"Three Frenchmen stand crouching in a shallow pond trying to catch the frogs which swim wildly. They are unsuitably dressed for their occupation. Two wear swords, one with 'chapeau bras', and a long pigtail queue, the other two have bag-wigs. A woman wearing short petticoats, frilled cap, and a cross suspended from her neck, stands on the bank holding a sunshade and four frogs strung on a stick. Behind are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in descriptions of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Later state of a print originally published with the imprint "Pubd. Jany. 10, 1790, by I. Rowlandson, No. 50 Poland Street." See No. 7768 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 269-270.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Lakes & ponds, Frogs, and Hunting
A short and obese Demosthenes (Charles Fox) with a worried expression on his face, appears to be delivering a pledge. He stands between tall and thin figures of Themistocles (Admiral Hood) on the left and Judas Iscariot (Sir Cecil Wray) on the right, who watch him with a condescending smile
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Reissue for the History of the Westminster election, 1784. See British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd April 8th, 1784 by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
"Two Jewish clothesmen outside a respectable mansion at right, buying clothes from an unimpressed housemaid standing in the doorway with a bundle under her arm and a clothes-pail on the step, one man standing with one foot on the doorstep and one on the street, holding up a pair of breeches, the other putting his hand through a hole in the seat; behind at left, a milkman settling his account with a housemaid in another doorway, two maids leaning out of windows on the first floor above and conversing."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from lettered state., Printmaker signature "Rowlandson fect." etched in lower left corner of design; additional signature "PM: A:Ja. [?] fct. [or fet.]" very faintly lettered in aquatint on doorstep in lower right portion of image., Artist attribution to Henry Wigstead from Nicholas J.S. Knowles., Perhaps an early state (lacking title) of a plate first published by S.W. Fores in 1791, and then republished by him on 16 December 1794; see Grego. See also British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.647., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
S.W. Fores
Subject (Topic):
Jews, Peddlers, Clothing & dress, Women domestics, Pails, and Milkmen
