- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 April 1807] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 50. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A rectangular plot enclosed by palings and gate and surrounded by trees outside an old-fashioned country house (left). The plot has four rectangles of turf set in gravel which a fat man in a dressing-gown with a cloth tied over his head is rolling, a dog running in front. A fatter man in night-cap, shirt-sleeves, and waistcoat (split up the back) holds a pair of dumb-bells, turning to a young woman (left) who is sawing a log of wood supported on trestles. Beside the paling is a dove-cote on a pole."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Passing the worst part of a rainy winter in a country ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Text below title: Passing the worst part of a rainy winter in a country so inveterately miry as to imprison you within your own premises so that by way of exercise ..., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10823 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806; see no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 123., and On leaf 50 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. April 12, 1807, by T. Rowlandson, No. 1 James Street, Adelphi and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Name):
- Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Country life, Fences, Gates, Trees, Dwellings, Dumbbells, Obesity, Dogs, Woodcutting, Saws, and Axes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miseries of the country [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.01.01.17
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat gouty invalid sits full face in a high-backed armchair beside his bedroom fire (left). He registers anguish as a young naval officer seizes his left hand, and tramples on his left. foot. An old nurse, followed by a man (right), pursue the officer into the room, much dismayed. A barking dog runs in front of them. Medicine bottles are ranged on the chimney-piece, a kettle stands on the fire, a high trivet with a dish is by the fender. At the invalid's right hand are a crutch and a round table with bowl and medicine bottle. A bird is in a cage."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Text below title: When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend (a sea captain) who, seizing your hand in the first transports of a sudden meeting, affectionately crumbles your chalky knuckles with the gripe of a grappling iron ..., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of page number from upper right. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum., and "Page 270"--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Bedrooms, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Nurses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miseries personal 11. Dialogue. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1807]
- Call Number:
- Print00212
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat gouty invalid sits full face in a high-backed armchair beside his bedroom fire (left). He registers anguish as a young naval officer seizes his left hand, and tramples on his left. foot. An old nurse, followed by a man (right), pursue the officer into the room, much dismayed. A barking dog runs in front of them. Medicine bottles are ranged on the chimney-piece, a kettle stands on the fire, a high trivet with a dish is by the fender. At the invalid's right hand are a crutch and a round table with bowl and medicine bottle. A bird is in a cage."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Text below title: When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend (a sea captain) who, seizing your hand in the first transports of a sudden meeting, affectionately crumbles your chalky knuckles with the gripe of a grappling iron ..., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of page number from upper right. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum., "Page 270"--Upper right corner., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 112 x 170 mm., and Hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Bedrooms, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Nurses
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Miseries personal 11. Dialogue. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cook, Thomas, approximately 1744-1818, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Novr. 1st, 1807.
- Call Number:
- Print00100
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Tom Nero's body is laid out on a round table in a dissecting theatre. In niches on either side are two skeletons labeled "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Three doctors work on dissecting Tom's body as a dog feeds on his entrails. The room is filled with doctors reading and discussing, the whole presided over by the chief surgeon in a large chair emblazoned with the arms of the Royal College of Physicians
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Final print in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 1, page 199., Copy of an engraving by Hogarth that was published in 1751. Cf. No. 3166 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. See also: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 190., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy theatres -- Prevention of cruelty to animals -- Company of Surgeons -- Surgeon's Hall -- Freke, John (1688-1756).
- Publisher:
- Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
- Subject (Topic):
- Dissection, Anatomy, Criminals, Dogs, Dissections, Medical education, Physicians, and Skeletons
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > The reward of cruelty [graphic]