"A fat man (left) seated in an arm-chair, his swathed left leg supported on a stool, his crutches and an open 'Treatise on Gout' beside him. A meretricious-looking young woman bends over him, putting her right hand on his right shoulder and holding his left hand. A young woman of disreputable appearance pours out wine for him. A footman in livery (right) is about to put a large tureen on a dinner-table (right). A fat man is seen through an open door. A dog and cat lie together in the foreground. Behind the man's chair are the curtains of a bed. Probably one of the establishments in King's Place, cf. British Museum Satires No. 6764, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Prostitution.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 30th - 1785 - by J.R. Smith, No. 83 - Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Prostitutes, Servants, Wine, Crutches, Dogs, and Cats
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below., 1 print : etching in sepia on laid paper ; designs 34.1 x 22.4 cm, on sheet 35.6 x 24.8 cm., and Sheet trimmed on one side within plate mark. Watermark cropped on right centered edge.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Leaf 54. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two designs on one plate. Top (British Museum Satires No. 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (British Museum Satires No. 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in the country ; Nap in town
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature. Imprint statement appears twice, once below each title., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see nos. 6868 and 6869 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 175., and On leaf 54 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho and Field & Tuer
Two designs on the same plate. Upper design: A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Lower design: A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Lettered beneath each image with title; lettering within image on upper design: "Rowlandson. 1785."; below lower design: "London Pubd by S.Alken, No.3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho".
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad 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
"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