"Interior of the Athenian Lyceum on Piccadilly, during a meeting of the Debating Society."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 223., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 29., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann's Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)--Pictorial works.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Pugin, Augustus, 1762-1832, artist., and Stadler, Joseph Constantine, printmaker.
"A scene near the sea. Two naval officers carry off two plump and pretty girls and run towards a boat, where two sailors wait (left). They are followed by a fat old woman, screaming furiously and brandishing an umbrella. She runs (right to left) at the head of a flock of schoolgirls, mature young women, two and two, who watch their captured companions with excited envy. They emerge from a shady lane where a signpost points (right) to 'Mrs Crostich's Boarding School for Young Ladies'. In the foreground (right) a grotesque lean and elderly man has fallen in the chase, losing his hat and wig, but clenching a fist, and clutching his cane in frantic anger. A dog joins in the chase."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
Alternative Title:
Shipping of goods not fairly entered
Description:
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 289-90., Date of publication based on imprint on earlier state: Pubd. 1st March 1815. Cf. No. 12645 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Later state; former plate number "344" has been replaced with a new number, and imprint statement has been completely burnished from plate., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Plate numbered "246" in upper right corner., Publisher from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
A pretty, young woman (right) sleeps, head in profile to the left, leaning against the back of a chair. An elderly man leans towards her, inspecting her avidly through his quizzing glass. The figures (three-quarter length) are cut off by the side margins. Beneath the design: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the Old Beau, & the sleeping Lady.
Description:
Plate numbered 'No. 7' in upper right corner., Publisher's stamp 'RA' in lower right corner of design., Seventh plate in a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Title engraved above image., and Two lines of text below image: Female attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as above represented in the delineation of the old beau & the sleeping lady.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Eyeglasses. , Leering., Older people. , and Young adults.
A hunger boy (left) holding the string of a bag over his shoulder, scratches his hair under his hat, as he looks in a window. On the otherside of the window, a grinning cook holds up a large plum pudding on a platter.
Description:
“No. 7”--Upper right corner above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Children -- Cooks -- Hunger., Three lines of text below image: Various are the ways this passion might be depicted, in this delineation the subjects chosen are simple -- a hungry boy -- and a plumb pudding., and Title etched above image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"Two juxtaposed but unrelated half length figures, a man (right) and woman, with expressions of angry despair, anger prevailing in the woman's face. Beneath the design: 'A disappointed Old Maid & Bachelor, are selected as proper Subjects to represent the Passion of Despair.'"--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Plate from a series of twenty without letterpress: Le Brun travested, or, Caricatures of the passions / design'd by G.M. Woodward and etch'd by T. Rowlandson. London : Pubd. 21 Jany. 1800 at R. Ackermann''s Repository of Arts, 101 Strand., Plate numbered 'No. 20' in upper right corner., Title engraved above image., and Two lines of text below image: A disappointed old maid & bachelor are selected as proper subjects to represent the passion of despair.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Ackermann, Rudolph,--1764-1834--Stamp., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Bachelors. , Despair., Older people. , and Single women.
A rider sits stiffly on a misshapen horse that wears blinkers. The rider's stirrups almost touch the ground, and his body and legs form a quasi-vertical line from head to heels. Above his hat is a dotted half circle labeled '90 degrees'. On the right in the middle distance another horse gallops out of control of its rider while further on top a hill in the distance is St. Paul's Cathedral and surrounding buildings.
Alternative Title:
Mathematical horsemanship ; plate 3
Description:
Date of publication from Grego. and Title etched below image; series title etched above image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"Price one shilling coloured.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
"An untidy shock-headed footman stands letting a tureen slide on to the table so that its contents pour out; in his I. hand is a dish containing a leg of mutton, held so that joint and gravy fall to the floor. He stands between a hideous old woman at the head of the table (rigth) and a comely young one on her right. A fat maidservant follows the footman, holding a dish. Behind the man hangs an elaborately framed bust portrait of a grim-looking man wearing an early eighteenth-century wig. A cockatoo screams from a cage (l.). A dog sits behind the old woman's chair, a cat puts its fore-paws on the table to lap the spilt soup. Below the title: 'Take off the largest dishes, and set them on with one hand, to shew the ladies your vigour and strength of back, but always do it between two ladies, that if the dish happens to slip, the soup or sauce may fall on their cloaths, and not daub the floor, by this practice, two of our brethren, my worthy friends, got considerable fortunes. . . . When you carry up a dish of meat, dip your fingers in the sauce, or lick it with your tongue, to try whether it be good, and fit for your masters table - .' [Two quotations from Swift's 'Directions to Servants'.]"--British Museum online catalogue, description of original issue.
Alternative Title:
Directions to footman
Description:
Also issued separately., Five lines of text below title: Take off the largest dishes and set them on with one hand to shew the ladies your vigour and strength of back, but always do it between two ladies that if the dish happens to slip the soup or sauce may fall on their cloaths, and not daub the floor, by this practice, two of our brethren, my worthy friends, got considerable fortunes ..., Originally issued with publication date . Cf. No. 10918 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Plate numbered '273' in upper right corner., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Text following imprint: Price one shilling col'd., The word 'footmen' in the title was corrected from 'footman' by the etcher. 'A' was struck through and the letter 'E' was inserted above deletion., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
"Scene in a handsomely furnished dining-room, probably in a club. The table is close to the large fireplace (right). The diners, eight elderly men, rise from their chairs to gaze in angry dismay at a calamity caused by a dog who has tripped up a servant in the doorway, making him spill the contents of a dish, while the man immediately behind him lets the contents of a tureen pour out. A third (left), gaping at the accident while drawing the cork of a bottle of 'Spruce Beer', lets the contents squirt at his fellow servants. Two of the 'epicures' grasp knife and fork, two have napkins tucked under the chin, one is in military uniform, two seem to be parsons. The room is pillared, with a handsome moulded ceiling and elaborate hanging candelabrum. On the chimney-piece tankards and goblets flank the squatting figure of a Chinese glutton. Above it is a large mirror in a heavy carved frame. Over the door is a picture of gormandizing monks."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Disappointed epicures and Dissapointed epicures
Description:
Also issued separately., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Plate numbered "27" in upper right corner., Publisher from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.