Title etched below image., Date supplied by curator., Place of publication from item., In margin top: Caricatures Parisiennes., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & Married life.
Publisher:
chez Martinet, Libraire, rue du Coq, No.15
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Marriage, Spouses, Servants, Chairs, and Medical equipment & supplies
A thin man in a cap pulled down on his head feeds a morsel of food to an obese woman who combs a wig in her hand as they sit on a sofa before a table laid with lunch. They are in a well-appointed sitting room decorated with a mirror above a fireplace with a mantel on which sits a clock, a sheet of music entitled 'Romance', and under a glass vitrine, a statuette of man holding a bird on his finger. The fire screen is decorated with an image of two love birds. On the left edge is only a portion of painting, but it shows a bird perched on the finger of the sitter's hand. The man's discarded hat and walking stick rest of a sofa to the left
Description:
Title from text below image., Signed by the printmaker on a slip of paper tucked into the left edge of the mirror., Series title and number from caption above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "The series 'Musée Grotesque' consists of at least 65 plates, made over a long period between March 1814 and August 1829. They seem all to have been designed, and in some cases etched, by Godissart de Cari, and all are placed under his name in the British Museum. The first four plates of the series, unlike the others, do not carry the heading 'Musée Grotesque' but rather 'Les Nouvellistes' and are numbered 1 to 4."--British Museum online catalogue., and Mounted on blue laid paper to: 36 x 30 cm.
A portrait of the Pretender, shown three-quarters length to the waist and looking to the right, in an oval fraome. He is wearing robes, collar, abd jewel of the Garter; a lace cravat and full-bottomed wig. Statement of responsibility and chronogram engraved in the frame above and below
Description:
Title engraved in oval frame around portrait., Title translation in British Museum catalogue: James III Pretender of England &c. and Knight of St. James., Publication date from book in which this print was published., "S.A. Belle's portrait of the Pretender is well known"--British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Chronogram inscribed on lower portion of the oval frame enclosing the portrait: TeMpore DVro fILIVs rege natV's habetVr ast non qVIbVsqVe [i.e. 1688]., Four lines of verse in French at the bottom of design: O! Prince infortuné, joüet de la fortune ..., Four ines of verse in Dutch below the design: Heeft u't fortuin de rug tot dus ver toegekeerd ..., Plate 21 from: Het groote tafereel der dwaasheid ... , v. 2., and Mounted to 42 x 27 cm., mounted again to 47 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
Chez le Sr. Belle, rue du Four Faubourg S. Germain attenant la porte de la Foire
Title from item., Publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed to and within plate mark., Three lines of text below title: Le 25 janvier 1774 la populace irritée pénétra sans armes dans sa maison. Il blessa plusieurs personnes à coups dépée: mais les Bostoniens, modéré jusques dans leur vengeance ... Followed by twenty-five lines (in two columns) of descirption titled Origine de la Revolution Américaine., Plate from: Recueil d'Estampes représantant ... la guerre qui a procuré l'indépendance aux États unis ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: customs duties -- Customs officers -- American colonies: Boston -- Street scenes -- Vehicles: cart -- Spectators -- Torture: tarring and feathering.
Publisher:
Chez Mr. Godefroy rue des Francs-bourgeois, Porte St., Michel et chez Mr. Ponce, rue St. Hiacinte, No. 19, A.P.D.R.