"A narrow lane with high steep banks is blocked by a haycart (right); a man lies on his back on the hay, asleep. A well-dressed man on a spirited horse rides just behind the cart, clenching his fists with impatience. Behind him (left) rides his groom; two dogs run beside the horses. On the right is a board: 'No Thoroughfare'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Following on horse back a slow cart through an endless narrow lane ...
Description:
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., Publisher and date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Text below image: Following on horse back a slow cart through an endless narrow lane at sunset, when you are already too late, and want all the help of your own eyes, as well as your horses feet to carry you safe through the rest of your unknown way., and Title etched in bottom part of image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
"A bedroom interior. An elderly man kneels beside a chest, trying to shut the lid. A very fat woman stands on it, supporting herself against the end of the curtained bed, another sits on it. An untidy servant, gaping and grinning, stands holding a broken candle, pouring grease over his master. On a table is a tray of coffee-things, with a cat lapping from a bowl; a dog sits on a chair; a pair of top-boots stands ready."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
On packing up your clothes for your journey, because your servant is a fool ...
Description:
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: On packing up your clothes for your journey, because your servant is a fool, the burning fever into which you are thrown when after all your standing, stamping, kneeling, tugging and kicking, the lid of your trunk refuses to approach within a yard of the lock., and Title etched below image.
Publisher:
1807
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Beresford, James,--1764-1840.--Miseries of human life--Illustrations., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
At an inn, after pulling off your boots, the option of going barefoot the rest of the evening ...
Description:
Date of publication based on similar prints with the same title and likely from the same series. Cf. Nos. 10836 and 10837 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Five lines of descriptive text below title: At an inn, after pulling off your boots, the option of going barefoot the rest of the evening or expatiating in a pair of boundless slippers ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Probably 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 no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., 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.
"Melville, in Highland dress (left), stoops, holding open a sack from which issues an endless procession of pigmy Scots, receding in perspective to disappear under a high Gothic doorway, inscribed 'Saint Stephens'. The little Scots march out of the bag like an army of occupation, with an eager, hungry air. Some wear plain, others feathered, bonnets; one has bagpipes under his arm, another a broad-sword. John Bull (right), a yokel in shirt and breeches, holding a cudgel, looks down at them, saying, "Dang it, what a swarm of them there be - enough to cause a famine in any christian country." Melville says: "There ye are my bonny Lads - mak the best o' your way the door is open - and leave a Scotsman alaine to stick in a place gin he once gains an entrance!" Saint Stephens, the House of Commons, is between a high crenellated wall (right) and the façade of a neo-Gothic building with crenellated roof, oriel windows above an arcade, and turrets."--British Museum online catalogue, description of alternate state.
Alternative Title:
Johnny Maccree, opening his new budget
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., For variant state with price and plate number, see no. 10746 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Dundas, Henry,--1742-1811--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Saint Stephens (ed., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress--Scotland. and John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.
"An ugly man staggers back, his finger in the beak of a parrot which stands on the open door of its cage which is about to fall from a toppling table. A cat claws at his leg. Two ladies, excited and pleased, watch the calamity, as do a military officer and a woman standing by the door (left). The room is a handsome one with pilastered door, and a large window (right) giving on a garden."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Being persuaded to put your finger into the cage of a parrot ...
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 title: Being persuaded to put your finger into the cage of a parrot and to rub his pole, upon an assurance from its doating mistress that it is the most gentle bird in the universe, suddenly feeling the sanguinary effects of its beak., 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.
"A man in bed kicks wildly, clutching a bed-post, as a chambermaid tries to pull out his wooden leg. A second chamber-maid flourishes a lighted candle."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
At an inn, going into a bed too short with a wooden leg ...
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: At an inn, going into a bed too short with a wooden leg which you were too fatigued to unstrap, drawing up the living one, going to sleep with the other sticking out at the bottom ..., 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.
"A court scene. In the foreground is an oval table round which Counsel are seated. One stands, leaning forward and shouting at a trembling witness who stands chapeau-bras beside the table. Two judges are seated on the left under a Gothic canopy. The jury are in a box stretching across the court, and in front of three Gothic windows. On the right are two tiers of spectators, closely packed."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Being nervous and cross examined by Mr. Garrow
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., 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 nervous and cross examined by Mr. Garrow., 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.
"A dinner-table scene. A man (left) falls on his back and on his broken chair. The other diners, four men and three ladies, rise, all registering concern, except for an old woman who grins. A footman laughs and drops a wine-glass from a salver, and is kicked behind by one of the diners. A servant entering with a tureen pours its contents over the fallen man. The room or hall is an exaggerated example of neo-Gothic: walls, alcoves, and door being covered with carvings."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Sitting on a chair which a servant has fractured and put together the preceding morning ...
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: Sitting on a chair which a servant has fractured and put together the preceding morning, and upon attempting to lean back falling to the ground before a large party; a country servant bursting into a roar of laughter., 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.