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1. A decent story [graphic].
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1795?]
- Call Number:
- 795.11.09.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A stout man (right), seated at a round table, tells a story to a parson on his left, who grins broadly. Two women fix the raconteur with expressions of absorbed amusement, while an officer is more frankly amused at watching the lady on his right. All are elderly. On the table are a decanter of 'Port' and glasses. A patterned carpet completes the design. From a sketch by an amateur."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., Variant state, without publisher and date and with differently etched title, of No. 8753 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Chairs, Clergy, Floor coverings, Military uniforms, British, and Storytelling
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A decent story [graphic].
2. Setting out in life [graphic]
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1790?]
- Call Number:
- 790.00.00.127+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A gaunt older man sits in an upholstered chair (left) and shown in profile looks upon his well-fed son (facing the viewer). A cat sits at the son's feet. The father says: "It is high time child, thee should't think of setting out in life. Thee art too lively for a farmer, what treade, shoudst like best?" The son replies: "Why father if you have no objection, I should like woundily to be bound prentice to a bishop, for is all pay and little work! Now that would just suit I to a tittle."
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Cats, Chairs, Clergy, Fathers, Occupations, and Sons
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Setting out in life [graphic]