"A portrait-painter painting a family group of a man and wife and their little boy. The group (right) is raised on a low semicircular platform, the couple sit on a high-backed settee without arms, the little boy on a stool in front of his mother. The child, though in his ordinary clothes, is holding a cupid's bow and a sheaf of arrows (reminiscent of the family portrait in the 'Vicar of Wakefield'); a large quiver holding arrows is slung across his shoulders, a wreath is on his head; he yawns violently. The man, in profile to the left, is obese and wears a short bushy wig, a dove sits on his left wrist; only the toes of his shoes reach the ground. His wife sits on his right holding a dove on her right hand; she turns towards her husband, looking straight forward with a fixed and painful smile; she wears ringlets and a cap of lace and ribbons on her high-dressed hair. The artist (left) stands at his easel which supports a large canvas and is placed close to his sitters. He wears spectacles, a bag-wig, and ruffled shirt, and holds a palette in his left hand. He looks towards his sitters with an insinuating smile, which, together with his attitude and the figure of the man sketched on the canvas, shows that he is intent on flattery. High up on the wall behind him are two oval bust portraits, one (left) of a clergyman, the other of a lady. Behind the sitters is a tall screen of several leaves."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?] : [publisher not identified], [1836?], p. 40., A later copy of no. 5921 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5, no. 10 of a series., Watermark: 1809., and Imperfect; artist's signature mostly erased from lower right corner of sheet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Artists' materials, Doves, Easels, Families, Group portraits, Obesity, Wigs, and Yawning
Title from item., Publication date inferred from that of Smith and Sayer edition published on June 20, 1772. Cf. No. 4602 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate numbered '6' in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, 1772 -- Bag wig., and Watermark.
A short obese man stands facing the viewer, his right hand tucked in his waistcoat. His wig and clothes are old-fashioned. He wears a short, fur-trimmed coat on top
Description:
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: initials G R below watermark that has been almost completely cut off., and Annotated on verso: from Ld. B. Album.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Febry. 13, 1772, by Wm. Tringham, under St. Dunstans Church, Fleet Street
"An obese and elderly citizen stands almost full-face holding up a (?) turbot, with an expression of intense satisfaction. His left hand holds his head, pushing up his wig. His dress is old-fashioned, with a flapped waistcoat. Between his feet is a shallow saucepan."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v 6., no. 7445 for a description of another state published in 1788., and Watermark: A Stace [?] 1798.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1st, 1801, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark at left., Plate numbered '22' in upper right corner., Earlier state, without border around design and without lines indicating the floor in the image. Cf. No. 4699 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Macaronies -- Quizzing glasses -- Critics, and Watermark: countermark W.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Novr. 16, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Title from item., Publisher's statement following imprint: who has lately fitted up his exhibition in an entire novel stile [sic] admittance one shilling. NB. folios of caracatures [sic] lent out., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms: Dutch Light Horsemen -- Timpani -- Trumpets -- Pulleys -- Smoking: pipes -- Guns: muskets., and Watermark in center of sheet.
Publisher:
Pub. July 24, 1794, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
An engraving showing a very tall military officer (full-length) walking towards the right, a cane under his right arm. By his sife is a very short, fat lady. Both are dressed in the fashion of the day
Alternative Title:
Captain Conquest and his baggage wagon
Description:
Title engraved below image., Imprint from state described in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered '5' in upper right corner., Cf. No. 4604 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Robt. Sayer & J. Smith?
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dandies, British, Military uniforms, Obesity, and Staffs (Sticks)
Leaf 100. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
"Whole length caricature portrait of a lawyer walking in profile to the left. He is obese with several chins; his head is shaved and he carries a large wig. In his left hand is a rolled document. He wears a voluminous gown which rests on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner., Third of three plates on leaf 100., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 12.4 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21th [sic], 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Lawyers, Obesity, Wigs, and Robes
Leaf 100. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
"Whole length caricature portrait of a lawyer walking in profile to the left. He is obese with several chins; his head is shaved and he carries a large wig. In his left hand is a rolled document. He wears a voluminous gown which rests on the ground."--British Museum online catalogue., Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., and Plate numbered "v. 6" in upper left corner and "21" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Pubd. accorg. to act Octr. 21th [sic], 1773, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Lawyers, Obesity, Wigs, and Robes