Title from item., Publisher derived from information about artist., Date supplied by curator., Poster published just after World War II to warn returning soldiers of the dangers of venereal disease., Numbered: AGPS 5.46.70000.3896., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Office of Military Government
Subject (Topic):
World War, 1939-1945, Health aspects, Sexually transmitted diseases, Military hygiene, Medicine, Military, Soldiers, Ships, and Luggage
Title from letterpress header to broadside printed below image., Header to broadside continues: By Jacob Quirk, a modern sonnetteer. A soliloquy., Fourteen lines of verse printed on broadside portion of sheet: Hungry and cold, unshelter'd with a cloak, A solitary wretch, these shores I roam ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Ruse & Turners., and Countermark: 1805.
A coat of arms with three dark bird-like objects within. An armor-clad arm grasping a sword is above, and mantling, flowers, and leaves surrounds the crest. A nude cherub wearing a winged helmet and holding aloft a caduceus in his right hand stands among some books, scrolls, and a quill pen with inkwell.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[20 May 1797]
Call Number:
797.05.20.03++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Voluntary contributions for carrying on the war!
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of ten figures in two rows, each with lines of text etched above., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: War contributions -- Corruption -- Politicians -- Clergy -- British sailors -- Card playing -- Russian coins., Watermark: E & P 1794., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of sheet: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20th, 1797, by W.S. [sic] Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Two lines of verse below title: "No more a social walk the morn employs" ..., 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 headings: Reading -- Ink stands -- Rugs -- Women.
An angry wife (left) with her hair tied up in a kerchief throws the contents of a chamber pot in her husbands face as she hammers him on the head with a small pick. The rotund husband with breeches untied winces in pain; in his left hand is a large stick. The cat clinges to his leg in terror. On the wall hangs a picture of "Patient Grin[?]".
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Woodward. Cf. Labourers in the vineyard!! / Woodward del., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.