"On the left: An old sailor with a long pigtail, and wearing an old-fashioned blue coat with gold lace, points with a pointer at a large decoration by Thornhill. He leans against an iron railing, standing on raised stone flags. A corner of the decoration is shown, swirling allegorical figures, nude and partly draped. On the right: The lower left corner of a large heavily framed picture with a man in Roman draperies, and a woman in longer draperies. Two sightseers and a small boy gaze at the wall, the man yawning cavernously. Three lines of text in lower right corner of design: "Here is Prince George of Denmark, and in & the Prospective a View of St Pauls London, Sr James Thornhill in the Wig &&&'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
John Rosedale, mariner
Description:
In lower left corner of design: J.N. Esqr. 1807. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George,--Prince, consort of Anne, Queen of Great Britain,--1653-1708--Portraits., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Rosedale, John (Mariner), Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher., and Thornhill, James,--Sir,--1675-1734.
Subject (Topic):
Boys., Paintings., Sailors--Briish., and Sightseers.
"Satire on the gullibility of Englishmen travelling abroad; an Italian dealer at right showing a framed painting supposedly by Guido Reni representing Mary Magdalene to a young Englishman and his advisor at left; paintings attributed to old masters on the walls behind: Titian, Carracci, Rubens, Rosa, Parmigianino, Teniers."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Italian picture dealers humbugging My Lord Anglaise
Description:
Final two digits of year at end of printmaker's signature are obscured with crosshatching., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James St. Adelphi
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Art dealers--Italy--19th century., Dandies., Paintings., and Quizzing glasses.
In a well-furnished parlor, a woman (left) sits playing at a harpsichord as she turns to gaze with admiration at young military officer who looks at her with intimacy; an older officer to her left scowls at them, his hand in the breast of his vest. On the right another young woman leans her head in her hand, a bored, annoyed look on her face; her elbow is resting on a table on which sits her sewing basket; in her right hand she holds a scissors, her arm thrown back over the back of the upholstered chair. On the floor at her feet is a book "Tirumph of temper." A dog sits at her feet looking up at her. On the back well is a portrait of old woman. On the mantel is a sculpture of a roman chariot and horses.
Description:
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher.
