- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1787?]
- Call Number:
- 787.00.00.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier proof state
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date from description of proof state in the British Museum catalogue., For a proof state before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image, see no. 7188 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1787], Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Literary quotation -- Personification -- Mythology -- Pindar's Ode for a new year.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Pegasus (Greek mythology), Falling, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1835]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 771.02.01.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from later state., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., State before title. Cf. later state in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London?, 1836?], p. 82., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the later state was published., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of artist's name., A reduced copy of one of several prints published in 1771 based on the same Bunbury drawing. Cf. no. 4764 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Shading added in pencil to lower part of design., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Kitchen of a French post house] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.00.00.04 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The King (right), standing in profile to the left, holds out to Peter a rolled document inscribed 'Pension'. Peter, a thin elderly man, turns away, holding out both hands to ward off the gift. From his pocket projects a paper inscribed 'Odes'. Both wear bag-wigs, and old-fashioned dress with flapped waistcoats; the King wears a sword."-- British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Ah! let me Sire refuse it, I implore, ought not to be rich whilst you are poor
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue, Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's pension. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Wolcot, John, 1738-1819
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Peter's pension] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1803?]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 807.00.00.46+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A copy by Rowlandson after the 1774 Bunbury print, 'The hopes of the family - an admission at the university', a satire on a socially aspirational family: a youth is being examined by a tutor for admission to Cambridge university; the tutor, in academic robes, is seated at a table pointing at a large volume resting beside a globe; the youth stands counting on his fingers while his eager father, wearing countryman's boots, urges him on; on the left a woman, probably the tutor's housekeeper, holds two further volumes, and on the right an elegant undergraduate stands smiling; on the wall behind are portraits of "Dr Allcock" and a woman, a Roman bust with turned down mouth on the lintel above the door, and a frame with the plan and elevation of a building."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger, based on that of the earlier print from which this design was copied., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2006,U.1348., A reduced copy of no. 4727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Similar to and perhaps related to a series of small copies by Rowlandson of earlier Bunbury satires, published in 1803 by R. Ackermann. See Rowlandson the caricaturist / by Joseph Grego. London, Chatto and Windus, 1880, v. ii, p. 42-43., On same sheet: Miseries of London., and Mounted to 56 x 37 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Dogs, Families, Social mobility, Students, Teachers, Teaching, and Portraits
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The hopes of the family] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1835]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 773.01.26.03
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from later state., Printmaker from unverified data in local card catalog record., State before title. Cf. Later state in: Caricatures / drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c., p. 79., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the later state appears., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of a print after Bunbury published in 1773. See no. 5213 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., and Temporary local subject terms: Fortifications -- Jack-boots -- Newspapers: London gazette -- Sentry boxes -- Uniforms: Grenadiers hats .
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Namur (Belgium)
- Subject (Name):
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Siege, 1695, and Wigs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The siege of Namur] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1811]
- Call Number:
- 811.00.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, and date of publication from Grego., Twenty-four images of characters, individually titled: King; Queen; Lord Flutter; Lady Careless; Sir Timy. Spruce; Miss Busy; Lord Zealous; Lady Flutter; Jemmy Dazzle; Miss Sparkle; Sir Simon Solid; Mr. Nimble; Dolly Diligent; Lady Peaceable; Capn. Dash; Lady Lydia Blaze; Giles Diligent; Priscilla Prudent; Sir Peter Puff; Lady Racket; Major Matchless; Mrs. Friendly; Sir Chas. Worthy; Miss Gadabout., Playing cards?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Twelfth night characters] [graphic].