at the street doors of the theatre, among chairmen, barrow-women, yelling little boys, and other human refuse ..., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., "Page 85"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Pub. Jan. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of public places 5. Dialogue / [graphic]

7. Miseries of social life [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1807]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Two men wearing overcoats stand facing each other in a driving wind. In the background a man and woman are driven before the blast."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Walking in a wind that cuts to the bone, with a narrative companion ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: Walking in a wind that cuts to the bone, with a narrative companion whose mind and body cannot move at the same time, or in other words who as he gets on with his stories, thinks it necessary, at every other sentence, to stand stock still, face about, and make you do the same ..., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 38 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: R. Ackermann
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of social life [graphic]

8. Miseries of social life [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1808]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A fashionably dressed young man leads a plain woman under an archway in the Tower of London. They are followed by a young man between two girls, plainly dressed and unsophisticated, and a little boy who gapes at an elegant sentry (left); there are also two beefeaters. One girl points to a door (right) inscribed 'Entrance to the Wild Beast[s]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Escorting four or five country cousins, on their first importation into London ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: Escorting four or five country cousins, on their first importation into London from the Terra Incognita of England, to the Lions the Wax Work, the Monuments &c &c., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on verso of leaf 38 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: R. Ackermann
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of social life [graphic]

9. Miseries of the country [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1806]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An elderly couple walk arm-in-arm, preceded by a dog and a frightened footman carrying a lantern. The man is fat, the woman thin. She wears pattens and her petticoats are kilted up; he holds a small umbrella. Behind (left) is a neo-Gothic house among trees."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain, and this immediately after leaving a merry fire side., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills., and Mounted on verso leaf 37 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: R. Ackermann
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of the country [graphic]

10. Miseries of the country [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [1807]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "An oafish footman (left), tilting forward a chair, shows in a party of country visitors to a fashionable young couple. The room is in Strawberry Hill Gothic with a high French window wide open and giving on a garden. Portfolios lie against a Gothic cabinet on which is a sloping stand for prints. The hostess receives her visitors, extending her left hand; her husband makes a gesture of annoyance. An old crone with a young woman, two children, and two loutish men advance from the door (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: While deeply, delightfully, and as you hope safely engaged at home in the morning ...
Description:: Title etched below image., Text below title: While deeply, delightfully, and as you hope safely engaged at home in the morning, after peremptory orders of denial to all comers whomsoever, to be suddenly surprized through the treachery or folly of your servant by an inroad from a party ..., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: R. Ackermann
Subject (Name):: Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of the country [graphic]