"No.1: A small dinner-table, largely covered by a pale leg of mutton behind which sits the irate husband, carving-knife and fork in hand. His wife opposite (right) glares at him, two youths look anxious. He says: "Its rod! not fit to eat! - these are the blessed effects of boiling Mutton in a clath!!" A dog watches him. On the wall (right) is a framed picture of 'Peace and Concord', two allegorical figures."--British museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dinner spoiled
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Earlier state, with date in imprint, of no. 9622 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14.
Publisher:
Pubd. Oct. 1st, 1799, by R. Akerman, N. 101 Strand
A satire with twelve figures in two rows, each with lines of text etched above, showing men and women reading and commenting on newspapers
Alternative Title:
Newspaper
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper and lower edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: R & [...] 179[...].
Publisher:
Pubd. Octr. 1, 1800, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Title from caption below images., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on upper edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Teapot -- Food., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799.
Publisher:
Pub. 25 July 1800 by R. Ackermann at his Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
A short and obese Demosthenes (Charles Fox) with a worried expression on his face, appears to be delivering a pledge. He stands between tall and thin figures of Themistocles (Admiral Hood) on the left and Judas Iscariot (Sir Cecil Wray) on the right, who watch him with a condescending smile
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Publisher's name and address at end of imprint statement are stipple engraved and fainter than the text at the beginning of imprint, which is etched.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 8th, 1784, by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain, England, and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816, and Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Political elections, Public speaking, and Clothing & dress
Toothache, or, Torment and torture, Torment & torture, and Torment and torture
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published August 1, 1823, by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill
Subject (Topic):
Toothache, Dentistry, Quacks and quackery, Dental equipment & supplies, Pain, Birdcages, Wigs, and Dogs
"A composite figure with two heads, one that of Lord Howe, the other that of George III, stands between two groups of naval officers; both heads are in profile. The King turns to the right, taking a petition from a kneeling officer with a wooden leg and saying "I never interfere with your first Lord no never". Five officers standing behind this petitioner say (left to right): "I see I shall lose my Rank after all my long Services"; "I am set aside altho' I've lost a Son & one Eye"; "Humbugd by Jove by [the] old Jesuit"; "Had I my Arm again Fd find a better Country"; "Brothers, Our Lords & Commons will not suffer this Game". The last speaker has one leg and stands with a crutch. Howe, scowling with downcast head, says, "Go, go, I can do nothing. It is his Majesty's pleasure, that------" An officer steps forward holding out a petition, he says, "Rascall". Four others standing behind the petitioner say (left to right): "He's fond of Manoeuvres if ever so bad, you know him"; "The King's pleasure! That's a Falsity added to a mean Finesse"; "Our Navy has now two Heads & no Helm, rare Work"; "Vultus est Index Animi".--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., The last number of the year in the imprint statement has been engraved over with another number. The British Museum online catalogue suggests that a '6' was amended to a '7'., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 48 Long Acre
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
Two vicars sit at a table in a sitting room; a painting on the wall behind them is labelled "View of the vicarage". One of the men is very fat and wears a night cap; he dozes in an arm chair, his foot on a sleeping dog at his feet, the "Oxford Journal" on the floor having apparently dropped from his hand. The other, a thinner man, pours two generous glasses of port from a full carafe, and observes to his companion "What is life without the enjoyment of a friend".
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Sept. 10, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
"Mounted yokels, riding right to left, make havoc in a farm-yard. One only wears uniform; he shouts at them from the right, with upraised hand. A man riding a horse with blinkers fires a blunderbuss, shutting his eyes; he damages a pigeon-house and kills pigeons. He is riding up to a well in which a terrified man has sought shelter, clutching the rope and looking over the top. Two other inexpert horsemen use clubs, one a flail, one a pitchfork. A witch-like old woman holding a broom lies on her back; her basket of cocks and hens has been overturned and the birds escape. A bull and a bulldog face each other belligerently. In the background (left) a fierce engagement between farmers, labourers, and horsemen is in progress."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Temporary local subject terms: Military: Country recruits -- Guns: Blunderbuss -- Flails., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publishd. Decemr. 18, 1794, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Military training, Military uniforms, Firearms, Pigeons, Wells, Pitchforks, Farmers, Swine, Poultry, and Dogs
"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles), grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold tripe & cold potatoes - you may smell soap suds a mile! Ah Jack - Jack you dont know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor!" Behind (left), two women stand at a wash-tub"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Earlier state with date in imprint. Cf. No. 9626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Earlier state of the print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Spouses, Bachelors, Eyeglasses, Laundresses, and Wash tubs
Four images: 1. An obese man in military uniform sits for his portrait as Alexander the Great. 2. A hopeful actor auditions for a skeptical manager. 3. A militia volunteer is instructed by an officer. 4. An actor and an actress in a scene from Arthur Murphy's Apprentice
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Rowlandson and Woodward on verso of print., Fragment of the bottom strip from one of the Borders plates designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson, and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800., Publication information from manuscript note on verso of the print., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Partial watermark.