- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 12
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the shoulders and chin. Above the door are the words 'Warm Bath'. A placard beside it: 'Restorative Drops -Old Age Debility of ever so long standing quickly restored to Youth and Vigour - Prepar'd & Sold by the . . .' They are under an archway inscribed 'Bagnio Court' in an arcade, suggesting Covent Garden."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
- Description:
- "Price one shilling coloured."--Lower right corner of design., Also issued separately., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 226., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. March 1st, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf No. 11957 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Plate numbered "146" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Bagnio -- Lighting -- Carbuncle., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Catching an elephant [graphic] / Rowlandson del.
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
- Published / Created:
- 1812
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Collection Title:
- The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- "An uncouth footman (left) in livery stands in the door of a corner house, taking a tankard from a pot-boy, while he answers an elderly and hungry-looking visitor, who leans towards him with an angry and sceptical stare. Across the street is an old-fashioned building with a swinging lantern in a shade ...; two stout elderly men approach the door of this cheap cook-shop ..."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the print for which this is likely the original drawing.
- Alternative Title:
- Disappointed dinner hunter and Dissapointed dinner hunter
- Description:
- Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 374., From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine., Probably the original drawing for a print published in 1823 with the title: Not at home, or, A disappointed dinner hunter. Cf. No. 14629 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Signed and dated by the artist in ink., and Title from note in artist's hand at bottom of sheet.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.
- Collection Created:
- London
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The dissapointed [sic] dinner hunter [art original] / Rowlandson 1812.