The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-86a
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
"Rustic scene; a swain sitting on a stone block, playing the flute to a young, barefoot woman who stands in front of him, looking up at him and leaning back against his right leg, a dog at her feet at left; behind at left, the outer wall of an overgrown stone edifice, trees beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same composition.
Alternative Title:
Rest from labour on sunny days
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by curator., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 150., From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine., Possibly a study for a print of the same composition that is signed "Rowlandson 1784." Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0214.165., Title devised by curator., and Title given by Grego for a print of the same composition: Rest from labour on sunny days.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.
"Landscape with figures collecting wood beside a gnarled tree, cows grazing in the fields at left."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1867,0112.108.
"Landscape with figures binding a bundle of wood at right, cattle and sheep resting at left, hills beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0713.2234.
Alternative Title:
From an original, late in the collection of Charles Frederick Abel Esqr.
"The King (right), standing in profile to the left, holds out to Peter a rolled document inscribed 'Pension'. Peter, a thin elderly man, turns away, holding out both hands to ward off the gift. From his pocket projects a paper inscribed 'Odes'. Both wear bag-wigs, and old-fashioned dress with flapped waistcoats; the King wears a sword."-- British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Ah! let me Sire refuse it, I implore, ought not to be rich whilst you are poor
Description:
Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's pension. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue, and Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Wolcot, John,--1738-1819--Caricatures and cartoons.
Date based on publication dates of the two similar portrait prints by Gillray after de Loutherbourg drawings., Likely a proof or unfinished state; only sitter's head is depicted., Possibly engraved by Gillray, as he engraved at least two other portraits after drawings by de Loutherbourg. See prints entitled "General Count Clairfayt" and "The Prince of Saxe-Cobourg," registration nos. 1859,0709.1544 and 1851,0901.1335 in the British Museum online catalogue., Probably after a drawing by de Loutherbourg in the British Museum. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0901.708., and Title devised by cataloger, based on description in the British Museum online catalogue of the probable original drawing.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Congreve, William,--1743-1814--Portraits., Gillray, James, 1756-1815., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Loutherbourg, Philippe-Jacques de, 1740-1812, artist.
"Three quarter length portrait of a child wearing a hat. ... The plate has been defaced by scratches. A satire by Gillray on his own work as an engraver. A portrait of William Lamb, afterwards Lord Melbourne (b. 15 Mar. 1779)."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Sketch'd by Humphrey, spoil'd by Gillray and Sketched by Humphrey, spoiled by Gillray
Description:
Dedication, which includes publication information, etched below image: Dedicated to all lovers of your bold, masterly touches, & publish'd Novr. 1st, 1781, by J. Gillray, to shew the bad effect of cobbling & altering., One line of quoted text below dedication: "Fool that I was, thus to cobble my shoe.", and Title devised by cataloger; varying form of title from statements of responsibility below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Gillray, James, 1756-1815, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, artist., Melbourne, William Lamb,--Viscount,--1779-1848., and Wilkinson, Robert, -approximately 1825, publisher.
"Three quarter length portrait of a child wearing a hat."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition.
Alternative Title:
Sketch'd by Humphrey, spoil'd by Gillray and Sketched by Humphrey, spoiled by Gillray
Description:
Early state of a plate later defaced by scratches and published with additional text below image. Cf. No. 5912 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Printmaker and artist from text below image on later state., and Title devised by cataloger; varying form of title from text below image on later state.
Publisher:
J. Gillray, Chelsea
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Gillray, James, 1756-1815, publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, artist., and Melbourne, William Lamb,--Viscount,--1779-1848.
For a brief description of series, see Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 212., Month and possibly day in publication line partially burnished from plate., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title from Grego.
Publisher:
J. Harris
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-34b
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
"Farm scene with potato harvest; at right, outside a barn door, five figures standing around a large tub into which one man is pouring a heavy sack of potatoes, a woman standing behind him helping, a stout man looking on, children playing with a dog in the foreground, a ladder propped against the barn door, dovecote above; behind at left, two men loading sacks onto a horse-drawn cart; pigs at a trough, chickens pecking and a wheelbarrow at foreground left."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., CtY-BR, Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement and plate number. Missing text supplied from impression in The Lewis Walpole Library, call no.: 75 R79 817., Plate from: Rowlandson, T. The world in miniature. London : Published by R. Ackermann ..., 1817., Plate numbered "16" in upper right corner., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.