A man with a gouty foot sits at a table on which a caraffe and decanter sit with a glass. The figure of the devil sits in an upholsered armchair grinning at the man as he pours a glass of liquid on his head. To their right a skeleton on a three-legged stool is engaged in conversation with a clergy man, both holding glasses of wine. Between the pairs above their heads is written, "A fig for sack & sherry, Our cans we'll clink. Our liquor we'll drink, And we'll be wonderous merry."
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as death -- Demons & devils.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Gout, Alcoholic beverages, Devil, Physicians, Pitchers, Sick persons, Skeletons, Stools, and Undertakers
A man with a gouty foot sits at a table on which a caraffe and decanter sit with a glass. The figure of the devil sits in an upholsered armchair grinning at the man as he pours a glass of liquid on his head. To their right a skeleton on a three-legged stool is engaged in conversation with a clergy man, both holding glasses of wine. Between the pairs above their heads is written, "A fig for sack & sherry, Our cans we'll clink. Our liquor we'll drink, And we'll be wonderous merry."
Description:
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: Folios of caricatures lent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as death -- Demons & devils., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.7 x 36 cm., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark and mutilated in lower left and lower right corners, with partial loss of artist's signature and complete loss of printmaker's signature.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Death (Personification), Gout, Alcoholic beverages, Devil, Physicians, Pitchers, Sick persons, Skeletons, Stools, and Undertakers
"Eight scenes arranged in two rows. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind". Two cronies concur in "hunting the bottle". An old military officer pursues a pretty young woman. Two bailiff's men with bludgeons pursue a debtor. A solitary man has been fruitlessly "hunting after money the whole day". A young and handsome fortune-hunter kneels to an elderly harridan. A hunter after company invites himself to crack a bottle with another man. A fat parson, eyes closed, at a table with punch-bowl, glasses, &c, the second chair being empty, says: "My worthy friend the Vicar and myself have just killed old care and I am very happy Doctor, to welcome you in at the death". Perhaps belongs to a set, see BMSat 8541, &c. c.1800"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of seven scenes arranged in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above the figures in the scenes., and Watermark: E & P 1794.
Publisher:
Pub. March 8th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
"Two lovers embrace within a small shed inscribed 'Strong Box' supported on a pole; a tailor with huge shears is about to cut the pole, saying, "I'll upset the basket". The open doors of the shed are 'Modesty' and 'Chastity'. Behind is sketched an equestrian statue with a railing, indicating a London square. On the right is a room, flanked on the left by a high folding screen on which are bills with the titles of chap-books or songs relating to tailors, the uppermost being 'The Brighton Taylor' (see BMSat 6942, &c). In the room five men with horns sprouting from their heads approach a (?) lawyer sitting at a writing-table, who says, "Say & seal, I say said & sealed". One stands on a three-legged stool, two legs of which have been replaced by moneybags, each inscribed '£2,500'. He says: "Joys that none but a married man can know - would that there was a Taylor here to measure them, but it would cost five thousand - " [Other inscriptions have not been transcribed.] An old man with a crutch looks round the screen at the lovers, saying, "D------d good Trade Ill go & get married too."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Adultery -- Cuckolds -- Divorce: crim con damages -- Trades: tailors -- Lawyers -- Barbers -- London square., Watermark: J Whatman 1794., and Printseller's stamp in lower right of plate: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Pub. by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Divorce, Adultery, Barbers, Couples, Hugging, Lawyers, and Tailors
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following publication statement: NB. Folios of caricatures lent., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Drunkards., and Watermark: J Taylor.
Title from caption below image., Publisher's advertisement below title: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of thirteen figures in two rows, each with lines of text etched above., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Purl -- Teapot.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., Three columns of verse below title: Did you ever hear of Captain Wattle, / He was all for love and a little for the bottle ..., Plate numbered '214' in lower left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: chairs -- Maps: wall-map of England -- Naval uniforms: officer's uniform., and Watermark: 1811.
Publisher:
Published 4th April 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from item., Four lines of text below title: Ah, how do neighbour? -- Why, not very well, I've been married since I saw you last. -- Married! Thats [sic] good news indeed. ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Men -- Walking staves -- Conversations.
Title engraved above image., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., Plate numbered '224' in lower left corner., Two columns of the first stanza of the song printed below title: Drink to me only with thine eyes, And I will pledge with mine ..., From Laurie and Whittle series of drolls., and Temporary local subject terms: Glass: decanters -- Female dress: fans -- Pictures amplifying subject: Cupid -- Furniture: slip-covered chairs -- Furnishings: carpet -- Literature: To Celia, by Ben Johnson (1572-1637).
Publisher:
Published 4th Jany. 1799 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London