Refreshment at St. James's [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Refreshment at St. James's [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Refreshment at Saint James's
- Creator
- Stubbs, George Townly, -1815?, printmaker
- Contributor
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Ansell, Charles, 1752- artist.
Stubbs, George Townly, -1815?, publisher. - Published / Created
- [approximately June 1789]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- G.T. Stubbs
- Abstract
-
Elegant and affluent customers enjoy ices in a grand room in London's fashionable St. James's. The female server behind the counter is elegantly dressed and looks with ease out of the window. A finely dressed gentleman leans against the counter at right, spooning ice cream into his mouth from a glass he holds in his left hand; his hat, gloves, and stick are carefully arranged on a chair next him. Two women are seated at the left side of the counter, one holding an ice cream glass and spoon. A classical fireplace on the right has additional glasses arranged upon it. A great craze in 18th-century Britain, amongst the wealthy, was ice cream. Establishments such as The Pineapple on Berkeley Square (close by St James’s), owned by Domenico Negri, offered "All Sorts of Ice, Fruits & Creams" (see the elaborate trade card in the British Museum). This print was intended as a companion piece to "Refreshment at St. Giles's" which, in contrast, shows two women and a man being served gin by a female proprietor from a makeshift and run-down bar
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Probably a later state, with remnants of a burnished imprint statement visible beneath title. Publication information inferred from imprint "London, Publish'd June 1st, 1789, by G.T. Stubbs, No. 2 Compton Street, Soho" present on companion print; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0315.6.36.
Companion print to: Refreshment at St. Giles's.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. - Provenance
- Maggs Bros.; September 2023.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 22.7 x 26 cm, on sheet 25.8 x 28 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 789.06.00.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1789
Etchings England London 1789
Stipple engravings England London 1789 - Material
- etching and stipple engraving ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Interiors
Ice cream & ices
Eating & drinking
Fireplaces - Subjects
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Interiors
Ice cream & ices
Eating & drinking
Fireplaces
England > 1789
England > London > 1789
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 16792862
- Object ID (OID)
- 33111839