For a description of the reissue or alternate version of this design from 1812, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 230., Manuscript notion identifies the seated man as "Morland the artist" and the man standing behind him as "Rowlandson"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Tankards -- Pictures amplifying subjects: 3 prints of pugilists., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Morland, George,--1763-1804--Caricatures and cartoons., and Rowlandson, Thomas,--1756-1827--Caricatures and cartoons.
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog.
Description:
A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Attributed to Rowlandson by curator., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 222., Date of publication supplied by curator., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Boats., Dogs., Eyeglasses. , Fishing., and Pipes (Smoking)
Three elderly citizens in a punt which is propelled by a boy (left) wearing trousers. Two are fishing: one stands, 'chapeau-bras', the other, who is obese, sits in a chair. The third (right) sits in a chair smoking, his back to the others. The standing fisherman, who wears spectacles, has hooked a small dog.
Description:
A reduced copy of no. 8206 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Plate also published in: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1836?], page 43., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Boats., Dogs., Eyeglasses. , Fishing., and Pipes (Smoking)
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printmaker from Grego., Title etched below image., and Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ...
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.