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1. A brace of blackguards [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [20 June 1789]
- Call Number:
- 789.06.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Three men in a tavern with three pictures on the wall with images of pugilists, a portrait of Buckhorse and two images of fights. The one man has his head on the table, presumably passed out and asleep. The other man sits in a chair looking out at the viewer, a club in his hand and a dog at his feet. The third man stands behind him, his fists postitioned ready for a bout, although he holds a smoking pipe in his left hand. On the mantel are glasses and flasks of liquor
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Manuscript notion identifies the seated man as "Morland the artist" and the man standing behind him as "Rowlandson"., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., For a description of the reissue or alternate version of this design from 1812, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 230., Temporary local subject terms: Tankards -- Pictures amplifying subjects: 3 prints of pugilists., and Identifications of the two figures added in ink in a contemporary hand -- Morland and Rowlandson; secondary border line around design also added in ink.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. as the act directs, June 20, 1789, by Mrs. Lay on the Steine, Brighthelmstone
- Subject (Name):
- Morland, George, 1763-1804 and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, British, Boxing, Chairs, Dogs, Drinking vessels, Fireplaces, Pipes (Smoking), Sports posters, Tables, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A brace of blackguards [graphic]
2. A game at put in a country alehouse [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 August 1799]
- Call Number:
- 799.08.10.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Put -- Male dress, 1799 -- Yokels., 1 print on wove paper : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 27 x 34 cm., and Printmaker's name erased from this impression.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Augt. 10, 1799, by R. Akerman, No. 101 Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Card games, Chairs, Dogs, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Tables, Tableware, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A game at put in a country alehouse [graphic]
3. A mistake at New-Market, or, Sport and piety [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 October 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.10.05.01.1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A countrywoman (right), wearing a cloak apron, and pattens and holding out a volume of 'Wesleys Hymns', addresses a jockey standing before the door of 'The Ram Inn' (left): "Pray Young Man--- are there any Meetings in this Town?" He answers: "Yes Ma'am two a Year Spring and October." The dog at his feet wears a collar "Snap". Three persons standing on the doorstep watch with amused interest: a typical betting man in top-boots arm-in-arm with a young woman, and a stout rubicund man. Behind is the race-course; three horses (right) are almost neck and neck. Spectators on horse-back watch from 'Devils Ditch', and on the horizon (right) is the winning-post with a flag."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Sport and piety, Mistake at New Market, or, sport and piety, and Mistake at Newmarket, or sport and piety
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Plate numbered '28' in upper right corner., Printseller's announcement following imprint statement: Price one shilling col[ore]d., and Later reissued without publication date. Cf. no. 10920. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. October 5, 1807 by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Gambling, Horses, Racing, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A mistake at New-Market, or, Sport and piety [graphic]
4. Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 February 1784] and [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 60. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a portrait, a carbine and a sword. The inn maid approaches the table with a roast on a platter
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 389., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], The digit "4" in "1784" in imprint statement is etched backwards., and On leaf 60 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feby. 11, 1784, by W. Humphey [sic], Strand and Field & Tuer
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743, Clergy, Soldiers, Peg legs, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Eating & drinking, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].
5. Table d'hote [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 73. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Print of the interior of a restaurant or tavern. Diners are seated at long tables eating and drinking. In the background are cubicles separated by drapes with the diner's hats hanging up along the top of the beams. A clock on the wall marks the time as half past eight. A tall, stooping man ... serves a table of diners on the right as a young woman carries two tankards of ale to a table. In the foreground, two dogs beg for food."--Royal Collection Trust online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Eating house
- Description:
- Title from text at bottom of image., Attributed to Rowlandson in the Royal Collection Trust online catalogue., Restrike, with title added at bottom of image. For an earlier state lacking title, see Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810997., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Probably a later, titled state of the print listed as "An eating house" and tentatively dated to 1815. See: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 296., and On leaf 73 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Waiters, Waitresses, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Table d'hote [graphic].
6. [Rainbow Tavern in Fleet Street in 1800] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1828]
- Call Number:
- 800.00.00.29
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a tavern diners eat eagerly as they sit crowded around tables each covered in white linen and divided from each other by curtains. A waiter delivers a covered tureen to the table on the right as he crosses pathes with the waitress hurrying to the left with two tankards of beer. The diners' hats hang on pegs around the walls. A chandelier hangs before three casement windows with oval mirrors decorating the walls between. The tavern has been identified as either the Rainbow Tavern or the Wheatsheaf Eating House, both on Fleet Street
- Alternative Title:
- Wheatshief Eating House, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, Wheatsheaf Eating House, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street, and Table d'hote
- Description:
- Printmaker and title from Grego., Publication date from watermark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Title on the original drawing (now in private hands): The Wheatshief Eating House, Salisbury Court, Fleet Street. See Bridgeman Art database., Later reprint in Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. (London, 1836) is titled: Table d'hote., Restrike of a print listed by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, London, Chatto and Windus, 1880, v.2, p. 19., Watermark: J Whatman 1828., and Title supplied in unknown hand below plate: Rainbeau Tavern in Fleet Street in 1800.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Clocks & watches, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Interiors, Waiters, Waitresses, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Rainbow Tavern in Fleet Street in 1800] [graphic].