"A man enters a room where three men and two ladies stand at a dinner-table, waiting for him, all frankly amused at his appearance. He wears a great-coat many sizes too large and knee-breeches which hang to the ankle. His large obese host laughs, holding his sides. A grinning and loutish footman holds the chair which he is to take; another servant, also grinning, enters behind the unfortunate guest. Whole length portraits fill the spaces between pseudo-Gothic windows."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Starting for a long ride, on a dinner engagement without a great coat ...
Description:
"Page 101"--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: Starting for a long ride, on a dinner engagement without a great coat, in a mist, a mizzle, a drizzle, a rain, a torrent ..., 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.
Four lines of text below title: After dinner when the ladies retire with you from a party of very pleasant men, having to entertain as you can half a score of empty or formal females then after a decent time has elapsed ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"A fat gouty invalid sits full face in a high-backed armchair beside his bedroom fire (left). He registers anguish as a young naval officer seizes his left hand, and tramples on his left. foot. An old nurse, followed by a man (right), pursue the officer into the room, much dismayed. A barking dog runs in front of them. Medicine bottles are ranged on the chimney-piece, a kettle stands on the fire, a high trivet with a dish is by the fender. At the invalid's right hand are a crutch and a round table with bowl and medicine bottle. A bird is in a cage."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend ...
Description:
"Page 270"--Upper right corner., 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., Text below title: When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend (a sea captain) who, seizing your hand in the first transports of a sudden meeting, affectionately crumbles your chalky knuckles with the gripe of a grappling iron ..., 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.
Subject (Topic):
Bedrooms. , Dogs., Fireplaces., Gout.--depicted, and Nurses.
"An ugly coxcomb leeringly hands a fan to one of two ladies walking off to the right. Behind (left), the heads of three stooping men collide. On the extreme left is the Prince of Wales, opera-hat under his arm, facing a woman, immodestly décolletée, who ogles him. Two other men and two women stand near them. The scene is the foyer of a theatre."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Miseries of high life
Description:
"Price one shilling could."--Lower left corner of design., Also issued separately., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "London, March 1st, 1808, Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside." Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 808.03.01.01.1+., Later state; place and date of publication have been burnished from beginning of imprint statement., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Plate numbered "222" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Coxcombs -- Male costume, 1808 -- Female costume, 1808., Title etched below image., and Two lines of text below title: Briskly stooping to pick up a ladys fan at the same moment, when two other gentlemen are doing the same and so making a cannon with your head against both of theirs, and this without being the happy man after all. Miseries of Human Life.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"Napoleon stands in profile to the right on a low platform at a desk on which he leans, his auctioneer's hammer in his right hand, the left hand extended. The Allies are crowded together on or beside a bench facing a second bench on which are four elderly French officers. One of these, rather younger than the others, identified in Van Stolk as Marshal Berthier, stands holding up a crown above his head. A Spanish don stands extending both arms towards the crown with a gesture of dismissal; he says: "That a CROWN! It's not worth half a Crown." Napoleon, who wears uniform and a cocked hat and is scarcely caricatured, says: "What no bidding for the Crown of Spain Then take the other crowns and lump them into one lot." The two most prominent figures on the front bench, and the nearest to the rostrum, are a fat Dutchman smoking a pipe and turning his head in profile, and a rough British sailor who sprawls behind him, one hand protectingly on the Dutchman's shoulder, the other pointing to Napoleon. John's back is to the other Allies; the obese King of Würtemberg, with a conspicuous flowered waistcoat, cf. British Museum Satires No. 12114, is immediately behind him. The others are a Cossack and a Prussian hussar with the Spanish don. The French officers watch with rage or intense melancholy. Stepping on to Napoleon's little platform is Marie Louise (left), holding in her arms the little King of Rome with the face of a monkey, wearing military uniform with a cocked hat. He says: "I suppose daddy will put us up for sale." The Empress is one of Rowlandson's buxom English girls. Napoleon leans on a large document which is on his desk: 'Speedily will be sold the Thirteen Cantons of Switserland.' In the foreground (left) in front of the rostrum the goods for sale are piled. There are three crowns and a papal tiara, a sheaf of flag-staffs, with a paper: 'Lot 2 Twenty flags the property of the Empress' [see British Museum Satires No. 12111, See.]; a sheaf of Eagles with a paper: 'Lot of Useless Eagles', with other papers inscribed respectively: 'Kingdom of Bavaria', 'Kingdom of Prussia', 'Saxony' [see British Museum Satires No. 12096], 'Kingdom of Westphalia' [see British Museum Satires No. 12549], 'United Provinces'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Boney selling stolen goods
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Berthier, Louis-Alexandre,--1753-1815--Caricatures and cartoons., Bonaparte, François-Charles-Joseph,--Herzog von Reichstadt,--1811-1832--Caricatures and cartoons., Frederick--I,--King of Württemberg,--1754-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Marie Louise,--Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French,--1791-1847--Caricatures and cartoons., and Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
The profiles of an elderly and ugly pair, registering hostile anxiety, meet, their tongues touching, while between them is a punch-bowl. Just above their heads two doves bill on a branch.
Description:
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Printmaker from Grego., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, no. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Couples. , Doves., Kissing., and Older people.
"A collection of antiques, real or faked, Egyptian and classical. A buxom young woman opens a hinged mummy-case (left) to embrace a handsome young officer in regimentals who stands within it. An aged man crouching down (right) glares at them through an eye-glass in frenzied malevolence. Another mummy has a realistic head, and there is a life-like statue of an Egyptian wearing a head-dress and loin-cloth. There are also a satyr and smaller figures of Egyptian gods. On the wall are grotesque satyrs' masks and on a high shelf are Greek or Etruscan vases. On the ground is a book: 'Loves of the Gods Embelld with Cuts'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Also issued separately., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., Temporary local subject terms: Antiques -- Military officer -- Military uniforms: Regimentals -- Eye-glass -- Egyptian mummies -- Satyrs -- Vases: Greek, Etruscan., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
"Didelot dances on the stage between two women, both very lightly clad in quasi-classical costume, and wearing 'cothurnes'. He wears a feathered hat, tunic, and cloak, and looks towards Mme Parisot (right); she strikes an attitude with right leg raised and arms extended, and looks alluringly towards him, her right breast bare. Mme Rose (left), his wife, dances with more restraint, her sharp-featured profile turned austerely towards her husband. All wave their arms above their heads, and their attitudes are in fact graceful (though caricatured). Two plump 'danseuses' (left and right) whirl on one toe in the background. Behind Didelot is an irradiated sun, with features looking down disapprovingly at the dancer."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Operatical finale to the ballet of Alonzo e Caro
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Didelot, Charles Louis,--1767-1837--Caricatures and cartoons., Didelot, Marie Rose Paul,---1803--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and Ricciardi, Domenico. Alonzo e Cora.
A lady sits in an armchair, her head titled back to the side so that she can see her reflection in the large mirror on the wall behind her. She wears a loose high-waisted dress, giving the appearance of pregnancy, her full figure and large breasts are well-defined. She is wearing gloves and a turban adorned with ostrich feathers. Long locks of hair escaped from the turban, and she holds a fan in her right hand. Beneath the chair is a patterned carpet.
Description:
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bury, Charlotte Campbell,--Lady,--1775-1861--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
"A scene at a faro-table; part of the table, including an angle of the central well, stretches across the foreground, players and spectators sit and stand behind it. Lady Archer is the most prominent; she holds a pack of cards in one hand, a knave in the other, looking with a triumphantly rapacious smile at a stout lady (? Mrs. Hobart) who sits (right) clenching her fists and scowling back. All the others have expressions of alarm or concern, the least agitated being the Prince of Wales, seated on Lady Archer's left. On the extreme right and next Mrs. Hobart is Fox, turning up his eyes. The guests (except the Prince) are much caricatured; one of Gillray's witch-like hags sits between the Prince and Mrs. Hobart. On the table are heaps of coins, notes or bills, and rouleaux of guineas. Above the design is etched 'The Knave wins all'. ..."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Friendly party in high life and Knave wins all
Description:
Dedication following title: To those earthly-divinities who charmed 20 years ago this honorable method of banishing mortifying reflections is dedicated., One line of text below title: O Woman! Woman! Everlasting is your power over us, for in youth you charm our hearts, and in your after-years you charm away our purses., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West,--Lady,--1741-1801--Caricatures and cartoons., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart,--Countess of,--1738-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.