A couple stand in their nightclothes in horror as they look on their bed which is in flames. An overturned table with a lit candle appears to be the cause of the fire, the other contents, a book, a rosary, a watch and chain, and spectacles are also on the floor. To the right is a dressing table with a mirror, scissors and comb; above, hangs a framed painting
Description:
Title and series title from caption below image., "Pl. 9"--Upper right corner., Ninth plate in a series of 12 prints., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 19 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
A design resembling a high-relief depicts three amoretti attend the toilet of an old hag. The cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one of the attendants ties round the old woman's waist as another attendant holds up a mirror. A third cupid ties the girdle as the arrows fall from the quiver on his back. Behind him, the altar of Venus has tipped over, the fire still burning. A copy of Ovid's Art of love protrudes from the old woman's pocket
Alternative Title:
Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:
Title etched below image., Subtitle transposed from below lines of verse., Early state, with printmaker's name present., Three lines of quoted verse below title: "Upon her fragrant breast the zone was brac'd ..., A satire on the 'pads' which became fashionable in 1793., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
A design resembling a high-relief depicts three amoretti attending the toilet of an old hag. The cestus of Venus is a huge pad which one of the attendants ties round the old woman's waist as another attendant holds up a mirror. A third cupid ties the girdle as the arrows fall from the quiver on his back. Behind him, the altar of Venus has tipped over, the fire still burning. A copy of Ovid's Art of love protrudes from the old woman's pocket
Alternative Title:
Vestal of 1793 trying on the cestus of Venus
Description:
Title from text below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of verse below title: Upon her fragrant breast the zone was brac'd ..., Subtitle transposed from below lines of verse., and Later state, with corrections to plate. Cf. No. 8389 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 29th 1793 by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Title from item., From the series of Laurie & Whittle drolls., Numbered '149' in lower right of plate., and Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: rector -- Parish: vestry -- Creeds: vestry creed -- Beadles -- Beggars -- Table settings -- Glutony.
Publisher:
Published 21st April 1795, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
One of a series of prints representing various tradesmen made up from tools of their own trade. In this print, the implements making up the figure of the victualler are numbered within image and the key is provided below title. The implemets of the publican's trade include: 1. Molbrough chalk. 2. Pipe, pan, & tobacco. 3. Piss port engrav'd. 4. Butt or barrel. 5. Decanters. 6. Tankard, 7. Candle & candlestick. 8. Bung. 9. Snuffers. 10. Apron. 11. Cock wth. running clout. 12. Silver spoon. 13. Gallon pots. 14. Pails with fining.15. Tap tub. 16. Shovel & poker. Around his neck is a cloth with the words "The London Gazett extraordinary"; on his head label "Sadler Fleet". On the tankards that make up his legs is engraved "Blue potts" and "Bedford Head", and on the pails that are his "feet" "Clavert" and "Parsons". To the left is a shallow barrel with a small tankard with "Penny pot" engraved on it side
Alternative Title:
Publican
Description:
Title from item. and Later state. Cf. No. 2471 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bartenders, Bars, Arcimboldesque figures, and Taverns (Inns)
"A raree-show man (right) is exhibiting his peep-show, in a box inscribed "A Vieu of Plymouth", to Lord Amherst, in profile to the right, who stoops down, his hands on his knees, to look through one of the two round holes. The showman says, "There you see Cannons without Carriages and Carriages without Cannons. There you see Generals without Orders there you see &c. &c." The show-box is supported on trestles. Amherst is in general's uniform, wearing the ribbon of the Bath. Behind him, partly cut off by the left margin of the print, stands a Grenadier at attention, holding a musket; he watches the general with a grin. Beneath the design is engraved: "Col Mushrooms Compts to Lord Am------t recommends this cheap but Satisfactory mode of viewing distant Garrisons hopes his Lordship has received the Golden Pippins a few of them are for his Secretary.""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vieu of Plymouth and View of Plymouth
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by M. Darly (39) Strand
Subject (Name):
Amherst, Jeffery Amherst, Baron, 1717-1797 and Great Britain. Board of Ordnance.
"Baxter stands directed to the left, his heels together, elbows bent. He wears a top-hat, a long coat over a striped and protruding waistcoat, with breeches, wrinkled stockings, and tied shoes. He has a humorous face."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Leaf 19 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
"A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Leaf 39 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 27.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 25.5 cm., and Figure identified as "Bishop of Bristol" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
"A tall imposing man, wearing a clerical wig and bands, mortar-board, gown, and cassock, stands directed slightly to the left, head in profile, one gloved hand on his breast, the right arm hanging by his side."--British Museum online catalogue and "He is William Cleaver (1742-1815), Principal of Brasenose College 1785-1809, who continually lived there, giving it a (temporary) leadership in scholarship and discipline, according to De Quincey. He was Bishop of Chester 1787, Bangor 1800, St. Asaph 1806. ... He was Lord Grenville's tutor, and was active in his election (see British Museum Satires No. 11384)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.