"Two men in a brothel, one sitting on the right uncorking a bottle, the other putting his arm around the shoulder of a prostitute, leering as she adjusts his cravat, urged by the Madam who rises from a sofa in front of a round table with punch-bowl and glasses, one hand on a paper; a screen behind to right, two oval landscapes, a cartouche and a picture of Venus among rocks on the wall behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 2010,7081.823., No. 55 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 R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Furnishings, Interiors, Paintings, Prostitutes, and Screens
"In a room, a group watching as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at right, the man and a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay; in the right foreground two young children build their own house on a small table; doors open onto garden in background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., One of a series of engravings after paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting i`n loss of imprint.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Children, Dogs, Drawing rooms, Furniture, Interiors, Playing cards, Screens, Tables, and Toys
In a room, a small group of women and children watch as a man sitting at a round table builds a house of cards, which tumbles down as a figure leans in at the right; a man standing in outdoor clothes behind looks at him with dismay. On a chair on the right a lapdog jumps on the woman standing between the two young boys; in the left foreground two little girls build their own house on a small table; doors open onto garden in background; after a painting by Hayman for Vauxhall Gardens
Description:
Publication date from Carington Bowles's entry in Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., and Numbered in upper right corner: V. 6.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic], and Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"Satire on the affair of Admiral Byng, showing his ghost appearing to Newcastle, Anson and Hardwicke who are seen through a transparent screen."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: One night to indulge their vile thoughts tete a tete ..., Temporary local subject terms: Furnishings -- Pictures amplifying subject: French rooster carrying off a map of Minorca -- Furniture., and Mounted to 30 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, and Hardwicke, Philip Yorke, Earl of, 1690-1764
Title from text below image., Printmaker from plate no. 1., Series title from plate no. 1., No. 2 from the Dighton's series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy., Plate is numbered "2" in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Corporals' uniforms -- Male costume, ca. 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
Subject (Name):
Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Crutches, Screens, Furniture, Tables, Chairs, Stools, Interiors, Military uniforms, British, Staffs (Sticks), and Smoking
A pretty, young servant girl serves an older couple tea on a tray. The man wears a monocle to eye the servant with pleasure as his wife looks on in horror. Behind them is a folding screen and on the wall a framed picture
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., and Caption continues: ... but should you be unfortunate to have a plump decent looking wench, you can annoy famously, by a few well directed remarks, such as, bless me Mary I wonder you do'nt go naked! &c.&c.
Publisher:
W. Follit, Publisher City Repository of Arts, 63 Fleet St. and Printed by W. Kohler
"An elderly invalid sits in an armchair, his gouty legs swathed, a shawl over his head, a pair of bands shows that he is a parson. He turns to his visitor, an elderly lady seated next him in a similar armchair, wearing a hooded cloak over her cap, and holding a muff. Both talk emphatically, their faces and gestures rendering the subject very expressively. An elderly footman (left) hands two glasses of wine on a salver. Beside the host is a circular table with a bowl; behind the armchairs is a folding screen. Two windows, an oval mirror, a chair and low circular table (left) complete the design. In the manner of a pen drawing."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Comfort & relief often found in relating one's complaints and Comfort and relief often found in relating one's complaints
Description:
Title etched below image., Text in bottom part of image: Comfort & relief often found in relating one's complaints., "Possibly etched by Rowlandson"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1932,0226.13., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For a probable earlier state, before the title "How d'ye do?" was etched in lower margin, see no. 7088 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20 Octr. 1786 by E. Jackson, Mary-le bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Visiting the sick, Muffs, Older people, Clergy, Sick persons, Visiting, Complaining, Servants, Interiors, Screens, and Mirrors
A well-dressed woman lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right hand and a riding crop in her left hand as she looks up at the viewer with a seductive smile. Her blouse is unbuttoned to expose her breasts. At her feet is a vase with flowers
Description:
Title engraved below image., Numbered '168' in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robert Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street as the Act directs
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
A well-dressed prostitute lounges on a sofa inside a tent in a military camp; behind her is a sword and a gorget. Behind the sofa is a screen with the same embroidered design; the ground is covered with an ornate rug. She holds a letter in her right hand and a riding crop in her left hand as she looks up at the viewer with a seductive smile. Her blouse is unbuttoned to expose her breasts. At her feet is a vase with flowers
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint. Imprint and dimensions supplied from impression in the British Museum online catalogue. See British Museum number 2010,7081.1306., Verse in two columns below image: "In the tent how engageing the charmer reclines, the stoutest of hero's to love she inclines; she's a trap, to catch captain's; you're lost & undone, if once you attack her, as sure as a gun.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 54 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., and Sheet 34.3 x 25.0 cm.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Prostitutes, Rugs, Screens, Sofas, and Tents
"Design in a circle. A man and wife seated at a circular breakfast-table. The man, who is obese and a gourmand, sits in profile to the right. holding a bowl with a spoon in it in one hand, a bill of fare in the other inscribed "Soup . . . Turbot. Duck . . Lamb". He is wearing spectacles and a large piece of food projects from his mouth. The cook (right) is showing his master a dead duck, which he holds up in his right hand; in his left, and partly supported by his knee, is a tray on which are two lobsters and a turbot. The lady, who is also fat, holds up her hands in horror at the cook, who, from his leanness, his profile, and his bag-wig, solitaire, and ruffled shirt, is evidently a Frenchman. He wears a white cap and an apron, a large knife is thrust under his belt. On the left a footman enters carrying in each hand a plate piled with muffins. Tea-things are on the table. Under the table a small dog, befouling the floor, is partly visible. Behind is a screen of several leaves, on the top of which is a bird, resembling a large dove."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Man of taste
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Breakfast menu -- Breakfast selections displayed -- Tea service -- Male costume: Morning, 1780 -- Female costume: Morning, 1780 -- Domestic service -- Black footman., and Mounted on page 55 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. the 10th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
