Two men have been drinking as they sit across the table. The one on the right leans back in his chair asleep, his smoking tobacco-pipe and an overturned bottle of wine on the table in front of him. The other with his wig under his arm, leans forward shouting, and hold a glass of wine in front of his companion's face
Alternative Title:
Drunkenness
Description:
Title from item., Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Plate numbered '14' 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 issue, with plate number, of no. 11668 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
"The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '39' in lower right corner., Restrike for Bohn's "Supressed plates". Cf. No. 9381in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.7., and Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings: bed curtains -- Hour-glass -- Glass: wine bottles.
Publisher:
Pubd May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
"The Prince of Wales lies on his bed, partly dressed, in a drunken stupor, head downwards, right arm hanging to the ground, where are broken bottles and spilt wine. The ghost of his great-uncle, William Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1721-65), immensely fat, and naked except for cocked hat and sabre, emerging from clouds, stands at the bed-side (right), holding up an hour-glass whose sands have nearly run out; in his right hand he raises the bed-curtains which frame the design. He warns the Prince of the effects of drink and corpulence. See BMSats 9383, 9384, 9385, where the warning is extended."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed mostly within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.9 x 36.2 cm, on sheet 29.4 x 40.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 5 of 12.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
Subject (Topic):
Beds, Drinking vessels, Ghosts, Hourglasses, Intoxication, and Obesity
A young drunk dandy, his clothes torn and spattered, is being ushered into a box-chair on the left by three members of the Watch, who grin consipiratorily towards the viewer. The scene is apparently set in the arcade of Covent Garden; on the ground is a playbill lettered 'At the Theatre Royal / Crow Street / the Road to Ruin'.
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication inferred from text on playbeill within image, which mentions Dublin's Theatre Royal in Crow Street., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Probably a copy, with different text on depicted playbill, of a print after Dighton that was published in London by Haines & Son on 18 June 1795. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.435., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint statement., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: London: Covent Garden -- Footmen -- Playbills -- Literature: Allusion to The Road to Ruin, by Thomas Holcroft (1745-1809) -- Theatre Royal, Crow Street.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
City & town life, Intoxication, Pickpockets, and Sedan chairs
In an elegant sitting room, a Hogarthian young dandy lounging on a sofa with a young woman by his side, both holding wine glasses, as she lays one hand on his knee. She rests her elbow on a round side table on which there sits a bottle of Madeira and a bottle of claret along with a dish of peaches and a knife; through the open door in the background to right is a canopy bed
Description:
Title from text below image., Text below title: With women & wine I defy ev'ry care., From a set of four 'times of day' after Dighton., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 18 June 1795 by Haines & Son, No. 19 Rolls Buildings, Fetter Lane
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms, Couples, Dandies, British, Intoxication, and Parlors
In a courtyard of Christ Church (Oxford), undergraduates in cap and gown dance around a bonfire, fueled by doors, chairs, and tables carried from the surrounding buildings. Other students pull at ropes to drag a statute of Mercury towards the flames. From the windows on either side of the gateway students throw objects including a globe and a chamber pot, while another blows a trumpet. Groups of students dance wildly as they drink and riot
Alternative Title:
Burning the oaks, a scene in Tom Quadrangle
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Newman, W., active approximately 1834-1835, lithographer, artist
Published / Created:
1835.
Call Number:
835.00.00.208
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Design consisting of thirty-one small images, all of them individually titled, showing satirical scenes commenting on British social and political issues, many with visual puns, and depictions of stereotypes, both ethnic and social: dustman, Hottentotts, pickpockets, bishops, hunters, etc. Images are loosely arranged in three columns with the following headings at top (left to right): Hints to singers; A few favorite songs &c. &c.; Musical term's.
Description:
Title from text at top of design., "Price twopence"--Following publisher's statement and preceeding publication date in imprint., 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 26.8 x 19 cm., Printed on wove paper; mounted to 34 x 26 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of imprint statement from bottom edge.
Publisher:
Joseph Thomas, No. 1 Finch Lane, Cornhill and Printed by S. Straker, George Yd., Lombard St.
