"The interior of a well-furnished room with a carpeted floor. A young woman turns aside with a gesture of disgust from a young man of simian appearance who is grinning sheepishly. Her father stands behind her with outstretched arms, pleading desperately for her acceptance of the man. The suitor, holding his hat in both hands, turns away from the lady with an imbecile grin, but is being pushed towards her by a third man, probably his father. Through two sash-windows (left) appear houses and the steeple of a church. Between them is an oval mirror in a carved frame. A landscape hangs on the other wall (right) perhaps symbolically amplifying the subject; a waterfall flows over a large stand of rocks with a sole tree bending in the wind
Alternative Title:
Happiness sacrifised to riches
Description:
Title from text below image., Artist identified as Robert Dighton in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.1.136., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Numbered "516" in lower left corner., No. 27 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., and Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Children, Couples, Fathers, Interiors, Marriage, Mirrors, Parlors, and Rugs
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:
Title etched below image., The year of publication in lower right corner is etched over "1807.", In lower left corner of design: Rowlandson 1812. "1812" is etched over "1807.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14, 1812 by T Rowlandson, No. 1 James S[t]., Adelphi
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:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.7 x 33.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 8 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 14, 1807, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James S[t]., Adelphi
Werter clutches his head in anguish as he stands before Charlotte on a sofa supporting her head on one hand as she reaches out imploringly towards Werter. The pictures on the wall amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Last interview
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below publisher's line: At length with the firm determined voice of Virtue she cried Werter, and he was awed by it, tearing himself from her arms., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 29 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Marylebone Street Golden Square
A group of ladies sit in highback chairs around a circular table, drinking tea and gossiping. On the table in front of the lady on the right, lays a book open to pages which read "Chit-Chat"; her lap dog sits looking up at her eagerly while a demon hides under the table at her feet. The ladies sit in a well-appointed parlor decorated with a rug, an elaborate mirror, and curtains. Above the fireplace hangs a picture of a clergyman carrying a woman on his back to church. To the left Envy chases Truth and Justice out the open door. On the right two gentlemen peer into the room through an open window and listen to the ladies' conversation. The engraved lines below in verse berates women for their love of gossip and inability to follow the dictates of the ninth commandment, forbidding one to bear false witness against one's neighbor. To the left of the fireplace is a niche filled with cups, plates, and other tableware
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Publication date in British Museum catalogue: 1710?., Later state, published no earlier than 1740, i.e., the beginning date of John Bowles's business location at Cornhill. See London book trades, 1775-1800 / Ian Maxted, p. 26, Sixty-nine lines of verse engraved in three columns below image: How see we scandal (for our sex too base), seat its dread empire in the female race ..., Dated from the Westminster Paving Act of 1766., and Mounted to 33 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by Jno. Bowles, Print and Map Seller, at No. 13 in Cornhill, London
Subject (Name):
Woodward, John, 1665-1728.
Subject (Topic):
Devil, Eavesdropping, Envy, Ethics, Furnishings, Gossiping, Justice, Niches, Parlors, Pets, Tea parties, and Truth
Two fashionably dressed young women looking over a letter together sit at a table beside a window in a well-appointed room with an ornate rug on the floor and draperies hanging before the windows. The letter begins: "Dear Sir, When last I had the honor of ..." On the table are a pen, ink set, and several books
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer and J. Bennett, Map and Printseller, No. 53, Fleet Street, as the act directs
Three good-looking young women sit before a large fire, pulling up their petticoats to warm their legs. The woman on the left has an open book inscribed 'Matrimony - To have and to hold' and appears to be reading to the others. A cat plays with a mouse (right). The wall-paper and carpet and the striped backs of the three chairs complete the design
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Watermark (partial): Strasburg bend and lily, upper left corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd 2d July 1792 by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Marriage, Cats, Fireplaces, Floor coverings, Friendship, Interiors, Mice, Parlors, Reading, Wallpapers, and Women
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are raised, and he has flung back the bandanna which covered his face. The room suggests prosperity: carved marble chimney-piece surmounted by mirror or picture, carpet, hearth-rug, low-backed arm-chair of modern shape."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Companion print to: "Fast-asleep.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 28 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd November 1st, 1806, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"A 'cit', ugly and elderly, sits full face at right angles to the fire (right). He has been suddenly awakened by two squalling cats behind him (left) and registers surprise and terror, with staring eyes and gaping, distorted mouth. Both hands are raised, and he has flung back the bandanna which covered his face. The room suggests prosperity: carved marble chimney-piece surmounted by mirror or picture, carpet, hearth-rug, low-backed arm-chair of modern shape."--British Museum online catalogue description of Gillray print of 1806 after which this is a copy
Description:
Title etched below image., From: The Caricatures of Gillray, With Historical & Political Anecdotes. London: John Miller, 1818., and Original work created 1806.
Publisher:
Published by John Miller, Bridge Street, and W. Blackwood, Edinburgh
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Waking, Cats, Parlors, Fireplaces, and Clothing & dress
