Two men at a shop counter in a tea and coffee retail shop using scales to measure out coffee beans and "Two elderly men, whose family resemblance is pronounced, sit directed to the left, behind a counter running diagonally across the design. They are manipulating small scales; one (left) has his hand in a canister of 'Coffee'. Close behind them is the wall, showing the arrangement of a grocer's shop: deep drawers interspersed with shelves on which are sugar-loaves and canisters of tea. The latter are inscribed respectively: 'Hyson', 'Bloom', 'Hyson', '[Souc]hong', 'Congo', 'Bohea'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Polite grocers of the Strand
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist attribution to Andrew Bell and printmaker attribution to Edmund Scott suggested in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.7364, Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right side., "While [Dorothy] George identifies the brothers as John and Richard Twining, [Sir Ambrose] Heal identifies them as John and Aaron Trim, grocers and tea-dealers in the Strand. This is backed up by another plate in the Heal collection that names Aaron and John Trim under their portrait (see Heal,Portraits.194)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,Portraits.193., and Probably a plate from: Kirby's wonderful and eccentric musuem; or, Magazine of remarkable characters.
Publisher:
Published May 21, 1805, by R.S. Kirby, 11 London House Yard, St. Pauls
Subject (Geographic):
Strand, The (London, England), England, London, and The Strand.
Subject (Name):
Twining, Richard, 1749-1824., Twining, John, 1760-1827., Trim, Aaron, active 1793-1807., and Trim, John, active 1793-1807.
Title from item. Translated title supplied by curator., Date derived from printmaker's date of death., Place of publication derived from printmaker's country of residence., From: The Story of Tamar and Amnon., 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: Uroscopy.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Tamar (Daughter of David). and Amnon (Son of David).
Subject (Topic):
Rape in the Bible, Urine, Analysis, Cookery, Physicians, Sisters, Brothers, and Beds
"Double portrait of John and Henry Gawler after Reynolds (Mannings 711); as boys, half-length, Henry at left, his arm around and looking at John; John looking to front, his right hand patting dog; landscape surrounding"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sons of Mr. Gawler, Attorney and Double portrait of John Belleden Gawler and Henry Gawler
Description:
Title etched below image., Probable publisher and date from state in British Museum. See Registration number: 1902,1011.4980., The two sitters' names appear in the two lower corners of the image, below each portrait: 'Master Henry Gawler' and 'Master Jno. Gawler.", John Bellenden Ker (1765?-1842); botanist, wit, and man of fashion; first called John Gawler, in 1804 he was granted license to take the name of Ker Bellenden in lieu of Gawler, invariable known as Bellenden Ker)., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in probable loss of imprint. Bottom corners trimmed at an angle., and With ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand below title: "sons of Mr. Gawler attorney."
Publisher:
J.R. Smith?
Subject (Name):
Gawler, Henry, and Ker, John Bellenden, 1765?-1842,
The first 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 first drawing, blind Fortune stands on a wheel with large bags in each hand. The brother on the left, Edward, kneels as he accepts the gift from Fortune. Behind him in the mid-distance a couple is shown depositing coins in the hat of a beggar while in the far distance is a church. The brother on the right, Charles, stands arrogantly with his left hand on his hip as he accepts his good fortune. On the right in the mid-distance a couple is shown riding in an elegant carriage; in the distance is a large house with grain (?) pouring from the loft unattended
Description:
Title from pencil notes below image., Text in faint pencil above image: Twelve prints representing the contrast between virtuous harmony and vicious extravagance., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '1' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Fortune, Allegorical drawings, Brothers, Parables, and Wealth
