- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.02.05.02.1+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed woman sitting behind a table is taking a necklace out of a box; she has three large black spots on her face. She looks with disdain at her enraged husband in old-fashioned clothes and a nightcap, sitting next to her, his fists clenched and despair on his face. In his lap lies a pair of breeches he is sewing; above on the wall of their meagre abode hangs a small stag's head with antlers
- Alternative Title:
- City tailor's wife dressing for the Pantheon
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Later state, with plate reworked to include an altered publication line and changes to the design. For an earlier state published by William Humphrey that has an advertisement placard present on the back wall among other differences, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 772.02.05.02+., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 5th Feby. 1772 by Heny. Parker at No. 82 in Cornhill, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Couples, Jewelry boxes, Scissors & shears, Sewing equipment & supplies, Sexually transmitted diseases, and Tailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A city taylor's wife dressing for the Pantheon [graphic]
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- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [5 February 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.02.05.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A fashionably dressed woman sitting behind a table is taking a necklace out of a box; she has three large black spots on her face. She looks with disdain at her enraged husband in old-fashioned clothes and a nightcap, sitting next to her, his fists clenched and despair on his face. In his lap lies a pair of breeches he is sewing; above on the wall of their meagre abode hangs an advertisement placard next to which is drawn a small stag's head with antlers
- Description:
- Title engraved below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd 5th Feby. 1772 by W. Humphrey, St. Martin's Lane
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Couples, Jewelry boxes, Scissors & shears, Sewing equipment & supplies, Sexually transmitted diseases, Tailors, and Wall newspapers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A city taylor's wife dressing for the Pantheon [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1750 and 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 C697 770
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An elderly man, with balding head and a beard, dressed in a long coat lined with fur, is sitting on a bench next to a table and holding in his hand a conical drinking glass. To the right, a younger woman is sitting behind the table and smiling while looking at her companion. In front of her stands a large pot or a bowl filled with soup. Next to the bowls stands a large ceramic jug. The woman is dressed in the 17th-century Dutch manner. On the wall behind her hangs a fish
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date reworked state in the British Museum online catalogue. See Museum number 2010,7081.1674., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., No. 50 in a bound in a collection of 69 prints with a manuscript title page: A collection of drolleries., Bound in half red morocco with marbled paper boards and spine title "Facetious" in gold lettering., 1 print : mezzotint on laid paper ; sheet 15.2 x 11.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Eating & drinking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brandy is the liquor of life [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1750 and 1790]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.59 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An elderly man, with balding head and a beard, dressed in a long coat lined with fur, is sitting on a bench next to a table and holding in his hand a conical drinking glass. To the right, a younger woman is sitting behind the table and smiling while looking at her companion. In front of her stands a large pot or a bowl filled with soup. Next to the bowls stands a large ceramic jug. The woman is dressed in the 17th-century Dutch manner. On the wall behind her hangs a fish
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Publication date reworked state in the British Museum online catalogue. See Museum number 2010,7081.1674., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples and Eating & drinking
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Brandy is the liquor of life [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1751 and 1774]
- Call Number:
- 751.00.00.49+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- With one arm encircling her waist, a man holds the hand of a young woman outside a fashionable residence, unaware that another gentleman kisses the woman's other hand behind his back. Above the doorway of the residence is etched he name "Notaris” and “Slik-op Notaris” on the left door frame. In the background a third gentleman smiles and points to the grouping in the foreground. In the distance at the back of the residence a maid stands in an archway; beyound her a view of the town
- Alternative Title:
- Guardian coax'd and Guardian coaxed
- Description:
- Title etched below image, between verses., Numbered '134' in upper right corner above image., Publication date from: Maxted, I. London book trades, 1775-1800., Image from a scene in Molière's L'École des maris, 1661; translated by IJsbrand Vincent as De listige vrijster of de verschalkte voogd, 1690: Troost, Possibly after a painting by Jan Josef Horemans (1714-1792)., Four stanzas of verse in two columns on either side of title: Chloe 'tis true with charming leer, you coax your am'rous guardian here ... and bless thy youthful lover., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and For further information consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, print & map seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Courtship, Couples, Kissing, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The cunning ward, or, Guardian coax'd [graphic]
- Creator:
- Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1765 and 1775]
- Call Number:
- 765.00.00.88+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A Dutch interior with two Puritan men asking the parents of Saartje to marry her to Reinier Adriaansz. On the left in the background a young girl eavesdrops at the door. On the wall is a portrait of a girl and a seascape with two sailing vessels. On the right windows with curtains and another frames painting (or mirror?). A scene from the comedy "Jan Claasz. of de Gewaande Dienstmaagd".
- Alternative Title:
- Marriage consultation
- Description:
- Title engraved below image, with quotation on either side: Well, quoath her parents, be it so: Sukey was ready months ago. Had but an husband offer'd: Eighteen my friends, a ticklish time: Let Johnny take her in her prime ... The very thought my rage alarms, Shall Summer marry Winter., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., After the 1738 pastel by Troost in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, inv. no. 180., Imperfect: sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt Sayer, Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Marriage proposals, Parents, and Puritans
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The parents scheme, or, Marriage consultation [graphic]