"An ox pins a fat 'cit' to a door-step (right), its horns enclosing the man's neck. Men with bludgeons chase the ox, filling the broad street. Two dogs leap savagely at it, one against the body of an old woman who falls violently to the ground. Other passers-by flee across the street. They include a fat woman with a (falling) basket on her head, a Jew with a sack on his back, and a man on crutches. The ox is beside the curved shop-window of a 'Chemist'; across the road is a 'China Warehouse', A coach with outside passengers turns down a side street (left). In the middle of the street is an obelisk supporting three lamps."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
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 image: Being pinned up to a door, round the neck, by the horns of an enraged over-driven ox., and Title etched above image; page number etched above upper right corner of image.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"Inscription in the upper right. corner: 'A Serio Comic Scene that befel the Grocers Wife at Norwich Or Mrs Figgs bottom exposed owing to the bottom of Mr Figgs Whiskey breaking through.' The two-wheeled gig has stopped at the door of an old-fashioned grocer's shop. A plump woman stands on the ground behind the shafts, naked between waist and stockings, the hole in the floor of the gig having scraped up her petticoats. A scene of violent action: one man holds the head of the restive horse. Men (l.) rush to look at the unfortunate woman who screams with upraised arms, as does her husband who stands with his back to his shop. A woman furiously clutches the hair of a too-eager spectator (r.); a barking dog leaps towards Mrs. Figg. Over the shop-door hangs a conical sign: 'Old Sugar loaf.' A board over the door is inscribed 'Grocery Sweetmeats Hams Tongues Starch Plumbs Figs Vermicelli Tripe Barley Pickles Mustard Soap Hogs Puddings &c Sold here by Peter Figg.' In a bow window are many jars, &c, two inscribed 'Mustard' and 'Virgin Honey'. Above it are two large pot-plants. An agitated woman screams from a casement window over the door. On the house is a placard: 'Cattle Life Insurance Cow Lane Smithfield.'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through
Description:
Printmaker and date from Grego. and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Accidents. , Carriages & coaches., City & town life., Dogs., Grocers., Spectators., Spouses. , Stores & shops., and Window displays.
"Below the title: 'The Woman who shews General Guise collection of Pictures at Oxford'. She stands directed to the left., holding a pointer with which she slyly points to a picture of Suzanna and the Elders. She is old and grotesquely ugly, wearing a hat over a frilled cap, an apron, and bunched-up skirt. Her left hand is on her hip, a large key dangling from the fourth finger. A corner of the room is shown, the pictures fitted closely together; three rows are depicted, hung above a dado; a fourth is indicated. The pictures are very freely drawn, and one at least is burlesqued."--British Museum online catalogue, description of alternate state.
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Initials burnished from plate: JN (John Nixon)., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Nixon, John, -1818, artist.
"The dignified houses of Pall Mall, receding in perspective from right to left, form a background to a crowd of carriages and pedestrians all fashionably dressed except for a woman carrying a basket."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
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., Title etched below image., and Two lines of quoted verse on either side of title: "O bear me to the paths of fair Pall Mall, safe are thy pavemts., grateful is thy smell ...
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"Two pilgrims meet, one (left) debonair and jaunty, the other in a crouching position, and with an anguished expression. Both wear hats turned up with cockle shells, and necklaces hung with shells, long belted gowns with rosaries. Each holds a staff surmounted by a cross. The verses, by 'Peter Pindar' (Wolcot) (abridged), relate the pilgrimage of 'a brace of Sinners' to the shrine at 'Loretta', fifty miles, with peas in their shoes, by order of their priest. The returning pilgrim explains his rapid progress:'"To walk a little more at ease,"I took the liberty to boil my peas'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Plate numbered "P. 2" in upper left corner and "1" in upper right corner., Thirty-one lines of verse below title: A brace of sinners for no good, were order'd to the Virgin Mary's shrine, who at Loretta dwelt in wax, stone, wood, and in a curld white wig, lookd wond'rous fine ..., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Design incorporates image elements of nos. 5916, 5917, and 7238 and is titled the same as no. 5914 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London] : [publisher not identified], [1836?], page 76., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from Grego., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, artist., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons --England and Satires (Visual works) --England
"A Quaker (left), standing on his toes, faces four stout and elderly Commissioners seated at a small table, who register surprise and disapproval. Three of them say: "What an impertinent fellow to keep on his hat before such a dignified Assembly!"; "None of your theese and thous here Sir--come to the point--we know you have evaded certain duties," and, "Pray Sir do you know what we sit here for?" The Quaker, his hands folded, answers: "Verily I do--some sit here for £500 others for a £1000--and more over I have heard it reported that some sit here for two--thousand pounds per annum"."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
"Price one shilling coloured.", Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Plate numbered "276" in upper right corner., Reissue, with date burnished from imprint statement leaving a gap between "London, Published" and "by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." For earlier state numbered "23" and published 9 July 1807, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.07.09.02.1+., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
"Two designs on one plate, divided by the title. [1] A hussar officer riding in front of his men mismanages his mount, so that it rears slightly, and he is about to slide off. He shouts "March, Trot, Canter, Charge, halt, halt, halt, I mean." He has dropped a trumpet from which issues a blast: "Oh what a Ninny I was to throw Myself off, they're laughing at me avarice Vanity False friendship, Ingratitude, Double dealing, absurdity, Hippocracy, Malice, Cut down Countenance." His sabre lies on the ground, and five riding-switches which have been rolled up in the cloak fastened to the saddle fall from it. On the ground is a paper: 'hints to bad horsemen'. The men (right) gallop up in perfect order holding their sabres erect. One says: "Our Young Whip is not an Old Jockey". In the background (left) is a church or cathedral (perhaps intended for Salisbury), with trees and houses. [2] The rider has just picked himself up (right); the horse, still rearing, looks over its shoulder to say: "You seem more frightened than hurt, You have been taught the Value of Whips more than the use of them." A soldier, holding the trumpet, has ridden up and halts between horse and rider; he says: "I hope your Honor is not hurt." The officer answers: "I am not hurt upon My honour." The men galloping (right) say: "Why our Captain needn't a fallen.""--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Jiles (or Giles) Grinagain is a pseudonym., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Title etched between the two images.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Grinagain, Giles, publisher., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"Scene at a conjurer's. A man covered with a shaggy skin, with bull's horns, stands in a circle, impersonating the Devil. A butcher cheers on his dog who is worrying the pseudo-Devil, while the conjurer (left), wearing robes and a fur cap, stands behind, in angry alarm. A stuffed crocodile, celestial globe, &c, decorate the room. An inscription relates at length that the butcher has gone to consult the conjurer about some lost sheep, when his dog springs at the 'Devil', thinking it is a bull; he detects the cheat and refuses to call off his dog. The prose narrative ends: 'so Dog against Devil, for what sum you please!'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Dog and the devil
Description:
"Price one shilling.", Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Plate numbered "Z 2" in upper right corner., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Title etched below image., and Twelve lines of text below title: A butcher once had lost some sheep, & to discover the thief, went to a reputed conjurer ...
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside,
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Butchers., Crocodiles., Devil., Dogs., Globes., and Magicians.