Title, place and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate from broadside: The Queen's ass: a new humorous allegorical song by H. Howard, Imperfect: etching only, text lacking., and Mounted to 33 x 44 cm.
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Date based on year of Walpole's death., Probably an illustration from a book., and Matted to 14.8 x 18.4 cm. For further information, consult library staff.
A scene in a tavern with a pair of inebriated men sitting on a bench in front of fireplace, smoking pipes and drinking from tankards, a dog at their feet. Another man from the next booth leans over the wall to engage them in conversation which they seem not to enjoy. In the next booth (right) a group of four men play cards while a fifth looks on.
Description:
Title and date from dealer's description., Unsigned; attributed to Rowlandson., and With color tests on verso (not visible).
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered in lower right of plate: 73., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title supplied by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Numbered in lower right of plate: 74., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from item., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, volume i., and Temporary local subject terms: Rev. Joseph Robertson Macgregor.
Title assigned by cataloger from pencilled note on recto., Plate from: Series of original portraits and caricature etchings / by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i, no. 64., and Numbered '64' on lower right corner.
Title from local card catalog record., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver, and Gilder, 1842., 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 terms: Right Hon. David Earl of Leven and Melville.
Title devised by cataloger., Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Adam and Charles Black, 1877, v. i., Plate numbered '87' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Right Hon. David, Earl of Leven and Melville.