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1. Ducking a scold [graphic] / Rowlandson inv. 1812.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, artist, publisher.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A angry old hag sitting in a chair is lowered into a body of water by jeering crowd. A little boy on the right urinates in her direction. A cat in a bowl floating in the water howls in her direction. A calf sits between the large man blowing a trumput. Various people in the crowd show their merriment by dancing, hitting a pot with a hammer, blowing a horn, and drinking gin.
- Description:
- "Inv. 1812" in statement of responsibility scored through but visible., Earllier state published in 1803., 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):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, publisher, artist.
- Subject (Topic):
- Anger., Cats., Crowds., Trumpets., and Urination.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Ducking a scold [graphic] / Rowlandson inv. 1812.
2. Sawney in the bog-house [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1779 June 4
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A satire on the Scots; an imitation but not a copy of the satire with the same title, BMSat 2678, c. 1745, repeated in 1762, see BMSat 3988, which according to Angelo was by George Bickham. A Scot in Highland dress and wearing a feathered cap is seated in a latrine, his legs thrust down two holes in the board. He grasps in his left hand a rolled document inscribed "Act for [esta]blishing Popery". Behind him a stone wall is indicated on which is etched (left) a thistle growing out of a reversed crown, inscribed "Nemo me impune lacessit". On the right. and over Sawney's head is engraved: "'Tis a bra' bonny seat, o' my saul, Sawney cries, I never beheld sic before with me Eyes, Such a place in aw' Scotland I never could meet, For the High and the Low ease themselves in the Street.""--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Attributed to Gillray. See British Museum online catalogue. and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Mrs. Holt, No. 111 Oxford Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Caricatures., Ethnic stereotypes., Privies. , and Urination.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Sawney in the bog-house [graphic].
