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1. Nap and his friends in their glory [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1808 October 1
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "The friends of 'Nap' are Death, a skeleton, the Devil, a monster with webbed wings and barbed tail, and Joseph Bonaparte. They sit drinking at an oblong table, Death at the head (right), facing Joseph, and with Napoleon on his right, the Devil on his left seated on a stool. Napoleon stands in profile to the left, giving a toast, "Come Gentlemen - here is Success to Plunder and Massacre." Death and the Devil prepare to drink, but Joseph sits glumly, his elbows on the table, supporting his chin on his fists. On the table are decanters, one labelled 'Champagne'. Behind Napoleon's head hangs a 'View of Malmaison' with tiny foreground figures: the Devil and Napoleon clasping hands."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Four columns of verse etched below title; the leftmost column has the heading "I. Nap" and begins: These Spaniards are terrible rogues, they will not submit to my fetters ..., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- R. Ackermann, no. 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Joseph Bonaparte,--King of Spain,--1768-1844--Caricatures and cartoons., and Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Subject (Topic):
- Devil. and Skeletons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Nap and his friends in their glory [graphic].
2. Roderick's examination at Surgeons Hall [graphic] / Collings delin. ; Stadler sculpt.
- Creator:
- Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- An illustration to Smollett's Adventures of Roderick Random: Inside Surgeons Hall, the scene showing doctors around a table on which lies a skull. On the walls, placards wtih describing fees and another "Corporation of Surgeons"; on the left hands a skeleton.
- Alternative Title:
- Hogarthian novelist ; plate 3
- Description:
- Lower right corner: Vide Roderick Random, Vol. I, Chap. XVII., 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):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Collings, Samuel, artist., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Smollett, T.--(Tobias),--1721-1771.--Adventures of Roderick Random--Illustrations.
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers., Medical education., Physicians. , Signs (Notices), Skeletons., and Skulls.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Roderick's examination at Surgeons Hall [graphic] / Collings delin. ; Stadler sculpt.
3. The anatomist [graphic] / Rowlandson del.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1811 March 18
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "An aged surgeon leans over a bag of instruments on a table (right), selecting a knife; he wears an old-fashioned wig, hat, coat, &c. A pretty girl seizes him by the arm; she shouts at him, pointing behind her to his subject, a young man lying on a trestle-table, fully dressed and apparently in perfect health, who has just wakened, horrified. In an open cupboard stands a skeleton (left). On the wall is a notice: 'A Course of Anatomical Lectures accompanied with Dissections will be delivered tommorrow Even[ing] by Professer Sawbone.' [An early use of the word 'Sawbone'. Partridge gives the date as from c. 1835, citing Sam Weller in 'Pickwick' (1837).] Two lighted candles stand on the table. On the lintel of the door is a bust of (?) Hippocrates frowning down at the scene."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- "Price one shilling.", Plate numbered "60" in upper right corner., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
- Subject (Topic):
- Candlesticks. , Eyeglasses. , Medical instruments., and Skeletons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The anatomist [graphic] / Rowlandson del.
