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10. The damnation of Obadiah [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [30 January 1773]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 773.01.30.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dr. Slop, short and fat, seated in an arm-chair (centre) holding in his left hand the book containing the form of excommunication, points with his right at Obadiah who is disappearing (left), one leg and his back alone being visible. A handkerchief hangs over the doctor's cut right thumb. Behind him on the left stands Mr. Shandy, in dressing-gown and night-cap, smoking a long pipe, he is frowning and holds out his left hand in protest at the doctor's curses. Uncle Toby, his crutch under his left arm, stands on the right. pointing with his left hand at a map of Flanders which hangs on the wall over Dr. Slop's head. He turns to speak to Corporal Trim, who stands (right) at attention in profile to the left holding a long broom."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Text below title: Vide Tris. Shandy, vol. 2d., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of prose below image, two on either side of title: "May all the angels & archangels, principalities and powers, & all the heavenly armies curse & damn him ...", One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., Temporary local subject terms: Maps: Flanders -- Male costume: Dressing gown and night cap -- Male headdress: Pig-tail -- Furniture: Ladder-back chairs -- Household utensils -- Dr. Slop., and Watermark: L.V.G.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 30th Jany. 1773, by J. Bretherton, No. 134 New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Military uniforms, British, Physicians, Servants, Maps, Chairs, and Brooms & brushes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The damnation of Obadiah [graphic]
11. The damnation of Obadiah [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- May 23, 1799.
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 799.05.23.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Dr. Slop, short and fat, seated in an arm-chair (centre) holding in his left hand the book containing the form of excommunication, points with his right at Obadiah who is disappearing (left), one leg and his back alone being visible. A handkerchief hangs over the doctor's cut right thumb. Behind him on the left stands Mr. Shandy, in dressing-gown and night-cap, smoking a long pipe, he is frowning and holds out his left hand in protest at the doctor's curses. Uncle Toby, his crutch under his left arm, stands on the right. pointing with his left hand at a map of Flanders which hangs on the wall over Dr. Slop's head. He turns to speak to Corporal Trim, who stands (right) at attention in profile to the left holding a long broom."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description:
- Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 30 Jan. 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. no. 5214 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Text below title: Vide Tris. Shandy, vol. 2d., Four lines of prose below image, two on either side of title: "May all the angels & archangels, principalities and powers, & all the heavenly armies curse & damn him ...", One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., Temporary local subject terms: Maps: Flanders -- Male costume: Dressing gown and night cap -- Man-servant -- Male headdress: Pig-tail -- Furniture: Ladder-back chairs -- Household utensils -- Medical -- Dr. Slop., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, Physicians, Servants, Maps, Chairs, and Brooms & brushes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The damnation of Obadiah [graphic]
12. The progress of heroism! [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 April 1796]
- Call Number:
- 796.04.09.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of eight pairs of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each pair., Plate numbered in upper right corner: Vol. 2, pl. 6., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Colonel uniforms -- Corporal uniforms., and Watermark: R & T 1808.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 9th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Military uniforms, British, Soldiers, and Physicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The progress of heroism! [graphic]
13. Two macaroni doctors [graphic]
- Creator:
- Johnson, John, -1797, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [18 June 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.06.18.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two physicians standing in an unfurnished room examine contents of a urinal that one of them is holding up for inspection in one hand while raising a large pocket watch in the other hand. Both wear fashionable bag wigs. Behind them on the wall hang two old-fashioned doctors' wigs. Propped up next to each wig is a gold-headed cane
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark, mostly trimmed., and A list of names of possible subjects has been added in later hand on verso. It includes Matthew Maty, Oliver Goldsmith, William Hunter and John Fothergill, among a few other, illegible names.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd as the act directs, 18 June 1772, by T. Jeffrys, Charing Cross
- Subject (Topic):
- Dandies and Physicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Two macaroni doctors [graphic]
14. [Dr. Dawdle in a hurry] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1st March 1782.
- Call Number:
- 782.03.01.02.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An elderly doctor wearing a wig rides a wretched-looking horse. The rider looks fierce; pulling on the reins, he looks ready to use his whip to slash the sorry horse
- Alternative Title:
- Doctor Dawdle in a hurry
- Description:
- Title from later state., Title written in pencil beneath image., Early state, before title engraved below image. For the later state bearing title, see no. 6142 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 7., Printed on a single sheet with: Symptoms of running away / Js. Bretherton f. Dated January 9, 1782., Collector's stamp: letter 'E' in lower left corner, on verso., and Watermark: countermark I V.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Physicians, Horseback riding, and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Dr. Dawdle in a hurry] [graphic]