- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1801]
- Call Number:
- 801.12.01.09+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco, &c. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls. The room is lit by a chandelier; a bracket-clock points to 3.40, on it is carved a Bacchanalian figure of Time astride a cask. A bust portrait of Anacreon holding pen and paper is on the wall (left)."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One line of quoted text above image: "Whilst, snug in our club-room, we jovially 'twine the myrtle of Wenus with Bacchus's wine.", Numbered in black ink lower right in an unknown hand: 505. Remnants of former blue mounting on verso., and 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 31.4 cm, on sheet 32.9 x 34.9 cm.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Decr. 1st, 1801, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Anacreon,
- Subject (Topic):
- Anacreontea, Clergy, Chandeliers, Clocks & watches, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Intoxication, Pictures, Pipes (Smoking), Supernatural beings, Tobacco, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Anacreontick's in full song [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 February 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.02.11.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "In a large room lit by candles in sconces, a round game is in progress. The guests are ladies, undergraduates, and elderly parsons, some sit in a circle, while others look over their heads. An elderly parson grovels on his hands and knees, putting his head under the petticoats of a lady who sits (left) with her hands raised in surprise. He acts at the direction of a boy (Prince William of Gloucester) wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner over a coat with a star, who stands (right) in profile to the left, stretching his right arm with an autocratic gesture; a spaniel licks his feet. A stout parson seated behind him on the extreme left scowls and clenches his fist at the scene. The lady (the Duchess of Gloucester) sits between a fashionably dressed undergraduate wearing the gown of (?) a fellow commoner, and a stout parson who holds up his hands in astonishment. The undergraduates and some of the parsons appear amused, others frown disapprovingly. On the extreme left is a small round table on which are two candles and playing-cards."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Questions and commands, Mistaken road to He-r-f-rd, and Mistaken road to Hereford
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title in lower right: Vide, J-s-s Colle. Cambe., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to the see of Hereford -- Horace Walpole owned print (NYPL) -- Jesus College, Cambridge -- Petticoat influence -- Spaniel -- Games: Round -- Tripod tables -- Male costumes: Cantabridgian -- Fellow commoner -- Possible caricature of John Butler, 1717-1802.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Feby. 11th, 1788, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- William Frederick, Duke of Gloucester, 1776-1834, Gloucester, Maria Walpole, Duchess of, 1735-1807, Beadon, Richard, 1737-1824, and Butler, John, 1717-1802
- Subject (Topic):
- Candles, Candlesticks, Clergy, Dogs, Gambling, Playing cards, Rugs, and Sconces
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Questions & commands, or, The mistaken road to He-r-f-rd a Sunday evenings amusement. [graphic]