Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Fortepianos -- Fireplace screens -- Music sheets -- Allusion to adultery -- Windows.
Publisher:
Pub. 7 May 1785 by T. Smith, No. 6 Wardour Street, Soho
"An elderly parson embraces indecorously an elderly woman who stands beside the bed where her husband sleeps. A dog watches them. The scene is a poverty-stricken room with a raftered roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of a later state of the print. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 83., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: windows with diamond pattern -- Furniture: chairs -- Pets., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Marriage & married life., 1 print : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 29., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published Novemr. 25th, 1785, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"An elderly parson embraces indecorously an elderly woman who stands beside the bed where her husband sleeps. A dog watches them. The scene is a poverty-stricken room with a raftered roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from description of a later state of the print. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 83., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: windows with diamond pattern -- Furniture: chairs -- Pets., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex behavior -- Marriage & married life., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on a crowned shield.
Publisher:
Published Novemr. 25th, 1785, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
A companion print to British Museum satire no. 6878: The country justice. Inside a watch-house, a burly watchman stands (left) facing an elderly constable who sits frowning in his arm-chair. He holds out a broken lantern and points to a thin, fashionably dressed, and apparently drunken man who stands beside him with closed eyes, holding a large stick in his left hand. Next to the constable is a clerk writing at a desk with a slanted top. The room is lit by a lantern slung from the roof. A map on the wall apparently represents the roads of the parish and the beats of the watchmen. A fire burns in a grate (right).
Description:
Title engraved below image., Eight lines of verse below title: "Watchman. This wicked dog did lift his hand, First knocked me down, then bid me stand; The peaceful neighbours he awoke, And then the Knave my lanthorn broke, At which the Villain loud did Laugh, So down I knock'd him with my staff. "Constable: If so: you Justice did yourself, Therefore begone thou prating Elf.", Originally published July 10, 1785. Cf. British Museum catalogue no. 6879., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis on a shield with initials G R below.
Publisher:
Published Sepr. 8th by S.W. Fores at the Caracature [sic] Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Law enforcement, Police, Clerks, Dogs, Fireplaces, Inkstands, Lanterns, Rifles, Soldiers, British, Watchmen, and Writing materials
"The bride, holding a handkerchief to her eye, and the young husband (left), wearing regimentals, advance into a well-furnished room; a delighted liveried servant eagerly places a chair for her. By the fire-place (right) are the middle-aged parents; the mother has risen, the father turns in his chair with gesture and expression of reproachful welcome. Behind (left) in the doorway two maidservants register surprised delight. On the wall are two pictures: (?) the prodigal son among swine, and the prodigal's return. There is an ornate chimney-piece in the Adam manner."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Return from Scotland
Description:
Title from item., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Brides -- Bridegrooms -- Elopement -- Allusion to the parable of the prodigal son -- Furniture: mantel pieces -- Slipcovered chairs -- Military uniforms -- Military officers' uniforms -- Domestic service: footman's uniforms -- Maidservants -- Pictures amplifying the subject: prodigal son among the swines -- Pictures amplifying the subject: prodigal son leaving his home -- Knife boxes -- Plates -- Glass: liquor bottles -- Wine glasses, and Printmaker's name erased.
Publisher:
Printed & published December 17, 1785 by W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange
"Judges, lawyers, and others rush headlong from Westminster Hall. Three women are among the crowd, one of whom has fallen on her back. In the background is a Gothic doorway, on each side of which are two windows; through the upper left window appears a maidservant with a mop. Beneath the title is printed: 'Or, Courts of Law without a Covering, and Lawyers' Fears without Foundation; 'Causes without an Issue, and an Issue without a Cause'. This is followed by two quotations from Virgil, below which are verses printed in five columns"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Caption title from letterpress printed below image., Title followed by two quotations from Virgil., Plate mark cannot be determined., Plate is early state, before alterations., Five columns of verse below the title: God prosper long our noble King ... However strange, 'tis strictly true, That thus a simple Wench, Did - (what no other Power could do) - Drive Mansfield from the Bench!'., Publication statement etched in plate below image: Published as the act directs, 28th Aprl. 1785, by Woodman & Mutlow, No. 30 Russel Court, Covent Garden., and Temporary local subject terms: Westminster Hall: exterior court of the King's Bench -- Courts -- Panic -- Maidservants -- Literature: quotations from Virgil, 70-19 BC. -- Incidents: panic at the King's Bench, April 22, 1785 -- Legal costume -- Allusion to Charles Hughes, fl. 1785 -- Allusion to Philip Astley, 1742-1814.
Publisher:
Printed for Woodman & Mutlow, engravers and print-sellers, Russel Court, Covent-Garden, and A. Wells, Warwick-Place, Bedford Row
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 March 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 2, page 27. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text on reissued state, published by J. Harris on 1 March 1799; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 799.03.01.01., For a slightly earlier state, before the date following printmaker's name was changed from "Jany." to "March", see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 75 B87 770., A single design on three plates., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on page 27 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 3 prints forming 1 image : etching with drypoint on laid paper ; sheets 52 x 47 cm or smaller., and Sheet trimmed within plate marks.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[25 January 1785]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Pages 139, 141, 143. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
3
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from text on reissued state, published by J. Harris on 1 March 1799; see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 799.03.01.01., For a slightly later state, with the date following printmaker's name changed from "Jany." to "March", see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 785.03.25.01., A single design on three plates., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted on pages 139, 141, and 143 of: Bunbury album., and Individual plates of the design are mounted on separate pages, instead of being joined at their ends to create a single image.