The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I - preface letter
Image Count:
2
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
ALS from Thomas Rowlandson to Henry Angelo mentioning a bill becoming due in the near future. Rowlandson's recent meeting with their mutual friend John Bannister is also mentioned, and a desire for the three friends to meet up and form a "jovial trio" is expressed.
Description:
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. and In English.
Subject (Name):
Angelo, Henry,--1756-1835., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.
"Two doctors (left) stoke the fires of a row of seven cylindrical vessels or furnaces from which their patients (half length) emerge. These recede slightly in perspective from right to left. On the extreme right is Burke ('B------e'), drooping dejectedly, and saying, "By Jasus I have got no Juice left". Next him Fox ('F--x') declaims, hat in hand, "I have sweated enough. Sheridan ('S------n') gesticulates furiously with clenched fists, saying, "This is Scandalous the Baily's have sufficiently sweated me" (executions in Sheridan's house were frequent). Next him is the Prince ('P------'), clasping his hands, and saying, "I suppose they call this a Regency Sweat". A young woman on his right, 'Mrs J------n', (? Jordan) says "I sweat with desire". Next is ('W------e') Weltje (cf. BMSat 7509), saying, "I never sweat so much at Cooking in all my Life". On the extreme left Mrs. Fitzherbert ('F--T--T'), her arms extended in a frenzy, says, "And I with Jealousy what disregard the Marriage Rights". On the ground, below their patients, are the two doctors: Willis on the extreme left, indicated by his clerical bands, holds coal on a shovel, while Dominicetti, wearing a nightcap, kneels on one knee to stir up the furnace under Sheridan with a long poker. On the right is a 'Coal Tub'. Clouds of steam rise from the baths."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Sweating for opposition by Dr. Willis Dominisweaty and Co.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson in British Museum catalogue. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fitzherbert, Maria Anne,--1756-1837--Caricatures and cartoons., Fores, S. W., publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97860707, Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Jordan, Dorothy,--1761-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., and Willis, Francis,--1718-1807--Caricatures and cartoons.
Fashionably dressed ladies and gentlemen stand or sit in small groups conversing the elegant saloon at the Marine Pavilion designed by Henry Holland.
Description:
Sixth of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Royal Pavilion (Brighton, England)
"Scene from the Sheridan play, the characters sitting together (suggested to be portraits of Mrs Green and Quick in the roles), the Duenna a portly woman at left with wide open mouth and hands on chest, turning to Isaac who cowers from her."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state.
Alternative Title:
Duenna and Little Isaac
Description:
Date from Grego., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Reissue, with imprint burnished from plate, of a print published with the imprint: London, Published April 1, 1784, by I.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: allusion to Sheridan's The Duenna., and Title engraved below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
"Landscape with figures binding a bundle of wood at right, cattle and sheep resting at left, hills beyond."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0713.2234.
Alternative Title:
From an original, late in the collection of Charles Frederick Abel Esqr.
"A fat and ugly lady (left) and a young and pretty one (right) are being dressed for a Birthday at St. James's. A huge wig decked with feathers and roses is being placed by a maid on the bald head of the elder lady, who stands holding a bouquet and looking in a mirror which reflects a delighted grin. A little black page supports the mirror; he turns to a dog which fawns on him. Another maid fastens in front a false 'derrière', which will distend her dress below the waist, see BMSat 7100, &c. The girl is seated; a friseur dresses her long hair; a man-milliner, 'chapeau-bras', prepares to adjust a 'derrière'; she touches approvingly the dress which an ugly old woman wearing a hat holds out to her. On the floor is a round box containing roses."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Companion print to: Dressing for a masquerade., Reissue, with alteration of date in printmaker's signature and addition of shading and background elements in design. For earlier state published 3 March 1789, see no. 9678 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Temporary local subject terms: Birthday at St. James's Palace -- Female costume: Derrières -- Dressing for St. James's Birthday Ball -- Black page -- Hairdressers: Friseur -- Male milliners -- Feathered female wigs., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
"A design in two compartments, one above the other, the title between them. In both a pack of hounds with human heads chases a crowned stag; in one the stag is George III, in the other (below) Louis XVI. [1] The stag (left) is beside a signpost pointing 'To Windsor', [written in ink] Windsor Castle appearing on the extreme left. The huntsman (right) is the Prince of Wales riding on the heels of the last hound, his whip outstretched. The foremost hound, who has almost reached the stag is Sheridan, next is (?) Lord Sandwich, or perhaps the Duke of Queensberry, next Fox. [The head has a feminine appearance, and has been identified by Grego as Mrs. Fitzherbert. But black eyebrows and traces of 'gunpowder jowl' indicate Fox, whose absence would be inexplicable.] The next pair are a judge (? Loughborough) and Powys. The last two are Burke and Lord Stormont. Beside the Prince, his back to the other dogs, and urinating as a sign of contempt, is Pitt, turning his head to scowl up at the Prince. [2] The names of the hounds have been written in a contemporary hand beneath the print. The stag (right) has been reached by the hounds, three of whom are biting him. He has passed a signpost 'A Versailles'. The foremost hound is 'M. de Limon'; close behind are 'Le Baron de Talleyrand' furiously biting the stag's shoulder, and 'Le Comte de Vauban'; the next two, 'Le Comte de La Touche' and 'le Marquis de Sillery'. The last two are women: 'la Comtesse de Blot' and 'la Comtesse de Buffon' who wears feathers in her hair, and turns her head to gaze at Orleans, the huntsman, whose mistress she was. Orleans rides a clumsy hack, blowing a horn, and is dressed in the French manner, with the boots and whip of a French postilion (in place of his accustomed English riding-dress). His long queue streams out behind him."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson in British Museum catalogue., Publisher's advertisment follows publication information: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the Kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admittce. 1s., and Title from text etched in center of design; letter "r" in "first" etched above line and inserted with a caret.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Fores, S.W., publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Genlis Sillery, Charles Alexis Pierre Brulart de,--marquis de,--1737-1793--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820., George--IV,--King of Great Britain,--1762-1830--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Latouche-Tréville, Louis-René de,--1745-1804--Caricatures and cartoons., Limon, Geoffroi,--marquis de,---1799--Caricatures and cartoons., Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793., Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph,--duc d',--1747-1793--Caricatures and cartoons., Pitt, William,--1759-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Powys, Thomas,--1737-1809--Caricatures and cartoons., Sandwich, John Montagu,--Earl of,--1718-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons., and Vauban, Jacques Anne Joseph Le Prestre,--comte de,--1754-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
A crowd, gathered in the courtyard under the sign of The George Inn on the route to Brighton, examine a horse seemingly under auction; a man in the doorway holds up a hammer. People look out at the scene from the windows of the inn. Two men converse with a woman to the left as her dog looks at the scene; a traveler with a pack and walking stick sits on a stoop to adjust his shoe.
Description:
Third of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Alken, Samuel, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97864144, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Animal auctions., Audiences., Taverns (Inns) , and Travelers.
Date assigned by curator., 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):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"A colossal figure of Catherine II steps from 'Russia', a rocky mound on the extreme left, to 'Constantinople', her toe resting on the horn of a crescent which surmounts a spire on a group of buildings, with a dome and a minaret. Her head is turned in profile to the right; in her left hand is an orb, in her right she holds out a sceptre over Constantinople, at which she looks with a determined frown. Beneath her petticoats, and strung out between 'Russia' and 'Constantinople' are the heads and shoulders of seven sovereigns, gazing up at her. On the extreme left is a man wearing the cap of the Doge of Venice, saying, "To what a length Power may be carried". Next is the Pope wearing his triple crown, saying, "I shall never forget it". Next is the King of Spain, saying, "By Saint Jago, I'll strip her of her Fur!" Louis XVI says "Never saw any thing like it". George III says "What! What! What! What a prodigious expansion!" The Emperor says "Wonderful elevation". The Sultan says "The whole Turkish Army wouldn't satisfy her"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
European powers
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Publisher's advertisement below image: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe. Admitce. one shilling., and Title etched within image.
Publisher:
Wm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Catherine--II,--Empress of Russia,--1729-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., Charles--IV,--King of Spain,--1748-1819--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher., Leopold--II,--Holy Roman Emperor,--1747-1792--Caricatures and cartoons., Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793--Caricatures and cartoons., Manin, Lodovico,--1726-1802--Caricatures and cartoons., and Selim--III,--Sultan of the Turks,--1761-1808--Caricatures and cartoons.
"A dog with the head of Sheridan is being chased out of the gate of Devonshire House by the Duke of Portland and other leading whigs. He flees 'To Carlton House', a signpost (left) pointing the way. His collar is inscribed 'G.P.', to his tail is tied a large architectural drawing of Drury Lane, showing the new front to Bridges Street added to Garrick's theatre by R. and J. Adam. The foremost of the pursuers is Portland, about to hurl a stone; Fox follows, holding out his hands pleadingly to the fugitive. Burke holds a club inscribed 'Shelaly', and clenches his fist fiercely. Next him is the short Lord Derby (left), and on the right the Duke of Norfolk. Lord Stormont holds up his hat as if to hurl it. Along the (Piccadilly) wall of Devonshire House broadsides and papers are hung up for sale."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Bardolph badgered and Portland hunt
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Whigs -- London: Devonshire House -- Road signs -- Allusion to Drury Lane Theater -- Allusion to Carlton House., and Titles etched below image.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Derby, Edward Smith Stanley,--Earl of,--1752-1834--Caricatures and cartoons., Fores, S. W., publisher., Fox, Charles James,--1749-1806--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Mansfield, David Murray,--Earl of,--1727-1796--Caricatures and cartoons., Norfolk, Charles Howard,--Duke of,--1746-1815--Caricatures and cartoons., Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck,--Duke of,--1738-1809--Caricatures and cartoons., and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley,--1751-1816--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Spectators watching a race between four horses, the sea beyond."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Last of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
[Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row]
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
"Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI are seated in a carriage, of the type then called 'pot de chambre', the Dauphin between and in front of them. The three galloping horses are suddenly checked by a French soldier, on horseback, and by another man beside him. A man with a dagger on the extreme left pursues the carriage. The soldier, putting his finger to his nose, leans towards the King, saying, "Aha B--gre, Croyez vous échaper comme cà". The off horse, on which the postilion is seated, falls; the man looks round shouting. The King and Queen are terror-stricken; she screams "Nous sommes tons Foutus". A servant, standing at the back of the carriage says, "Parbleu Je sens tres fort la lanterne". All have expressions of violent emotion; the Dauphin is howling. On the extreme left is a milestone: 'Sens II lieu'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Grand monarch discovered in a pot de chambre, Royal fugitives turning tail, and The grand monarck discovered in a pot de chambre
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Publication date follows "London" and precedes publisher's statement in imprint., and Titles etched below image; the word "royal" in alternative title is etched above the line, inserted with a caret.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, at his Caracature Wharehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S.W., publisher., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Louis--XVI,--King of France,--1754-1793--Caricatures and cartoons., and Marie Antoinette,--Queen, consort of Louis XVI, King of France,--1755-1793--Caricatures and cartoons.
"Would-be swimmers descending a hill to wheeled bathing carriages on the shore, the wind blowing at clothes and hats."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Seventh of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
"Coaches and horses gathered outside the White Hart inn at left, the proprietor Sully's name on the side of the building, women and children looking on from the other side of the street."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Second of eight plates to: Wigstead, H. An excursion to Brighthelmstone, made in the year 1789. London : Printed ... for G.G.J. and J. Robinson, 1790. and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Messrs. Robinsons, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., G. and J. Robinson (Paternoster Row, London, England), publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2008158688, Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
"The interior of Drury Lane Theatre which is collapsing during a performance. The theatre is seen from the side of the pit, the stage and curtain being on the extreme left, and the orchestra receding diagonally in perspective from left to right. Large blocks of stone fall from the roof, with men and women clinging to them; others have already fallen and are crushing the occupants of the pit, who try to escape. On the right a gallery falls from the roof, covered with falling figures and shattered by blocks of stone. The pillars of the tiers of boxes which form a background are breaking. Tiny figures in the boxes are freely sketched in attitudes of terror. On the stage (left) is an actress holding out a goblet; an actor in Roman armour falls into the orchestra under a huge block of stone."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Title etched below image., and Two lines of verse etched below title: Music has charms to soothe the savage breast, to soften bricks and bend the knotted oak!
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S.W., publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Probably a plate from: Rowlandson, T. Outlines of figures & landscapes. [London] : Publish'd by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly ..., [1790-92]., Publisher's advertisment follows imprint: ... where may be seen the completest collection of caricatures &c. in the kingdom, also the head & hand of Count Struenzee. Admittance one shilling., and Title devised by curator.
Publisher:
S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S.W., publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"The interior of Sir Robert Taylor's rotunda in the Bank of England when it was used as a stock exchange with the arc of the pilastered wall and part of the domed ceiling forming a background. The floor is covered with groups of small figures, only three ladies among them, who are drawn realistically with a certain humourous intention. On the left is a Jew who talks to a fashionable young man in top-boots. On the right a man wearing a cocked hat and holding a staff and waving a rattle stands above a crowd of excited bidders. On the wall above his head is the notice: 'No clerk to act as broker.' Behind is a table at which men stand to write. On the wall above it is the inscription: Navy &c. £5 pr. ctr. amnt."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 306., For an earlier state before the addition of Fores's name at the end of imprint, see no. 8204 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
T. Rowlandson, Strand & S. W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bank of England., Fores, S. W., publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Banks., Crowds., Interiors., Jews., Pilasters., Rotundas., and Stock exchanges--England.