"A domestic scene; a grotesque elderly woman sits at her toilette, pointing to a mirror on which a mobcap hangs, and looking upwards as a wig decorated with ribbons and a feather is about to be placed on her head by a young maid standing at right, who is momentarily distracted by the embraces of a footman; at left, an elderly man standing and looking inside a cupboard full of shelves of pottery; a cat and dog in front of a fire at left, a dog on a chair opposite the old woman."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Couple of antiques and My aunt and my uncle
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):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
A man lies on his back in bed, his face set in grim resignation, as his wife leans over him lecturing him, "Yes you base man --you dont you eat drink and sleep comfortably at home and still you must be jaunting abroad every nigth. I'll find out your intrigues-- you may depend upon it." A small dog sits at the foot of the bed yelping at the couple while a larger dog sleeps on the floor, his eyes squeezed shut.
Alternative Title:
Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 8
Description:
Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16., Earlier state, with date in publication line. Cf. No. 9627 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Series title and number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
An angry wife confronts her astonished husband with a letter from his paramour in which she suggests a rendezvous in the garden after the wife has gone to bed.
Alternative Title:
Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 3
Description:
Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Series title and number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Adultery., Marriage., Spouses. , and Spouses--Caricatures and cartoons.
Heideloff, Nicolaus Innocentius Wilhelm Clemens von, 1761-1837, printmaker.
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Falstaff is carried to bed by three men and a woman. To the left his bride arranges her cap in the mirror on a bureau. To the right a maid holds a candlestick and in her other hand a bed warmer. The large bed is covered in bed curtains; the room is decorated with two chairs and two mirrors.
Description:
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. and Title etched below image.
A fat elderly citizen, solidly seated, is beset by two pretty young women who offer him fruit. His wife (left) says "You must have some apricots my love." The woman on his right adds, "Just taste these grapes brother in law you never eat finer." He shouts up with angry suspicion to the latter, "Won't eat anything more I tell you. I shall be choaked. Got an eye to the estate I suppose."
Alternative Title:
Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 5
Description:
Earlier state of print described in Grego, v. 2, page 15., Earlier state, with dated imprint, of no. 9624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Series title and number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Fruit., Marriage., Obesity. , Spouses. , and Spouses--Caricatures and cartoons.
A sour looking wife, her face covered in carbuncles, chastises her abject-looking husband for keeping her waiting. The wife sits before a clock which reads 8:30. Behind her chair is hidden a wine glass and a wine bottle labelled "Nants". She says: "Here have I been sitting up for you these four hours without anything to comfort me Mr. Fillpot. I will not suffer it." He responds: "Don't be angry, you beauty! I have only been drinking your health with Squir Guzzle 'pon honor."
Alternative Title:
Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 2
Description:
Earlier state of print described in Grego, v. 2, page 14., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Series title and series number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Intoxication. , Longcase clocks., Spouses. , and Spouses--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Inscription in the upper right. corner: 'A Serio Comic Scene that befel the Grocers Wife at Norwich Or Mrs Figgs bottom exposed owing to the bottom of Mr Figgs Whiskey breaking through.' The two-wheeled gig has stopped at the door of an old-fashioned grocer's shop. A plump woman stands on the ground behind the shafts, naked between waist and stockings, the hole in the floor of the gig having scraped up her petticoats. A scene of violent action: one man holds the head of the restive horse. Men (l.) rush to look at the unfortunate woman who screams with upraised arms, as does her husband who stands with his back to his shop. A woman furiously clutches the hair of a too-eager spectator (r.); a barking dog leaps towards Mrs. Figg. Over the shop-door hangs a conical sign: 'Old Sugar loaf.' A board over the door is inscribed 'Grocery Sweetmeats Hams Tongues Starch Plumbs Figs Vermicelli Tripe Barley Pickles Mustard Soap Hogs Puddings &c Sold here by Peter Figg.' In a bow window are many jars, &c, two inscribed 'Mustard' and 'Virgin Honey'. Above it are two large pot-plants. An agitated woman screams from a casement window over the door. On the house is a placard: 'Cattle Life Insurance Cow Lane Smithfield.'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through
Description:
Printmaker and date from Grego. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Accidents. , Carriages & coaches., City & town life., Dogs., Grocers., Spectators., Spouses. , Stores & shops., and Window displays.
"A gouty 'cit' (right), using an ear-trumpet, sits in an arm-chair facing a delinquent in Highland dress, who bows low. One swathed leg rests on a stool, on the other foot is a slashed shoe. At his right hand is a table with writing-materials; on the other side of this sits a bedizened wife, holding a fan against her hideous profile. Behind the Scot stands a fat constable holding a long staff. The Scot: "I own your Worship-- I was a little inebriated but your Worship knaws "Nemo Mortatium [sic]-- Omnibus / "Hooris Saupit [horis sapit]!!" The Justice: "What's that you say fellow about Whores in a Saw Pit--a very improper place to go with such company--I wonder you are not ashamed to mention such a thing and before my Wife too!!--but however as it is your first offence I will discharge you this time--but never come here with such a story again!!"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.
Alternative Title:
Magistrates mistake
Description:
"Price one shilling coloud.", Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 236., For a reissue with date burnished from end of imprint statement and plate number changed, see no. 11971 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "33" in upper left., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals., Ethnic stereotypes., Gout,--depicted, Judges. , and Spouses.
"A gouty 'cit' (right), using an ear-trumpet, sits in an arm-chair facing a delinquent in Highland dress, who bows low. One swathed leg rests on a stool, on the other foot is a slashed shoe. At his right hand is a table with writing-materials; on the other side of this sits a bedizened wife, holding a fan against her hideous profile. Behind the Scot stands a fat constable holding a long staff. The Scot: "I own your Worship-- I was a little inebriated but your Worship knaws "Nemo Mortatium [sic]-- Omnibus / "Hooris Saupit [horis sapit]!!" The Justice: "What's that you say fellow about Whores in a Saw Pit--a very improper place to go with such company--I wonder you are not ashamed to mention such a thing and before my Wife too!!--but however as it is your first offence I will discharge you this time--but never come here with such a story again!!"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Magistrates mistake
Description:
"Price one shilling coloud.", Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Plate numbered "150" in upper left corner., Reissue, with date burnished from end of imprint statement and plate number changed. For an earlier state numbered "33" in upper left and with the date "15th Decr. 1807" at end imprint, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Criminals., Ethnic stereotypes., Gout,--depicted, Judges. , and Spouses.
"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles), grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold tripe & cold potatoes - you may smell soap suds a mile! Ah Jack - Jack you dont know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor!" Behind (left), two women stand at a wash-tub"--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 7
Description:
Earlier state of the print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16., Earlier state with date in imprint. Cf. No. 9626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Series title and number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
