- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A bedroom scene. A fat woman in night-cap and (short) night-dress drinks from a jug taken from the wash-stand (right); the water flows in a stream over her shoulder to the floor. Within a curtained four-poster (left) an aged man is asleep, his feet projecting from under the bed-clothes towards the spectator. On the floor are his hat, shoes, and breeches on which sleeps a cat. There is a high-backed armchair (left) which is also a commode. Over the fireplace hangs a blunderbuss."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Waking in the middle of the night in a state of raging thirst ...
- Description:
- Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Text below title: Waking in the middle of the night in a state of raging thirst, eagerly blundering in the dark to the washing stand and there finding the broad mouthed pitcher which you lift to your lips ..., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- 1806
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries domestic [graphic] / Rowlandson 1806.
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Alternative Title:
- Cupboard in the parlour in which you are making love ...
- Description:
- Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Probably one of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Title etched below image., and Two lines of text below title: A cupboard in the parlour in which you are making love, with the consquent perpetual intrusion of one prying servant after another ...
- Publisher:
- 1806
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries domestic [graphic] / Rowlandson 1806.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1807 January 1
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Two ladies, fashionable and pretty, stand by the door of a neo-Gothic lodge or gate-house. One addresses a gardener who tugs at his hair; two elderly men (left) walk off to the left."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence ...
- Description:
- "Page 287"--Upper right corner., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Text below title: The necessity of sending a verbal message of the utmost consequence, by an ass, who, you plainly perceive, will forget (or rather has already forgotten) every word you have been saying., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries miscellaneous [graphic] : 12. Dialogue / Rowlandson fecit.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1807 January 1
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "In a cottage room a sick man lies in a ramshackle uncurtained bed, on the foot of which sits a woman. Four children stand beside her, two younger ones are by the fire, at which a woman is cooking. Another woman stands at a wash-tub. Sheets hang on a line. A dog puts his paws on the bed. Over the fireplace are plates and a gun; a bird is in a wicker cage. The man's coat and top-boots are on a chair beside him."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Introductory dialogue and Sickness befriends temperance, by the simplicity of diet which it introduces ...
- Description:
- "Page 10"--Upper right corner., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Title etched below image., and Two lines of quoted text below title: "Sickness befriends temperance, by the simplicity of diet which it introduces - it wards off the varied injuries of the open air by requiring the party to inhale a thousand times over, the cherishing equable and safely treasured atmosphere of a chamber."
- Publisher:
- R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of human life [graphic] : introductory dialogue / Rowlandson fecit.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1807 January 1
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A crowd outside the lamp-lit theatre door (right) set in a colonnade; slanting rain streams towards them. A stout man and woman stand together, looking round in distress, while a ragged link-boy shouts at them. Younger ladies stand behind. A prostitute accosts a fop. A sedan chair rests on the ground, held by one chairman only. Two carriages drive in opposite directions, the coachmen violently flogging the horses."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- After the play, on a raw wet night, with a party of ladies, fretting and freezing ...
- Description:
- "Page 85"--Upper right corner., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Text below title: After the play, on a raw wet night, with a party of ladies, fretting and freezing in the outter [sic] lobbies, and at the street doors of the theatre, among chairmen, barrow-women, yelling little boys, and other human refuse ..., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of public places [graphic] : 5. Dialogue / Rowlandson fect.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1807
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Two men wearing overcoats stand facing each other in a driving wind. In the background a man and woman are driven before the blast."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Walking in a wind that cuts to the bone, with a narrative companion ...
- Description:
- Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Text below title: Walking in a wind that cuts to the bone, with a narrative companion whose mind and body cannot move at the same time, or in other words who as he gets on with his stories, thinks it necessary, at every other sentence, to stand stock still, face about, and make you do the same ..., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of social life [graphic] / Rowlandson 1807.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A fashionably dressed young man leads a plain woman under an archway in the Tower of London. They are followed by a young man between two girls, plainly dressed and unsophisticated, and a little boy who gapes at an elegant sentry (left); there are also two beefeaters. One girl points to a door (right) inscribed 'Entrance to the Wild Beast[s]'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Escorting four or five country cousins, on their first importation into London ...
- Description:
- Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Text below title: Escorting four or five country cousins, on their first importation into London from the Terra Incognita of England, to the Lions the Wax Work, the Monuments &c &c., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of social life [graphic] / Rowlandson.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1807
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "An oafish footman (left), tilting forward a chair, shows in a party of country visitors to a fashionable young couple. The room is in Strawberry Hill Gothic with a high French window wide open and giving on a garden. Portfolios lie against a Gothic cabinet on which is a sloping stand for prints. The hostess receives her visitors, extending her left hand; her husband makes a gesture of annoyance. An old crone with a young woman, two children, and two loutish men advance from the door (left)."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- While deeply, delightfully, and as you hope safely engaged at home in the morning ...
- Description:
- Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Text below title: While deeply, delightfully, and as you hope safely engaged at home in the morning, after peremptory orders of denial to all comers whomsoever, to be suddenly surprized through the treachery or folly of your servant by an inroad from a party ..., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of the country [graphic] / Rowlandson 1807.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1806
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "An elderly couple walk arm-in-arm, preceded by a dog and a frightened footman carrying a lantern. The man is fat, the woman thin. She wears pattens and her petticoats are kilted up; he holds a small umbrella. Behind (left) is a neo-Gothic house among trees."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain ...
- Description:
- Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Text below title: Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain, and this immediately after leaving a merry fire side., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of the country [graphic] / Rowlandson inv. 1806.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 9
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A narrow lane with high steep banks is blocked by a haycart (right); a man lies on his back on the hay, asleep. A well-dressed man on a spirited horse rides just behind the cart, clenching his fists with impatience. Behind him (left) rides his groom; two dogs run beside the horses. On the right is a board: 'No Thoroughfare'."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Following on horse back a slow cart through an endless narrow lane ...
- Description:
- Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Text below image: Following on horse back a slow cart through an endless narrow lane at sunset, when you are already too late, and want all the help of your own eyes, as well as your horses feet to carry you safe through the rest of your unknown way., and Title etched in bottom part of image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Miseries of the country [graphic].