"A man with a prodigious stomach and projecting nose and mouth stands at left in profile, opposite an elderly woman whose profile is shaped to accommodate his, having a crescent face with projecting forehead and chin, her body bent back and curved in at the waist and stomach, with bent knees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the same design
Alternative Title:
Docto Convex and Lady Concave and Doctor Convex and Lady Concave
Description:
Title etched below image; the three letters "n" are all etched backwards., Printmaker attribution and date of publication from a nearly identical print with the signature "Rowlandson inv." and the imprint "Pubd. Novr. 20, 1802, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand"; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.593. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 41., "Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter, is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?"--Text below title., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Bedroom scene. A young couple kiss while washing their feet in the same tub. A plump and smiling woman brings in a warming-pan and bowl of posset."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the top image and "The interior of the shop of an apothecary with a veterinary practice. A stout and agonized lady, whose horse looks through the door, raises her riding-habit to expose a bare posterior on which the kneeling apothecary is about to place a plaster; a jar of 'Diaculam' [sic] is beside him. The operation is watched by an assistant grinding his pestle in a mortar, by a woman, and by a cat seated on a stool. Coloured jars are in the window, canisters and druggist's china pots with spouts are ranged on shelves, with placards: 'Pills Rec tr drops &c' and 'Patent Horse Balls Ointment for the Itch'. A stuffed fish hangs from the roof."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the bottom image
Alternative Title:
Cure for a cold
Description:
Titles etched below images., Attribution to Thomas Rowlandson from the Princeton University Library online catalog., Two images on one plate, each titled below and dated "1802" in lower left., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of image and text. Description partially based on a more perfect impression of the 1812 reissue in the Princeton University Library, call no.: GA 2014.00335 D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi., For a copy of the top image, see no. 11690 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8. For a copy of the bottom image, see no. 9465 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 371., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Foot baths -- Sex behavior -- Coryza -- Pharmacies, interior -- Compounding of drugs., 1 print : etching, hand colored ; sheet 157 x 219 mm., Imperfect; top image only, with title and lower image trimmed away., and Mounted, with black ink border. Manuscript title "Love in a tub or a cure for a cold" added in pencil on mounting sheet.
"Bedroom scene. A young couple kiss while washing their feet in the same tub. A plump and smiling woman brings in a warming-pan and bowl of posset."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the top image and "The interior of the shop of an apothecary with a veterinary practice. A stout and agonized lady, whose horse looks through the door, raises her riding-habit to expose a bare posterior on which the kneeling apothecary is about to place a plaster; a jar of 'Diaculam' [sic] is beside him. The operation is watched by an assistant grinding his pestle in a mortar, by a woman, and by a cat seated on a stool. Coloured jars are in the window, canisters and druggist's china pots with spouts are ranged on shelves, with placards: 'Pills Rec tr drops &c' and 'Patent Horse Balls Ointment for the Itch'. A stuffed fish hangs from the roof."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a different version of the bottom image
Alternative Title:
Cure for a cold
Description:
Titles etched below images., Attribution to Thomas Rowlandson from the Princeton University Library online catalog., Two images on one plate, each titled below and dated "1802" in lower left., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with loss of image and text. Description partially based on a more perfect impression of the 1812 reissue in the Princeton University Library, call no.: GA 2014.00335 D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi., For a copy of the top image, see no. 11690 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8. For a copy of the bottom image, see no. 9465 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 371., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Foot baths -- Sex behavior -- Coryza -- Pharmacies, interior -- Compounding of drugs., 1 print : etching, hand colored ; sheet 180 x 220 cm., and Imperfect; bottom image only, with upper image trimmed away.