"An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-hot poker falling from the grate (left). She, a stiff military officer, and a young woman sit at a round tea-table. The man sits paralysed, alarmed and helpless, spilling his tea; the girl has added to the calamity by knocking over the tea-table so that urn and tea-pot spill their scalding contents, and crockery slides towards the floor. A loutish footman enters (right) but has stopped dead, dropping a dish of muffins. A frightened cat scampers from the hearth-rug. Over the chimney-piece is a picture of Vesuvius in eruption. The woman is a monstrous creature with bare arms and elaborately dressed hair (or wig), a patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Text following title: Dedicated to the serious attention of the fashionable ladies of Great Britain.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feby. 15th, 1802, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Clothing & dress, Parlors, Tea, and Tea tables (Tables)
"An enormously fat lady flings up arms, legs, and tea-cup in terror, as her flimsy gown catches fire from a red-hot poker falling from the grate (left). She, a stiff military officer, and a young woman sit at a round tea-table. The man sits paralysed, alarmed and helpless, spilling his tea; the girl has added to the calamity by knocking over the tea-table so that urn and tea-pot spill their scalding contents, and crockery slides towards the floor. A loutish footman enters (right) but has stopped dead, dropping a dish of muffins. A frightened cat scampers from the hearth-rug. Over the chimney-piece is a picture of Vesuvius in eruption. The woman is a monstrous creature with bare arms and elaborately dressed hair (or wig), a patterned carpet completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Text following title: Dedicated to the serious attention of the fashionable ladies of Great Britain. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Cats., Clothing & dress--England--1800-1810., Parlors., Tea tables (Tables), and Tea.
"A lady, stout and plain, her knees awkwardly apart, sits behind a small round tea-table filling a cup from a large urn. Seven other ladies sit on her right and left, in a semicircle, on upright chairs, in silent boredom. A child sits by its ugly middle-aged mother on the extreme right. A black servant in livery hands a tray on which are cups, cream-jug, and small (?) rolls. The room is bare except for table, chairs, and a narrow curtained window."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Print attributed to Alphonse Roehn in the British Museum catalogue., Date from British Museum online catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on lower edge.
Publisher:
Chez Martinet, Libraire, Rue de Coq St. Honoré
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Children, Eating & drinking, Servants, Tea services, Tea tables (Tables), and Women
published as the act directs [...?] [ca. May 1781]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 113. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in profile to the right (left), elegantly dressed, lounges beside a lady on a settee. He holds a coffee-cup. She sits before a round table on which is a coffee-pot, &c, on a tray. Her dress is of quasi-military cut and she wears a large feathered hat; they look towards each other. On the wall (left) is a framed picture of a camp scene. Through the large sash-window (right) are trees and (?) tents."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Year of publication from British Museum catalogue; dated to ca. May of 1781 by curator, based on series number., Description based on imperfect impression; date at end of imprint statement has been erased from sheet., Plate numbered "439" in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Militia camps: ?Coxheath -- Furniture -- Female costume: Feathered hats -- Military dress (quasi) -- Male costume, 1781 -- Tea services., Folded to 30.5 x 26 cm., Numbered "48" in brown ink on verso., and Bound in opposite page 113 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Sofas, Coffeepots, Tea tables (Tables), Hats, Feathers, Windows, People associated with military activities, and Military camps
"A woman sits up in bed, holding up a crying infant. Her lank husband stands stiffly beside her holding an infant's commode and lighted taper. Beneath, the incident is related in biblical language: 'And behold about the ninth hour Tabitha the Wife of my Bosom awoke, . . . [&c, &c.]'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '229' in lower left corner., Four lines of text below title: And behold about the ninth hour Tabitha, the wife of my bosom, awoke and said unto me, Arise Nathaniel speedily ..., and From the Laurie and Whittle series of drolls.
Publisher:
Published 9th April 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Two ladies and two gentlemen play at cards in a richly furnished room while another lady and a gentleman look on. In the background on the left a serving maid prepares tea with the help of a black boy in livery
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Publisher inferred from another print in the series: The king and miller of Mansfied., One of a series of engravings made from the paintings by Francis Hayman for the ballroom at Vauxhall Gardens in 1743., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: card table -- Furnishing: carpet -- Domestic service: serving maid -- Black child -- Card playing: quadrille -- Reference to Vauxhall Gardens.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Card games, Tea tables (Tables), Floor coverings, Tea services, Servants, and Women domestics
A satire: the wife, sitting on the sofa on the right, has kicked over the table, scattering the coffee cups and has thrown something at her husband (?) who holds up his hand to protect himself as a little dog jumps on his leg and grabs the ribbon on his sword in its teeth
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication burnished from plate., and Numbered "352".
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Dogs, Domestic life, Marriage, and Tea tables (Tables)
A courtesan sits in a small armchair beside a small round tea-table, holding a cup in an affected manner. Behind her, on the chair, is a cat. A negro foot-boy in livery stands behind the table holding the tap of an urn which is filling the tea-pot. Both look towards the spectator with heads tilted to the left. A picture, freely sketched but apparently pornographic, hangs on the wall. From the ceiling hangs a cage containing a parrot. On the floor is an elegant rug with a scrolled design. See British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; from a farce by John Scawen., Below image: Gentlemens design executed gratis., and Attributed to Kingsbury in British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub'd Jany. 18, 1787, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Black people, Birdcages, Cats, Chairs, Floor coverings, Parrots, Servants, Tea tables (Tables), and Teapots
Satire: a young couple seated together on a sofa as they drink coffee, a plate beside her on a table. The husband on the right has his arm around his bride as they look at each other fondly
Alternative Title:
Honeymoon
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London