A preparatory sketch for an unpublished caricature illustrating a scene in a large Georgian kitchen. In front of the open hearth a bull is roasting on a spit as a large-bottomed man (Grenville) sits beside it basting the meat. The dish beneath it is inscribed 'Broad bottom dripping pan'. Other dishes around the room are labeled as are the pools of fat in the dripping pan; some legible notes include plum pudding and mock turtle
Description:
Title from dealer's description., Signed "J. Gillray" in lower right corner., Date from watermark: Ruse & Turner 1805., Two sheets of paper joined:, One of at least three drawings of similar composition executed by Gillray; other versions of the design are held by the New York Public Library and the Courtauld Institute of Art, London., Formerly mounted on a blue paper backing, now removed with residual spots of mounting paper., and This sketch is mentioned in Broadley and Rose's Napoleon in Caricature 1795-1821, published in 1911. In a footnote to page 280, volume I, it notes that 'amongst Gillray's unfinished sketches for caricatures in possession of the writer [presumably Broadley, a known collector] are two very similar drawings entitled the "Broad Bottom Dripping Pan".'
Subject (Name):
Grenville, William Wyndham Grenville, Baron, 1759-1834
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Bulls, Kitchens, Cookery, and Cooking utensils
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and supported by a young man, while a seated man wearing a tricorn smiles and points at her and an elderly woman stands with her arms folded under her apron, a dog at her heels; two posters pasted on the wall behind, shelves, bellows and other kitchen implements in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same design
Description:
Title from a copy published by Carington Bowles, July 17th, 1770., Unsigned; attributed to Francis Grose., and Date of production based on exhibition history; this drawing was exhibited at the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1767.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, and Dogs
A kitchen scene with three female domestics. One is bending over offering an excited dog some sustenance from a tilted bucket while a second looks on with a slight smile. A third servant sits laboring in front of the fireplace
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Signed with the artist's initials in black ink below image., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Dogs, Kitchens, Women domestics, Fireplaces, Animal feeding, and Pets
"A kitchen scene. A handsome young cook in her mistress's hat and gown, worn over her own cap and petticoat, with her breast bared, postures in the kitchen before a hanging mirror, holding out a fan. Three amused girls (a woman with two young girls) watch her from behind a door (right). On the floor is a broken dish with a fish on which a cat has pounced, and to the right a rolling pin, fork and spoon. A floured pudding is ready for cooking. On the shelves behind her are plates, platters and mugs; above the door, a small keg, wine bottle, and crocks. On the floor near the door are brooms and buckets
Description:
Title etched below image. and Watermark: Ruse & Turners 1806.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Brooms & brushes, Cats, Kitchens, Interiors, Mirrors, Role reversal, Tableware, and Women domestics
Title from item., Text from poster: This poster is dedicated to the citizens of Montreal, by His Worship the Mayor, the President and the members of the Executive Committee, and the members of the City Council. It is part of the campaign carried on by the Department of Health to spread the knowledge and practice of hygiene., Date derived from illustration style., All text given in English and French., At bottom center is the seal of the city of Montréal., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Young cub attended by the clerks of the Admiralty at Arthurs
Description:
Title from text below image., Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Illustration to a letter describing Charles James Fox's gambling proclivities while in the post of the Lord of the Admiralty., Plate from: The Oxford magazine, or, Universal museum ... London : Printed for the authors, v. 8, p. 28., and Temporary local subject terms: Clubs: Arthur's -- Domestic service: scullion boy -- Reference to the Lord of Admiralty -- Admiralty clerks -- Reference to Hoyle.
Volume 2, page 92. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Kitchen scene with a woman standing over a table at left with knife in hand, displaying a diamond in her palm to a man and young boy, a figure at right seen from behind leaving the room, above a bird-cage hangs; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image, enclosed within parentheses., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 92 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Pub'd April 10th, 1795, by W. Dickinson, No. 53 next York House, Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Kitchens, Tables, Knives, Fish, Diamonds, Fireplaces, Birdcages, and Boys
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in the kitchen of a large London house, area railings being just visible through a high barred window (left). A grossly fat doctor, his cane under his arm, grasps with both hands the hand of a French chef (left), who says: "Ah Mister Docteur! how you do Sare! you see I make de friqasee de ragoo, and de Kickshaw!!!" The doctor: "Yes my good friend I see you are hard at it, and I never can quit the house of my rich patients without shaking hands with the cook. I owe you much, for you confer great favours on me, your skill in kickshaws and the ingenious art of poisoning enables us medical Men to ride in our carriages, without your assistance we should all go on foot and be stared [sic]!!-" A fat cook (right) with a rolling-pin says to a kitchen-maid who holds a spitted sucking-pig: "I say Bet let's kick him for a fee." There is a wide fireplace with a large pot on the flames, and a huge joint of beef on a spit protected by a screen. Beside this is a flat-topped brick stove, with two fireplaces (left), on which pots are cooking. The floor is flagged."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of quoted text following title: "Some mans wit "found th'art of cook'ry to delight his sense ..., Plate numbered "349" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; plate mark 245 x 345 mm.
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in the kitchen of a large London house, area railings being just visible through a high barred window (left). A grossly fat doctor, his cane under his arm, grasps with both hands the hand of a French chef (left), who says: "Ah Mister Docteur! how you do Sare! you see I make de friqasee de ragoo, and de Kickshaw!!!" The doctor: "Yes my good friend I see you are hard at it, and I never can quit the house of my rich patients without shaking hands with the cook. I owe you much, for you confer great favours on me, your skill in kickshaws and the ingenious art of poisoning enables us medical Men to ride in our carriages, without your assistance we should all go on foot and be stared [sic]!!-" A fat cook (right) with a rolling-pin says to a kitchen-maid who holds a spitted sucking-pig: "I say Bet let's kick him for a fee." There is a wide fireplace with a large pot on the flames, and a huge joint of beef on a spit protected by a screen. Beside this is a flat-topped brick stove, with two fireplaces (left), on which pots are cooking. The floor is flagged."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of quoted text following title: "Some mans wit "found th'art of cook'ry to delight his sense ..., Plate numbered "349" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 60 in volume 5.
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in the kitchen of a large London house, area railings being just visible through a high barred window (left). A grossly fat doctor, his cane under his arm, grasps with both hands the hand of a French chef (left), who says: "Ah Mister Docteur! how you do Sare! you see I make de friqasee de ragoo, and de Kickshaw!!!" The doctor: "Yes my good friend I see you are hard at it, and I never can quit the house of my rich patients without shaking hands with the cook. I owe you much, for you confer great favours on me, your skill in kickshaws and the ingenious art of poisoning enables us medical Men to ride in our carriages, without your assistance we should all go on foot and be stared [sic]!!-" A fat cook (right) with a rolling-pin says to a kitchen-maid who holds a spitted sucking-pig: "I say Bet let's kick him for a fee." There is a wide fireplace with a large pot on the flames, and a huge joint of beef on a spit protected by a screen. Beside this is a flat-topped brick stove, with two fireplaces (left), on which pots are cooking. The floor is flagged."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of quoted text following title: "Some mans wit "found th'art of cook'ry to delight his sense ..., Plate numbered "349" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: 1818.
