"The left of the stage seen from the right with part of the orchestra in the foreground, and two stage-boxes on the left. The singer, a handsome young man of feminine appearance, bows, hands on heart, singing loudly. He wears quasi-Roman armour, with an enormous feathered helmet, a cloak, bare arms and legs, with cothurnes. In the centre of the lower box a stout man in regimentals yawns violently, looking disparagingly at the singer. A handsome lady next him turns her head towards the stage. Four other men in the box are amused or quizzical; one uses an ear-trumpet. In the upper box an elderly 'cit' grimaces with angry contempt; his wife yawns cavernously, as does a head in the background. The orchestra sit facing each other; all are elderly; all register active lack of appreciation."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
John Bull at the Italian opera
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; the year "1805" at end of imprint statement has been altered to "1811." See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For the original issue from 1805, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 52-3, Temporary local subject terms: Actors -- Theatres -- Stages -- Audiences -- Musicians -- Orchestra -- Yawning., and Mounted on leaf 69 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Designd. and pubd. by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat cook sleeps by the kitchen fire in an arm-chair with her feet high up on the chimney-piece. She holds a glass filled from a bottle of 'Cherry Bounce' at her elbow. Close beside her a comely plump kitchen-maid is also asleep, with her arm round the neck of a negro footman who sleeps on her shoulder. All have beatific smiles. Before the fire a cat sleeps on the back of a dog. Cooking utensils stand on the chimney-piece and hang from the wall; dishes on a dresser complete a crowded interior."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Kitchen stuff
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11636 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 193-4., Temporary local subject terms: Bellows -- Cooking utensils -- Fireplace., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.2 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37.6 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
"A handsome young courtesan sits by the fire, her legs crossed indecorously, her breast bare; she has a decanter at her elbow, and holds a glass of wine. Standing on each side of her are her jailor, holding a bunch of keys, and a hideous old woman; both drink. Over the chimney-piece is a placard: 'Mac Nab Sherrifs Officer for the County of Middlesex--Genteel Accomodation for Ladies and Gentlem[en]'. The door (left) is heavily bolted, and has an iron grille; the large, partly curtained window is massively barred."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Waiting for Jew bail
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price one shilling coloured.", Plate numbered "65" in upper right corner., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from top edge. Plate number supplied from impression in the British Museum., Watermark, partially trimmed: Smith & Allnutt 18[...?]., and Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 28th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Date of publication from Grego., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
"Fourteen ugly and elderly men, much burlesqued, discuss libel proceedings. A large placard on the wall shows that they are members of 'The Rotten Bourough Society Established in 1810 Gibery Vixe [Vicary Gibbs] President Leatherbreech [Lethbridge] Vice--'. One stands in the centre, inspecting 'Cobbetts Register' through a glass; beside him is a very obese man, registering scandalized horror and trampling on 'Magna Charte[r]'. The others sit or stand in a shallow curve; on the extreme right one seated at a table writes on a paper inscribed 'Breach of Privilege'. A bundle of documents lies on the ground (right): 'Meetings of Freeholders Whig Club Speeches'; 'Sinecures Secret Service Money'; 'Pamphets' [sic] 'Civil List Reversions'; 'Bill of Rights'. The wall which forms a background is covered by bills, two pictorial: 'Mr Satirist' with a satyr's head and a scourge, and a 'View of the Tower' [unrecognizable]. The others: 'Monthly Statement of Politics'; 'Statesman Caveo'; 'Examiner a Watchful (eye) [depicted] upon You'; 'Enquiries into the Expedition to Walcheren Quere if not Treason' [see British Museum Satires No. 11530]; 'Morning Chronicle knows no bounds and must be Checked'; 'To the Keeper of Newgate'; 'List of those who Voted in the Minority'; 'Morn Post'; 'Indepent [sic] Wig Society--Speech of the Chairman'; 'Sarjant at Arms'; 'Treasury Bench'; 'Sir Francis Burdett committed to the Tower'; 'Proclamation Privy Council Ministers Present'; 'Coroners Inquest Justifiable Homicide'; 'List of Promotions'; 'Morning Post'; 'Commitment of Jno. Gale Jones--'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Libel hunters on the lookout, or, Daily examiners of the liberty of the press and Daily examiners of the liberty of the press
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of series title and numbering from top edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 12, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An ugly old man wearing night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers stands at an open window gazing up through a spy-glass at a comet shaped like a large shuttle-cock. Keys hang from his waist. Behind him (left) sits a pretty young woman, turning her head to look at the comet, but giving her right hand to a young man who kneels beside her, while she presses her foot on his. She wears a long fur boa over her evening dress."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Looking at the comet till you get a criek in the neck and Looking at the comet till you get a crick in the neck
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. Septr. 20th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11810 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "91" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., "Price one shilling colour'd.", Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 210-11., Temporary local subject terms: Comet -- Spy glass -- curtains., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 33.5 x 23.1 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from top edge., and Mounted on leaf 67 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
A hideous, ragged woman looks amorously at her male companion, a burly dustman, as they sift through cinders; two others kneel at their feet, one also using a sieve to sift through the cinders while her companion drinks gin. In the foreground are the bones of a horse; flying overhead a flock of carrion crows
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue by Tegg of a print originally published in 1788; see British Museum catalogue and Grego., "Price one shilling coloured.", For the original issue of the plate, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 234-6., For a later reissue of the plate, see no. 7444 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 34.5 x 24.9 cm, on sheet 39.2 x 27.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 11 Cheapside
"An aged man with a Jewish profile unlocks a large padlock on an iron-studded door under a vaulted portico. Beside him stands a man dressed like a sailor with a basket of poultry and fish on his head, and a straw-covered flask in his hand. An area railing is also padlocked, but behind the railing is a handsome young officer on a ladder, helping a pretty girl out of the window. The old man wears old-fashioned dress with a tie-wig, and two coats, one worn like a cape with the sleeves empty. His crutched stick leans against the door. A corbel above the door is a grotesque figure with a Jewish profile, supporting a burden."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; the year at end of imprint statement has been altered to "1811," perhaps from "1805." See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 34.4 x 24.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark, mostly trimmed: 181[...?]., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Design'd and pubd. by T. Rowlandson, N. 1 James Street, Adelphi
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from description by Grego of other prints in the series., Probably part a series of views in Oxford and Cambridge. See: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 184., and Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"Masqueraders stand closely grouped. A centre figure is an obese, aged, and capering Punch, playing a guitar. Two women are prominent, both are in profile to the left, and wear small masks which frame their eyes. One holds a wand and a book inscribed 'Magi', the other wears breeches and is very décolletée. Behind her is an ugly coarse-looking man, wearing a domino with a naturalistic mask resembling his own features. A man wears a bag-wig with large horns and carries a placard inscribed 'Horns to Sell'. One figure wears two realistic and complete masks, Janus-like--one that of a handsome woman, the other of an ugly man. The background is an arc of a rotunda, with Ionic pillars framing curtains and decorated with fairy lights."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Price one shilling coloured.", Plate numbered "84" in upper right corner., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number from top edge, and sheet mutilated in lower left corner with partial loss of Rowlandson's signature. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Mounted on leaf 64 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. August 30th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
