Comforts of an Irish fishing lodge [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Comforts of an Irish fishing lodge [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
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Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, attributed name.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- [12 May 1812]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 12th, 1812, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Abstract
-
"Two men sit in a dilapidated room, the floor completely covered by water in which three pigs wade, ducks swim and dive, and geese run aggressively towards a dog. Their feet rest on boulders. One stout man in a broken chair sits with his elbows on a small round table, holding up a large watch, the hands showing that it is 9.40, and yawning deeply. On the table are a decanter containing a tiny 'blue devil', cf. British Museum Satires No. 8745, and a guttering candle stuck in a potato at which a rat is nibbling. Another rat runs up the table leg. The other man (right), with closed eyes, and hands on knees, sits on a stool, registering melancholy resignation. One pig (left) devours a 'Racing Calendar' which floats on the water. A fire of sticks burns smokily on a wide hearth; a large pot is overturning, the contents gushing over. Above the chimney-piece hangs a picture in a broken frame of a country house. There is one small casement window, half boarded up, the other half partly stuffed up with a pair of breeches. A ham and a hare hang from hooks in the ceiling. High up on the wall is a small shelf on which is broken china; a cat stands on it."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Possibly etched after a design by Bunbury; see British Museum catalogue.
1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 24.4 x 34 cm.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Mounted on page 24. - Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 82 819V
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Cats
Clocks & watches
Ducks
Dwellings
Fireplaces
Floods
Interiors
Rabbits
Rats
Swine - Subjects
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Cats
Clocks & watches
Ducks
Dwellings
Fireplaces
Floods
Interiors
Rabbits
Rats
Swine
England > 1812
England > London > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8165625
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819408