In the upper left a group of three musicians play instruments as a black man in livery dances at the center of a well-dressed group revelers in a servants' hall decorated for the Christmas holidays. The masters of the house and their guests look on. The chandelier and long case clocks are decorated with holly and mistletoe hangs from the ceiling. One man kisses a large, buxom woman who recoils in surprise. Another couple flirt on the right at a table opposite a man who has passed out, playing cards strewn on the floor at his feet. The back wall is dominated by a large cupboard filled with dishes and platters
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Blind man's buff., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Tregear 136 Drury Lane
Subject (Topic):
Christmas decorations, Couples, Cupboards, Dance, Kissing, Longcase clocks, Musicians, Playing cards, Servants, and Servants' quarters
Print shows Caroline, wife of King George IV, hugging and kissing Bartolomeo Bergami, her Italian lover
Description:
Title from item., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., and Mounted (with one other print) on leaf 75 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron, Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron., and Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821.
"The Prince of Würtemberg (right) bends forward, kissing the Princess Royal on the right cheek. Her figure is matronly, his is corpulent. He wears two ribbons, many stars on his coat, while the jewels of orders dangle from his button-holes (cf. BMSat 9007)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Three lines of quoted verse below title: "Heav'n grant their happiness complete, and may they make both ends to meet, in these hard times., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 15th, 1797, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street & St. Jamess [sic] Street
Subject (Name):
Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1754-1816 and Charlotte, Queen, Consort of Frederick I, King of Württemberg, 1766-1828
In the third state, a black ribbon appears on the neck of the woman in the foreground; drypoint lines are added to her fur stole. Three faces appear above the figure bending over to kiss the ladie's hand; they are two men and one woman
Alternative Title:
Worldly triumph
Description:
In pencil bottom edge of sheet: Le Triomphe mondain; 3 etat., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., and In pencil lower margin: Tiré à 100 ; A Besnard.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Rich people, Balls (Parties), Carriages & coaches, Horses, and Kissing
Title and place of publication from item., Date supplied by curator., Above image: Musée Grotesque. No.31., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
A handsome young man embrasses a pretty young woman wearing a fashionable hat as the stand in a grove of trees; he leans toward her, their checks touching. To the right, another pretty young woman peaks out from behind a tree and watches the pair with a distressed look on her face
Alternative Title:
Love and learning and Oxford scholar
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below title and above imprint statement, six lines of verse in two columns: Beauty invites and love & learning plead; The Oxford scholar surely must succeed, Yet Oh, ye blooming soft inclining fair, Of his too fatal eloquence beware; For see a slighted fair one is behind with jealous eye & most distracted mind.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1786, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Couples, Envy, Kissing, Students, and Young adults
"The King sits on a sofa with the fat Lady Conyngham on his knee, and one foot planted regally on a footstool; he flourishes a glass, spilling the contents; a broken bottle lies at his feet. Beside him (right) is a table with fruit and a decanter of 'Coniac'. She embraces him, kissing his cheek."--British Museum online catalogue, description of another version of the same design
Description:
Title etched below image., Another version, perhaps a copy, of a print by William Heath entitled "Georgy's delight, or, More cunning than cautious!!!" that was published 16 December 1820 by S. Hough. See no. 14018 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Four lines of verse beneath title: Georgy loves good ale and wine, And Georgy loves good brandy, And Georgy loves his C-n-g-m, As sweet as sugar candy., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Mounted to 40 x 28 cm on a piece of thick wove paper, the whole then mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted on leaf 10 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and Dated "1820" in black ink in lower right margin.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 and Conyngham, Elizabeth Conyngham, Marchioness, -1861
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Kissing, Sofas, Stools, Drinking vessels, Bottles, and Alcoholic beverages
"Bedroom scene. A young couple kiss while washing their feet in the same tub. A plump and smiling woman brings in a warming-pan and bowl of posset."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the top image and "The interior of the shop of an apothecary with a veterinary practice. A stout and agonized lady, whose horse looks through the door, raises her riding-habit to expose a bare posterior on which the kneeling apothecary is about to place a plaster; a jar of 'Diaculam' [sic] is beside him. The operation is watched by an assistant grinding his pestle in a mortar, by a woman, and by a cat seated on a stool. Coloured jars are in the window, canisters and druggist's china pots with spouts are ranged on shelves, with placards: 'Pills Rec tr drops &c' and 'Patent Horse Balls Ointment for the Itch'. A stuffed fish hangs from the roof."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the bottom image
Alternative Title:
Cure for a cold
Description:
Titles etched below images., Attribution to Thomas Rowlandson from the Princeton University Library online catalog., Two images on one plate, each titled below and dated "1802" in lower left., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of image and text. Description partially based on a more perfect impression of the 1812 reissue in the Princeton University Library, call no.: GA 2014.00335 D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi., For a copy of the top image, see no. 11690 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8. For a copy of the bottom image, see no. 9465 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 371., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Foot baths -- Sex behavior -- Coryza -- Pharmacies, interior -- Compounding of drugs., 1 print : etching, hand colored ; sheet 157 x 219 mm., Imperfect; top image only, with title and lower image trimmed away., and Mounted, with black ink border. Manuscript title "Love in a tub or a cure for a cold" added in pencil on mounting sheet.
"Bedroom scene. A young couple kiss while washing their feet in the same tub. A plump and smiling woman brings in a warming-pan and bowl of posset."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the top image and "The interior of the shop of an apothecary with a veterinary practice. A stout and agonized lady, whose horse looks through the door, raises her riding-habit to expose a bare posterior on which the kneeling apothecary is about to place a plaster; a jar of 'Diaculam' [sic] is beside him. The operation is watched by an assistant grinding his pestle in a mortar, by a woman, and by a cat seated on a stool. Coloured jars are in the window, canisters and druggist's china pots with spouts are ranged on shelves, with placards: 'Pills Rec tr drops &c' and 'Patent Horse Balls Ointment for the Itch'. A stuffed fish hangs from the roof."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the bottom image
Alternative Title:
Cure for a cold
Description:
Titles etched below images., Attribution to Thomas Rowlandson from the Princeton University Library online catalog., Two images on one plate, each titled below and dated "1802" in lower left., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of image and text. Description partially based on a more perfect impression of the 1812 reissue in the Princeton University Library, call no.: GA 2014.00335 D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi., For a copy of the top image, see no. 11690 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8. For a copy of the bottom image, see no. 9465 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 371., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Foot baths -- Sex behavior -- Coryza -- Pharmacies, interior -- Compounding of drugs., 1 print : etching, hand colored ; sheet 180 x 220 cm., and Imperfect; bottom image only, with upper image trimmed away.
Titles from six individually captioned images., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1823 -- May Day -- Prison cells -- Leg-irons -- Crockery shops., and Manuscript "108" in upper center of plate.
Publisher:
Published by W. Sams Royal Library 1 St. James's St.
