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1. A convenience [graphic].
- Creator:
- Kingsbury, Henry, 1775-1804, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [6 March 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.03.06.02
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A lady stands in profile to the left removing her gloves; her head is turned to the spectator. Against the wall of the room, which appears from the carpet and an oval mirror in a carved frame to be a drawing-room, stands a commode, which if the lid were closed would resemble an ordinary chair. She wears the projections at bust and waist which were the subjects of caricature c. 1786-7 (cf. BMSats 6874, 7099, &c). Her hat, poised sideways, has a steeple crown."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Suggested attribution to Kingsbury in the British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- Pub'd March 6 1788, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Hats, and Washstands
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A convenience [graphic].
2. Nehemiah's disaster. A tale [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 April 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.04.09.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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
- Subject (Topic):
- Bedrooms, Cats, Crying, Draperies, Infants, Interiors, Mothers, Spouses, Tea tables (Tables), and Washstands
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Nehemiah's disaster. A tale [graphic].
3. The broken commode [graphic].
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, attributed name
- Published / Created:
- Sepr. 6, 1802.
- Call Number:
- 802.09.06.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A large woman, her dress thrown up revealing her legs and part of her bottom, crashes to the floor, having broken her commode The contents of the commode spills out much to the anger of a lap dog and the terror of a cat who flees by climbing a curtain. To the left, another older woman, probably the maid, with a look of alarm, rushes towards the falling woman
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Possibly by Isaac Cruikshank, who produced (often anonymously) many of Williamson's prints around this time. See British Museum catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
- Publisher:
- Published by T. Williamson, No. 20 Strand, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Washstands, Falling, Dogs, Cats, Draperies, Women domestics, and Obesity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The broken commode [graphic].
4. The nursery with Britannia reposing in peace / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.12.04.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Britannia, massive, but childlike, sleeps in a large wicker cradle, rocked by Addington, dressed as an elderly woman, who is seated on a low stool (right). Hawkesbury, a thin and spinsterish nursemaid, (left) approaches the foot of the cradle holding out an ornate child's commode, inscribed 'French C . . k . . g Chair'. Behind the cradle appear the head and shoulders of Fox, looking furtively towards Britannia and Addington, while he hangs out napkins to dry on a cord stretched across the fireplace; one is 'French Cambrick'. Britannia sleeps with her thumb in her mouth, her right arm across the coverlet, holding her shield and spear; her uncovered shoulder shows that she is wearing a Roman corslet. The head of the cradle is inscribed: 'Requiescat in Pace'." On the ground is a casserole of 'French Pap'; on the plain chimney-piece are a bottle labelled 'Composing Draught' and a box of 'Opiate Pills'. Above it is a print of 'Buonaparte' playing a fiddle and capering ecstatically. On the wall (left) are a broadside: 'Rule Britannia . . . Britons never will be - ['slaves' torn off] and (right) a birch-rod tied with tricolour ribbon. Addington, Hawkesbury, and Fox all wear their hair in their accustomed manner with the addition of tricolour ribbons. The first two look anxious, Fox registers calculating satisfaction."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from caption etched below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered 'XXI' in upper right corner., Plate from: London und Paris, vol. x, 1802 [1803]., and Part of watermark: [...] & Zonen.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sidmouth, Henry Addington, Viscount, 1757-1844, Liverpool, Robert Banks Jenkinson, Earl of, 1770-1828, and Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
- Subject (Topic):
- Cradles, Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), and Washstands
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The nursery with Britannia reposing in peace / [graphic]
