"A companion print to BMSat 9670. In a squalid room French dancers practise to a fiddle played by an older man (right) who dances as he plays. The parents of the four children dance, facing each other. She is elegant, buxom, with an elaborate feathered coiffure. He is lean, wearing a tattered but well-fitting coat over bare legs, with sleeve-ruffles (cf. the old gibe that the Frenchman wore ruffles but no shirt). He wears a toupee wig with a long queue. A boy and girl, both with hair elaborately dressed, dance together more vigorously. A little girl (right) with bare legs practises the first position, heels together. On the left a boy plays the pipe and tabor to two dogs, one wearing cloak and hat, whom he is teaching to dance. His chair is the only furniture except for a truckle-bed (left) turned up to the wall and a much-tilted wall-mirror (right). A lean cat has climbed to a small cupboard recessed in the wall near the ceiling and licks a stoppered bottle. The cupboard contains a coffee-pot, a covered jar, &c. A print of two clumsy peasant dancers is pinned to the wall, from which plaster has flaked. All practise with serious concentration."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., 1 print : etching on wove paper, black and white ; sheet 36 x 45.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., and Mounted on leaf 23 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792 by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Foreign opinion, British, Cats, Children, Couples, Dogs, Dance, and Interiors
"Lunardi, slim and handsome, walks diagonally towards the spectator from the right, supported on a staff, his left hand held out as if begging. On his back is his collapsed balloon, a large bundle from which project a net and two oars or propellers. His dress is fashionable but ragged. In the background are trees and a church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state of similar composition
Alternative Title:
Itinerant aeronaut
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from earlier state in British Museum catalogue., Later state, with plate shortened on bottom edge resulting in loss of imprint. Cf. No. 6858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Eight lines of verse below title: Behold an hero comely tall and fair! His only food phlogisticated air! ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
An Italian family, in a poverty-stricken room, practise for opera. A young man stands full-face, singing, his fingers interlaced across his chest. He wears an open, ruffled shirt, awaistcoat, breeches, and ungartered stockings. To his right an old man plays an enormous 'cello. To his left a middle-aged man, seated in profile singing, plays a low harpsichord; he wears open ruffled shirt and breeches, with bare legs. Beside him on the extreme left a little boy dressed in a shirt plays the violin. On the extreme right a pretty young woman sits over the fire with an infant on her knee; she holds out a cloth to dry, looking over her shoulder to sing. Her score ('Affetuoso') is pinned to the chimney-piece, on which stands a crucifix with a tankard, &c. A lean greyhound howls up the chimney. All but the old man have fashionably dressed hair, and a certain elegance. The room is lit from an open casement window (left); there are dark cast shadows and the bare room has no ceiling. On the wall are a print of 'Vestris' dancing, a sword, a play-bill: 'l'Avaro Deluso' (opera by Paisiello, libretto by Vulpius), and a bunch of farthing dips; on the window ledge a cracked mirror, cocked hat, bottles, &c. Beneath the harpsichord is a large bowl labeled 'Macaroni'; and in the foreground lie a violin, music-books, earthenware pots, &c."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.8 x 46.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 1785 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho. Sold by W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweeting Alley, Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Vulpius, Christian August, 1762-1827, Paisiello, Giovanni, 1740-1816, and Vestris, Auguste, 1760-1842
Subject (Topic):
Children, Families, Italian, Mothers, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Singing
"The Duke of Richmond (left) sleeps in an arm-chair beside a table on which are playing-cards and bits of broken tobacco-pipes arranged to represent fortifications. On the right are two cannons, one on a gun-carriage ; a cat sits on its muzzle miaowing at Richmond, one paw on the table. By his side (left) are plans on rollers and a box of long tobacco-pipes. On the wall hang two pictures on rollers as if they were plans. In one (left) soldiers with wheelbarrows, &c. work on the sea-shore, off which dismantled ships lie at anchor. In the other, cannons and cannon-balls with one sentry lie along the sea-shore, off which are ships at anchor with brooms at their mast-heads to show that they are for sale. Richmond's hat, overcoat, and sword hang on the wall between the two pictures. At his feet is an open book inscribed 'Trial of Colol Debbeig'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Planing of fortifications and Planning of fortifications
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: House of Cards -- Card players -- Bill to fortify Portsmouth -- Fortifications -- Furniture -- Pictures that amplify subject -- Matches -- Pets., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 24.6 x 33.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 41 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published March 7th, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Richmond and Lennox, Charles Lennox, Duke of, 1735-1806
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Sleeping, Tables, Playing cards, Pipes (Smoking), Cats, and Pictures
"A pretty young woman leans from an open street-door towards a stout fishwoman who has planted a basket of fish on the step. A second fishwoman stands beside her, her basket on her head, hands on her hips. The house is a corner one, the door has a carved pediment. Behind are low-gabled houses with casement windows. Beneath the title: 'That Fish Madam's sweet! the girl made no reply, Afraid of her life {and to bid was to buy) The Fagg gave a volley her sister squard Trim Smell the fish! what it stinks Eh? you saucy young Brim'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state
Description:
Title etched below image., Earlier issue of a plate later published by S.W. Fores in 1795. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8735., Plate originally published by Alexr. McKenzie in 1786. See Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2., Four lines of verse below title: That fish madam's sweet! The girl made no reply ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: doorways -- Fish wives -- Baskets -- Lighting: street lights., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.5 x 15.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"A pretty young woman leans from an open street-door towards a stout fishwoman who has planted a basket of fish on the step. A second fishwoman stands beside her, her basket on her head, hands on her hips. The house is a corner one, the door has a carved pediment. Behind are low-gabled houses with casement windows. Beneath the title: 'That Fish Madam's sweet! the girl made no reply, Afraid of her life {and to bid was to buy) The Fagg gave a volley her sister squard Trim Smell the fish! what it stinks Eh? you saucy young Brim'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state
Description:
Title etched below image., For a later state published by S.W. Fores in 1795, see no. 8735 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheet trimmed to within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 48 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Sept. 1 1786, by Alexr. McKenzie, N. 101 Berwick Street, Soho
"Five elderly barristers are grouped round an oblong table on which are writing-materials; all wear large tie-wigs. The client sits 'chapeau-bras', hands on knees, in an arm-chair (left), listening with gaping mouth and stupidly eager expression. He appears to be a boorish country gentleman in London dress. The counsel beside him reads from a large document: 'Know all men by these presents'. Another also reads. Two others watch and listen with cynical intentness. The fifth (right), an aged man wearing gauntlet gloves, sits with closed eyes in an arm-chair facing the client. On the wall are pinned legal notices: 'Court of Kings Bench Dn Common Pleas ... [&c.]'. Heavy folios lie open on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue of a plate published by W. Hunter on 21 December 1785. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 173., Imprint continues: ... where may be had all Rowlandson's works., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Mounted on leaf 28 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Oct. 17, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
"A crowded scene in a bare room giving access to the theatre, which is seen through two open doors (right), each showing two boxes, and a section of gallery above, filled with spectators. Courtesans and ladies are being inspected and addressed by the loungers. The centre figure is George Hanger in profile to the left, his club under his arm, arms folded, staring at a bold and handsome girl who stands with another pretty young woman. A man in deep shadow seizes Hanger's bunch of seals. Two elderly men address a fat bawd who holds a basket of fruit and playbills; a coin is placed in her hand. A misshapen elderly beau (not, as Grego suggests, Sir L. Skeffington, b. 1771), looking through a quizzing-glass, steps on an irate lady's dress (right). On the wall is a large play-bill: 'Theatre Royal Covent Garden \ Way of the World \ Who's the Dupe'. The room is lit from bracket lamps high on the right wall, diagonal shadows are thrown across the room, some of the figures are brilliantly lit, others in shadow."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Impression from a worn plate; only traces of previously extensive aquatint remain., and Mounted on leaf 35 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 5th, 1786, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
"Mrs. Thrale (Piozzi) and Boswell are in heated argument: she (left) advances upon Boswell with her hands on her hips; he stamps violently and clenches his fists. An elderly man seated in an armchair looks at them in alarm, raising his hand in admonition. He is Sir John Hawkins: the 'rival wits' have agreed to let him 'Declare the prop'rest pen to write Sam's Life.' Beside him a 'cello leans against the wall, emblem perhaps of Sir John's interest in music, perhaps of Mrs. Thrale's marriage to Piozzi. Three shelves of books are above his head; the highest is filled with large volumes covered with a cobweb, one inscribed 'History of Musi[c]' ... Behind the two disputants is a draped sash-window. Beneath each part of the title a quotation from the verses is engraved: '[1] Who, madning with an Anecdotic Itch, Hath said that Johnson call'd his Mother, B-tch?' Boswell taunts Mrs. Thrale with her anecdote of Johnson's answer to his mother when she called him a puppy. '[2] Who, from Macdonald's Rage, to save his snout, Cut twenty lines of defamation, out?' She retorts with the slander which Boswell denied."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Madame Piozzi
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Bozzy and Piozzi, or, The British biographers. London : Printed for G. Kearsley ..., [1786], Sheet trimmed to within plate mark on right edge., and Mounted on leaf 71 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"A mail-coach, driven right to left, is overturning, the off back wheel having fallen off. The near horse is falling, the other rears violently. The driver has dropped the reins and holds up his arms; he is hidden by the guard seated on his left who falls backwards, his blunderbuss is going off and shatters the roof of the coach, causing letters and letter-bags to fly into the air. A pistol at his side is also going off; it fires point-blank at the bare posteriors of an elderly woman who has fallen head downwards, screaming, her person much exposed; she was apparently an outside passenger. A man puts his head and arms out of the coach-window, shouting in terror. On the centre panel of the coach and above the Royal Arms is inscribed 'The Mail Coach'; on each side panel, 'GR'. In the background (right) is a signpost pointing to the left, 'To Bath'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Persons and property protected
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores Carracature [sic] Ware-House, No. 3 Piccadilly, London
"Satire on the taste for Goethe; a woman kneels wailing, hands clasped, over a grave, beneath a wall topped with a skull and cross-bones; in the square behind, a woman hawks sheets with 'The Best Dying Speech of Werter'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Charlotte at the grave of Werther
Description:
Title etched below image., Last digit of publication date effaced; year of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., British Museum online catalogue suggests 1788 as the year of publication. See registration no.: 1948,0214.592., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.2 x 23.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1, 178[...?] by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse No.3 Piccadilly
"Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) talk across a small circular table on which is a candle. Boswell leans on the table, with raised fingers, talking vivaciously. Johnson leans back as if asleep, his stick between his outstretched legs. Through an open door (left) is seen the back of Mrs. Boswell hurrying from the room. A bracket-clock points to 1.55. A dog looks up at Boswell yawning. The floor is boarded."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "We talked of murder -- and of the antient trial by duel -- We sat till near two in the morning having chatted a good while after my wife left us ..." Vide Journal p. 15., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Wall clock -- Dog., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23.9 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) talk across a small circular table on which is a candle. Boswell leans on the table, with raised fingers, talking vivaciously. Johnson leans back as if asleep, his stick between his outstretched legs. Through an open door (left) is seen the back of Mrs. Boswell hurrying from the room. A bracket-clock points to 1.55. A dog looks up at Boswell yawning. The floor is boarded."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "We talked of murder -- and of the antient trial by duel -- We sat till near two in the morning having chatted a good while after my wife left us ..." Vide Journal p. 15., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Wall clock -- Dog., 1 print : etching on wove paper, black and white ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 30.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"A young couple sit side by side taking tea; the hostess, probably the mother of the young woman, is seated at a small rectangular table filling a tea-pot from an urn. A footman holds a salver to a man who helps himself to sugar, probably the father of the younger man. He sits on the right of his host, a gouty invalid in dressing-gown and nightcap, who is seated in an armchair on the extreme right. A dog sits beside the tea-table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., It is suggested that this print is an imitation of Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue, but Grego indicates that it is by Rowlandson., Date '1785' in lower right corner of image., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 21.7 x 30.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Couples, Courtship, Dogs, Servants, and Tea parties
"Two officers of high rank sit together in a cabin, gambling intently at cup (actually spike) and ball. One (left) wears a star; the other, who is older and stouter, watches the dangling ball held by his companion. At their feet is a pile of coins on papers inscribed 'Twenty Pound'. Under the former's foot is a plan of 'Fotification [sic]', under the latter's a large wall-plan of the disposition of a fleet, on which land and 'Ocean' are marked. On the broad many-paned window behind them hangs ramed plan of celestial and terrestrial globes inscribed respectively 'Celiastial' and 'Teristial'. Behind (right), a burly sailor pours out tea for the two effeminate officers, with an expression of pained contempt."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with title altered and imprint statement burnished out, of a print published in 1785 with the title: Sea amusement, or, Commanders-in-Chief of cup and ball on a cruise. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 176-8., Probably published before 1802, when the imprint "Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly" was added and the plate reissued. Cf. No. 9875 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Final words of burnished imprint statement barely visible below title: [...?] Oxford Street., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"[Left image] The Prince of Wales (right), wearing his star, kneels at the feet of a lady (left), his right hand holds her left hand, his left hand is on his breast. The lady wears a large feathered hat and has some resemblance to the Duchess of Devonshire, cf. BMSat 6263, &c, none to Mrs. Fitzherbert. [Right image] A sailor with a wooden leg and a good-looking young woman of meretricious appearance sit side by side on a barrel; he pours wine into a glass."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state of similar composition
Description:
Titles etched below images., Also attributed to Rowlandson by Grego and the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with new publication line, of a print originally issued 15 December 1785. Cf. Nos. 6870, and 6871 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Two images on one plate, each individually titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 170-1., and Mounted on leaf 26 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. March 18, 1790 by S.W. Fores, N. 3, Piccadilly
"The theatre is apparently drawn from a box on the first tier. The left corner of the stage is shown with the prompter and another man standing in the wings. Almost half the orchestra, the pit, three tiers of boxes, and the lowest gallery are shown. Of the upper gallery only the balustrade and the extreme corner are visible. On the stage a man in Roman costume addresses a lady in modern dress who repels his advances; she is either singing or screaming. The house is crowded and the audience watch intently. The King and Queen are seated in the royal box; two men and a lady stand behind them. The figures are on a small scale, freely drawn with much expressiveness and humour. A representation of the theatre at that date, drawn apparently with architectural correctness."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Mounted on wove paper backing., and Mounted on leaf 46 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd July 20, 1786 by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
"A room crowded with cooks and scullions : a tall cook addresses the others with clenched fist, holding the queue of his hair. The others make similar gestures of indignation ; one negligently holds a spit transfixing a bird which a dog is eating. Against the wall hang birds, &c., and a poster: Royal Bill of Fare ... second course."--British Museum Catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Variant state of plate issued with the title: Cooks, scullions, hear me evr'y mother's son. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 204., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. The Lousiad. An heroi-comic poem. Canto II. London : Printed for G. Kearsley ..., [1787], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 72 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"An eloping couple drive headlong in a coach and four (right to left) pursued by an angry father on a galloping horse who shakes his whip at them. He is followed by three grooms on horseback. The man leans from the off window of the coach, the lady from the near window; both aim pistols at the father who is close behind them. Two postilions ride the near horses. A signpost (right) points 'To Gretna Green'. A group of trees and a cloud of dust form the background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Trip to Gretna Green
Description:
Title etched below item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, resulting in loss of text. Cf. Beineicke Rare Book & Manuscrcipt digital library, no.: 11792248, Printmaker and publication date from Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: coach -- Elopements -- Pursuit of elopers -- Guns: pistols -- Postillions -- Signs: sign posts., 1 print : etching on wove, hand-colored, on sheet 33.5 x 49 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 25 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"Engraving, described in the advertisement as 'General Paoli, Dr Johnson, and the Journalist practising his celebrated Imitations'. Johnson and Paoli drag Boswell (right to left) in a roughly constructed child's go-cart. Boswell sits jauntily, kept in place by a stick across his seat; from his mouth issues a blast inscribed 'Moo o oh'. He wears ordinary English dress with a barrister's wig and bands and a Scots cap decorated by two bells; behind his ear is a pen, an ink-bottle is fastened to his coat, in his right hand is a rattle, in the left a book inscribed 'Ogden'. Round his neck is a portrait-medallion inscribed 'Bruce'. From each side of the cart projects a bulky book: 'Corsica' and 'Journal to the Hebri[des]', On the near side of the cart is the monogram 'JB' surmounted by a fool's cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
All hail Dalblair
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Child's go-cart -- Corsica -- Fool's cap -- Barrister's wig -- Scottish cap., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 23.7 x 26.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15 May 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary[le]bone Street, Golden Square
"Engraving, described in the advertisement as 'General Paoli, Dr Johnson, and the Journalist practising his celebrated Imitations'. Johnson and Paoli drag Boswell (right to left) in a roughly constructed child's go-cart. Boswell sits jauntily, kept in place by a stick across his seat; from his mouth issues a blast inscribed 'Moo o oh'. He wears ordinary English dress with a barrister's wig and bands and a Scots cap decorated by two bells; behind his ear is a pen, an ink-bottle is fastened to his coat, in his right hand is a rattle, in the left a book inscribed 'Ogden'. Round his neck is a portrait-medallion inscribed 'Bruce'. From each side of the cart projects a bulky book: 'Corsica' and 'Journal to the Hebri[des]', On the near side of the cart is the monogram 'JB' surmounted by a fool's cap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
All hail Dalblair
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Child's go-cart -- Corsica -- Fool's cap -- Barrister's wig -- Scottish cap., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 26.7 x 28.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15 May 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary[le]bone Street, Golden Square
"A young man, his arm around the waist of a coy young woman, whispers in her ear and gestures towards the cover of a wood at left, at the edge of which they stand; in the mid-distance at right, another man rides away from the wood, leading a riderless horse."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier print of which this is a copy
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Irish copy of a print by Rowlandson. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.10.207., and Mounted on leaf 18 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd by H. Brocas and sold at No. 32, New Buildings, Dame Street, Dublin
"A young man, his arm around the waist of a coy young woman, whispers in her ear and gestures towards the cover of a wood at left, at the edge of which they stand; in the mid-distance at right, another man rides away from the wood, leading a riderless horse."--British Museum online catalogue, description of trimmed impression lacking imprint statement
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Possibly the same plate as an impression in the British Museum, from which the imprint statement might have been trimmed. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1935,0522.10.207., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 30th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Print depicts the heads of five officers wearing tricorne hats trimmed with braid. The figure on the left foreground has a quizzing glass
Description:
Title etched below image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Military -- Officers' uniforms., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 10.1 x 17 cm, on sheet 33.0 x 19.0 cm., One of two plates printed on same sheet., and Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786 by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bottom image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles etched below images., Reissue with added stippling, altered signatures, and a new publication line. For an earlier state published by T. Smith in 1785, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2., Two images on one plate, each individually titled and signed., For an earlier state of the top image on the plate, see Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 174-5., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Stt
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bottom image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles etched below images., Reissue with added stippling, altered signatures, and a new publication line. For an earlier state published by T. Smith in 1785, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2., Two images on one plate, each individually titled and signed., For an earlier state of the top image on the plate, see Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 174-5., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper, black and white ; sheet 35.1 x 23.5 cm, Trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Mounted on leaf 9 beneath hand colored sheet, of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Stt
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bottom image] A young man seated on a settee embraces a young woman who lies across his knees, her head resting on the arm of the settee (right). She kisses him, putting her arm round his neck."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Titles etched below images., For a later state with altered signatures, see no. 8738 and no. 8739 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Two images on one plate, each individually titled and signed., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 12th Augt. 1785 by T. Smith, No. 6 Wardour Street, Soho
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Military officers, Flutes, Hugging, and Kissing
"The pit of a theatre: Boswell stands in the centre of the front row behind a row of spikes, emitting a blast from his mouth, putting his hands on his cheeks. The man next him (right) protects his face with his hat; two men on the left are amused, one claps. Behind him are several rows of laughing heads. Two musicians in the foreground turn their heads."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, part the second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Two lines of verse below title: "A great many years ago, when Dr. Hugh Blair & I were sitting together in the pit of Drury-Lane Play-house, in a wild freak of youthful extravagance, I entertained the audience prodigiously, by imitating the lowing of a cow ..." Vide Journal p. 499., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 30.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 70 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd 20 June, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"The interior of a luxuriously furnished room. A young woman (right), fashionably dressed, looks down demurely as she receives the eager advances of an elderly and toothless man wearing a bag-wig and sword and the ribbon of an order. He covertly gives a purse to a fat and elaborately dressed bawd who stands behind him."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reissue of no. 6872 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25.8 x 35.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 19 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 30, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Bribery, Courtship, Parlors, Daggers & swords, and Wigs
"The interior of an artist's studio. A young man is seated in an armchair at his easel, with palette and brushes. On the canvas is a classical scene: a goddess surrounded by naked infants. His nude model (right) reclines sleepily on a sofa (right), holding a piece of drapery. Her hat, shoes, and garments are beside her. Two men enter (left) through a door: a young man in riding-dress who stares at the model, an elderly man who holds up his hand in apparent disapproval. The painter turns round as if to prevent their entry. On the wall sketches are pinned (suggesting the art of the history-painter). There is also a statuette on a bracket (right). The room is lit by a window on the painter's left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Painter disturbed
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint; publication information from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 19.0 x 29.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"The interior of an artist's studio. A young man is seated in an armchair at his easel, with palette and brushes. On the canvas is a classical scene: a goddess surrounded by naked infants. His nude model (right) reclines sleepily on a sofa (right), holding a piece of drapery. Her hat, shoes, and garments are beside her. Two men enter (left) through a door: a young man in riding-dress who stares at the model, an elderly man who holds up his hand in apparent disapproval. The painter turns round as if to prevent their entry. On the wall sketches are pinned (suggesting the art of the history-painter). There is also a statuette on a bracket (right). The room is lit by a window on the painter's left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Painter disturbed
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint; publication information from British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"An elderly spectacled doctor sits on a sofa beside a young woman (right) in hat and cloak. They are taken aback by the entry (left) of an irate middle-aged man, carrying hat and cane. The wall is covered by jars of specimens, &c, a retort, skeleton torso, and skull, ranged on two shelves. A draped sash-window and carved door-lintel give an impression of prosperity."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Doctor disturb'd and Doctor disturbed
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 31 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"The King, Queen, and three princesses are seated at a small dinner-table, on which is a soup-tureen, &c. The King holds a plate on which is an insect, turning round to address angrily a cook (right), who stands trembling beside him. Two alarmed servants stand behind the King's chair. The Queen and princesses make gestures of alarm; one princess (left) has risen from her chair in horror. On the extreme left stands a beefeater holding a jug, who lets glasses fall from a salver in his consternation. A draped window forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; source of the title "Lousiad canto 1st" as indicated., Printmaker from Grego., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right and left sides., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. The Lousiad. An heroi-comic poem. Canto I. London, G. Kearsley, 1787., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 18.9 x 25 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two sides., and Mounted on leaf 71 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 21 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 31st, 1785, J.R. Smith, No. 83, Oxford Street
"A young woman (negligent of her other duties) reading in an armchair, by a grand fireplace with a bas-relief decoration of a reclining nude; head in profile to right, wearing a mob cap and voluminous skirts; a poker is stuck in the grate of the blazing fire."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Négligée
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1877,0512.620., "Simplex Mundities"--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published March 6th, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"In a squalid room Johnson and Boswell lie in two short truckle beds. Boswell (right) is in the foreground, his face contorted with horror, his hands before his mouth as if to stifle a scream, his bare feet drawn up, but projecting over the end of his bed. A gigantic spider descends towards his head, insects are spotted over the bedclothes and pillow, from which projects Ogden (see BMSat 7031). Johnson lies on his back (left) under a casement window, his eyes closed, his hands clasped as if in prayer, his knees drawn up to accommodate the shortness of the bed. A woman's dress hangs as an improvised curtain between the two beds. Under Johnson's bed two rats gnaw Boswell's wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Early state, before "a" inserted between "at" and "M'Queen's" in title. Cf. No. 7044 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786]., Five lines of verse below title: "There were two beds in the room, and a woman's gown was hung on a rope to make a curtain of seperation between them ..." Vide Journal p. 153., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Night clothes -- Spider -- Spider's web -- Nightmare -- Literary quotations., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 24.4 x 25.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 64 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 20 June, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"In a squalid room Johnson and Boswell lie in two short truckle beds. Boswell (right) is in the foreground, his face contorted with horror, his hands before his mouth as if to stifle a scream, his bare feet drawn up, but projecting over the end of his bed. A gigantic spider descends towards his head, insects are spotted over the bedclothes and pillow, from which projects Ogden (see BMSat 7031). Johnson lies on his back (left) under a casement window, his eyes closed, his hands clasped as if in prayer, his knees drawn up to accommodate the shortness of the bed. A woman's dress hangs as an improvised curtain between the two beds. Under Johnson's bed two rats gnaw Boswell's wig."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Five lines of verse below title: "There were two beds in the room, and a woman's gown was hung on a rope to make a curtain of seperation [sic] between them ..." Vide Journal p. 153., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.6 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 28 x 30.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 64 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 20 June 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Atttics, Bedroooms, Nightmares, Sleepwear, and Spiders
Sketches of the heads and shoulders of clerics. The five at the top, labelled 'London Clergy' are in clerical clothes and full of white wigs. Some of the heads are shown sideways, some full face. Below are five heads labelled 'Country Clergy', not in strictly clerical garb. One man has a hat on and a turban under it. Another wears a turban, still another has long natural hair
Alternative Title:
Country clergy
Description:
Title from text within image., Attribution to Rowlandson from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Wigs -- Clerical garb -- Turban., 1 print : etching and aquatint with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 16.9 x 17.2 cm, on sheet 33.0 x 19.0 cm., One of two plates printed on same sheet., and Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3, Piccadilly
The profiles of an elderly and ugly pair, registering hostile anxiety, meet, their tongues touching, while between them is a punch-bowl. Just above their heads two doves bill on a branch
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 19.5 x 24 cm., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores, No. 23 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Bowls (Tableware), Couples, Doves, Kissing, and Older people
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 45 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published 2d June 1786, by S.W. Fores, at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Two designs on one plate. Top (BMSat 6868): A young woman lies under a tree asleep, partly supported by a small beer barrel; a rake is beside her. Next her a young man sits up yawning and stretching. A dog sits beside them; in the distance are sheep. Below (BMSat 6869): A young woman (right) lies full length on a sofa; next her in the opposite corner of the sofa is an elderly man in regimentals, also asleep. The feet of both rest on a chair (left). A cat sleeps on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Nap in town
Description:
Title etched below images. Each image signed and dated in image and each with an imprint statement below., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.0 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 36.7 x 25.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text on bottom edge; imprint and statements of responsibilty from impression in the Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810232., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 75 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 1787 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dufours Place, Broad Street, Soho
Gamblers with expressions of anxiety and despair sit or stand around an octagon-shaped table. One man slumps in his chair, asleep and with his purse empty. One man resembles Captain Topham; others may be caricatures as well. In the center of the table is a circular roulette mechanism with the letters E and O for even and odd
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist attribution from British Museum catalogue., Reissue of an earlier state dated 1781, with a different title. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no. 5928., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.3 x 25.2 cm, on sheet 22.3 x 26.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 33 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A laird in Highland dress (left) seizes Boswell by the throat. The latter is seated at his writing-table, holding up his hands in supplication. His 'Journal' is open at pp. '168' and '169'. The laird, Sir Alexander Macdonald, points with his cane at p. 169; torn-out pages lie on the floor, one is '165', another '167'. On the wall of the bare, boarded room are (left) 'A Map of Skye' showing 'Armidale' and (right) 'View [of] Auchenleck, the Seat of' (name obscured by Boswell's cap). Boswell is dressed as in BMSat 7031, &c, his pen is in the inkpot which stands on the table, its ribbon hanging from it."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Two lines of verse below title: "Having found on a revision of this work that a few observations had escaped me the publication of which might be considered as passing the bounds of a strict decorm, I immediately ordered that they should be omitted in the present edition ..." "Vide Journal p. 527, 2nd ed.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Scots cap -- Waiter -- Lantern -- Gothic niches., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 26.5 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 30.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 61 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15 June 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Three men on the deck of a small sailing-vessel. Boswell, his knees flexed, stands in profile to the left holding the end of a rope and looking at Col, in Highland dress, who holds up his finger admonishingly. His Scots cap flies from his head, his coat-tails blow in the wind, his ink-pot dangles from his neck, his 'Journal' is under his left arm. A sailor (right) stands in back view leaning against the side of the vessel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "As I saw them all busy doing something, I asked Col. with much earnestness what I could do. He with a happy readiness put into my hand a rope which was fixed to the top of one of the masts ..." Vide Journal p. 349., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ink pot., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.9 x 27.2 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 30.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 68 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Subject (Topic):
Inkstands, Dancing, Scottish, Costumes, Sailing ships, and Sailors
"Johnson is seated on the ground on the shore of the Firth of Forth; Boswell kneels upon him and playfully holds a fish to his open mouth, holding back the head of his unwilling friend. Behind Johnson stands Ritter, turning his back on the scene. Boswell, with Ogden under his arm, is dressed as in BMSat 7031, &c. In the middle distance (right) are three fishwives, grinning and pointing; they resemble Rowlandson's Billingsgate women. Two persons are in a boat or punt. On the horizon is the opposite shore."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "I bought some speldings fish salted and dried in a particular manner being dipped in the sea & dried in the sun ..." Vide Journal p. 50., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Fishwives -- Firth of Forth -- Fish -- Fish baskets -- Punt -- Ritter., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 26.5 x 30.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 May 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Johnson is seated on the ground on the shore of the Firth of Forth; Boswell kneels upon him and playfully holds a fish to his open mouth, holding back the head of his unwilling friend. Behind Johnson stands Ritter, turning his back on the scene. Boswell, with Ogden under his arm, is dressed as in BMSat 7031, &c. In the middle distance (right) are three fishwives, grinning and pointing; they resemble Rowlandson's Billingsgate women. Two persons are in a boat or punt. On the horizon is the opposite shore."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "I bought some speldings fish salted and dried in a particular manner being dipped in the sea & dried in the sun ..." Vide Journal p. 50., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Fishwives -- Firth of Forth -- Fish -- Fish baskets -- Punt -- Ritter., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 26 x 28.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 60 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 30 May 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Johnson and Boswell, attended by Ritter, depart from Boswell's house on foot; Mrs. Boswell stands in the doorway weeping and holding up a handkerchief. Johnson, his stick in his right hand, pulls Boswell by the right arm; Boswell, turning to look at his wife, weeps unrestrainedly. He holds his handkerchief to his eyes; 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031) and the 'Journal' are under his right arm. He wears the feathered Scots cap, the pen, and barrister's wig as in BMSat 7031. His ink-bottle hangs from a buttonhole. Between Boswell and his wife stands the moustachioed Ritter wearing a wide cocked hat and holding a long stick in both hands; a large pack is on his back."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "Wednesday 18th August, on this day we set out from Edinburgh, attended by my man Joseph Ritter, a Bohemian, a fine stately fellow above 6 feet high ..." Vide Journal p. 47., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Joseph Ritter -- Man servant -- Bohemian., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 27.7 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 26.9 x 31.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Johnson and Boswell, attended by Ritter, depart from Boswell's house on foot; Mrs. Boswell stands in the doorway weeping and holding up a handkerchief. Johnson, his stick in his right hand, pulls Boswell by the right arm; Boswell, turning to look at his wife, weeps unrestrainedly. He holds his handkerchief to his eyes; 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031) and the 'Journal' are under his right arm. He wears the feathered Scots cap, the pen, and barrister's wig as in BMSat 7031. His ink-bottle hangs from a buttonhole. Between Boswell and his wife stands the moustachioed Ritter wearing a wide cocked hat and holding a long stick in both hands; a large pack is on his back."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "Wednesday 18th August, on this day we set out from Edinburgh, attended by my man Joseph Ritter, a Bohemian, a fine stately fellow above 6 feet high ..." Vide Journal p. 47., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Joseph Ritter -- Man servant -- Bohemian., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 25.1 x 27.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 59 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd 30 May 1786, by E. Jackson Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, d. 1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"A confused design: in the centre the kings of England (left) and Prussia (right) sit together under a canopy; they turn their heads in profile, gazing intently at each other. Behind George III's chair a British sailor lounges, behind Frederick's a Prussian grenadier with a musket stands erect. Frederick holds the ends of two chains attached to the necks of the Habsburg eagle beneath the feet of the two kings; the two beaks of the bird hold a scroll inscribed 'Universal Monarchy'; with its claws it strikes fiercely at the prostrate bodies of a man and woman, evidently intended for inhabitants of the United Provinces. Beneath the bird is the word 'Austria'. On the sides of the canopy under which the kings sit are shields, one (left) inscribed 'Hanover Brunswick Hesse', the other (right), 'Saxony Deux Pont Mayence &c', representing German States under the control or influence of England and of Prussia. On the left and right of the two kings, as if supporters to an escutcheon, are whole length figures on a large scale of military officers; each holds the hilt of his sword, saying, "Whilst you agree I am ready". One (left) is the 'Reigg Duke of Brunswick', the other 'Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick'. In the lower right corner of the design a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig milks a cow inscribed 'Holland'; a dog barks at him angrily. Next the cow a man seated on the ground, probably intended for the Stadtholder, holds up his hands imploringly to the two kings, saying, "Pray protect me". Isolated figures round the two sides and upper edge of the design represent the other Powers of Europe: a crowned bear (left) inscribed 'Russia', couchant, looks greedily towards a much smaller bear inscribed 'Poland'. Russia says, "Tortur'd by Ambition - back'd by Brother Joseph"; Poland answers, "I am not muzzled". The bust of an oriental wearing a turban (Turkey) looks over its shoulder (across Poland) towards Russia, saying, "By the great Prophet thou art but a Woman". A crowned monkey with a sceptre and shield, representing Louis XVI, is seated on a globe inscribed 'Holland', saying, "Mundus vult decipi". Down the right side of the print are three crowned busts looking towards the two kings: Sardinia says, "You shall not Settle without me"; Spain says, "Oh. give me the Rock" (cf. BMSat 6025, &c), Portugal says, "Oh! buy my Wine" (an allusion to the preference to Portuguese wines, given by the Methuen treaty and threatened by the pending commercial treaty with France). On the left side Sweden says, "I am in the pay of France"; Denmark says, "I lay by at present"."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 26.0 x 36.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10th 1786 by S. Hedges No. 91 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 1726-1796, Maria I, Queen of Portugal, 1734-1816, Gustav III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
"A confused design: in the centre the kings of England (left) and Prussia (right) sit together under a canopy; they turn their heads in profile, gazing intently at each other. Behind George III's chair a British sailor lounges, behind Frederick's a Prussian grenadier with a musket stands erect. Frederick holds the ends of two chains attached to the necks of the Habsburg eagle beneath the feet of the two kings; the two beaks of the bird hold a scroll inscribed 'Universal Monarchy'; with its claws it strikes fiercely at the prostrate bodies of a man and woman, evidently intended for inhabitants of the United Provinces. Beneath the bird is the word 'Austria'. On the sides of the canopy under which the kings sit are shields, one (left) inscribed 'Hanover Brunswick Hesse', the other (right), 'Saxony Deux Pont Mayence &c', representing German States under the control or influence of England and of Prussia. On the left and right of the two kings, as if supporters to an escutcheon, are whole length figures on a large scale of military officers; each holds the hilt of his sword, saying, "Whilst you agree I am ready". One (left) is the 'Reigg Duke of Brunswick', the other 'Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick'. In the lower right corner of the design a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig milks a cow inscribed 'Holland'; a dog barks at him angrily. Next the cow a man seated on the ground, probably intended for the Stadtholder, holds up his hands imploringly to the two kings, saying, "Pray protect me". Isolated figures round the two sides and upper edge of the design represent the other Powers of Europe: a crowned bear (left) inscribed 'Russia', couchant, looks greedily towards a much smaller bear inscribed 'Poland'. Russia says, "Tortur'd by Ambition - back'd by Brother Joseph"; Poland answers, "I am not muzzled". The bust of an oriental wearing a turban (Turkey) looks over its shoulder (across Poland) towards Russia, saying, "By the great Prophet thou art but a Woman". A crowned monkey with a sceptre and shield, representing Louis XVI, is seated on a globe inscribed 'Holland', saying, "Mundus vult decipi". Down the right side of the print are three crowned busts looking towards the two kings: Sardinia says, "You shall not Settle without me"; Spain says, "Oh. give me the Rock" (cf. BMSat 6025, &c), Portugal says, "Oh! buy my Wine" (an allusion to the preference to Portuguese wines, given by the Methuen treaty and threatened by the pending commercial treaty with France). On the left side Sweden says, "I am in the pay of France"; Denmark says, "I lay by at present"."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego and British Museum Catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 27.5 x 37.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 37 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 10th 1786 by S. Hedges No. 91 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792, Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick and Lüneburg, 1735-1806, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, 1741-1790, Victor Amadeus II, King of Sardinia, 1726-1796, Maria I, Queen of Portugal, 1734-1816, Gustav III, King of Sweden, 1746-1792, Christian VII, King of Denmark and Norway, 1749-1808, Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796, and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
"Two ladies have descended from their coach, and stand in the road, urinating; one (left) is elderly and ugly, the other young and pretty. The footman stands in back view, also 'laying the dust', as are the pair of horses (right) and a dog. The coachman on his box, turning his back to the party in the road, imitates their example. A signpost (left) points 'To Broadwater'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Family on a journey laying in the dust
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Mounted on leaf 29 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"Mrs. Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) sit on opposite sides of a small square tea-table; Boswell sits between them on the farther side of the table, with a complacent expression, his right hand on his breast, his left held towards Johnson, as if displaying his friend. Johnson, with an expression of reflective melancholy, takes sugar with a pair of tongs, his tea-cup in his left hand. Mrs. Boswell clasps her hands ecstatically and smiles admiringly at Johnson. A foot-boy stands behind Johnson and Boswell holding a salver; he yawns violently, scratching his tousled head. A wall-clock shows that it is 12.10. A single candle in a sconce (left) lights the room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "My wife had tea ready for him which it is well known he delighted to drink at all hours, particularly when sitting up late ..." Vide Journal p. 14., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 25.6 x 26.7 cm, on sheet 26.4 x 32.2 cm., and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Mrs. Boswell (left) and Johnson (right) sit on opposite sides of a small square tea-table; Boswell sits between them on the farther side of the table, with a complacent expression, his right hand on his breast, his left held towards Johnson, as if displaying his friend. Johnson, with an expression of reflective melancholy, takes sugar with a pair of tongs, his tea-cup in his left hand. Mrs. Boswell clasps her hands ecstatically and smiles admiringly at Johnson. A foot-boy stands behind Johnson and Boswell holding a salver; he yawns violently, scratching his tousled head. A wall-clock shows that it is 12.10. A single candle in a sconce (left) lights the room."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "My wife had tea ready for him which it is well known he delighted to drink at all hours, particularly when sitting up late ..." Vide Journal p. 14., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.8 cm, on sheet 26.4 x 31 cm., and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786, by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Title from text within image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 74 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publishd. 19th August 1785 by W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange, Cornhill
"A cart has been upset into the river close to Putney Bridge. The head and shoulders of a stout man, one hand raised sanctimoniously, emerge from the water; his fat wife falls head-foremost on his back, her legs much displayed; she clutches the queue of his wig. The horse (left) stands quietly in the water behind the cart (right) which is tilted into the water at a steep angle. In the background is Putney Bridge (left) and the tower of Fulham or Putney church (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Symptoms of ducking
Description:
Title etched below image., Tentatively attributed to Edy by British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Putney Bridge., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 25.9 x 36.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 50 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by S.W. Fores October 20, 1786 at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
"A crowd of eleven amused spectators watches the punishment of a bully, a tall man standing in profile to the left. A much shorter man, fashionably dressed, his arms folded, spits in his face. A man (right) pulls his long queue and kicks him. A fashionably dressed young woman (left) derisively holds out a smelling-bottle towards him; a stout woman holding a basket of fruit offers him one of her oranges. A dog befouls his leg. On each side a laughing man watches the attack through an eye-glass. On the wall is print of an ass wearing a lion's skin inscribed 'The Old Fable Verified'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ass strip'd of the lions skin, Ass stripped of the lions skin, and Box lobby hero
Description:
Title etched below image; alternative title etched above image: A box lobby hero., Printmaker and date from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 44 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"The interior of a library, the walls lined with heavy folio volumes. Johnson attacks Lord Auchinleck (left) with three books inscribed 'Liturgy', held between his upraised hands which conceal his face. Auchinleck shrinks back in alarm; he has dropped two volumes, 'Calvin' and 'Whiggism', to the floor. Medals lie on the ground. Boswell (right) stands in the doorway behind Johnson, biting his thumbs and gazing upwards in consternation; his 'Journal' falls to the ground. He wears his Scots cap, and his ink-pot dangles from his buttonhole. Auchinleck is an elderly man wearing a judge's wig and bands."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "The context began whilst my father was shewing hima his collection of medals ..." Vide Journal p. 482., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Library -- Folio volumes -- Scots cap -- Calvin -- Liturgy., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 27.0 cm, on sheet 27.0 x 27.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 69 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 10th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No.14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Nine clergymen stand in conversation, the most prominent being a stout bishop (right) wearing a gown and lawn sleeves; he turns superciliously from a clergyman who addresses him, and looks towards a stout parson wearing an apron in profile to the right, who faces the bishop, his spectacles pushed up on his forehead."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Plate originally published with imprint statement: London, Pubd. Septr. 1785 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dusours Place, Broad Street, Soho ... Cf. Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 5, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
"Nine clergymen stand in conversation, the most prominent being a stout bishop (right) wearing a gown and lawn sleeves; he turns superciliously from a clergyman who addresses him, and looks towards a stout parson wearing an apron in profile to the right, who faces the bishop, his spectacles pushed up on his forehead."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state of similar composition
Description:
Title engraved below image., Early state; for later state with different imprint statement, see no. 8203 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1785 by S. Alken, No. 3 Dusours Place, Broad Street, Soho. Sold by W. Darling, Gt. Newport Street, and W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
"Boswell and two men in Highland dress dance a Highland fling on the summit of a low mountain, with the sea and a low spur of land on the horizon. Boswell, full-face, capers; his wig and pendant ink-pot with the pen in it, stream in the wind. He flourishes his 'Journal'; his left hand is in that of one of his companions (right); the other (left) dances a 'pas seul' looking at Boswell; both hold long sticks. A piper on the extreme left, standing just below the summit of the hill, plays the pipes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dance on Duncan
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "Old Mr. Malcolm McCleod who had obligingly promised to accompany me was at my bed-side between five & six, I sprang up immediately ..." Vide Journal p. 192., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 26.2 x 26.2 cm, on sheet 27.9 x 31.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland. and Scottish.
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell and two men in Highland dress dance a Highland fling on the summit of a low mountain, with the sea and a low spur of land on the horizon. Boswell, full-face, capers; his wig and pendant ink-pot with the pen in it, stream in the wind. He flourishes his 'Journal'; his left hand is in that of one of his companions (right); the other (left) dances a 'pas seul' looking at Boswell; both hold long sticks. A piper on the extreme left, standing just below the summit of the hill, plays the pipes."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dance on Duncan
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "Old Mr. Malcolm McCleod who had obligingly promised to accompany me was at my bed-side between five & six, I sprang up immediately ..." Vide Journal p. 192., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23.3 x 25.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 66 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland. and Scottish.
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"A scene in the Vestry Room of St. Martin's, Westminster, symbolizing the defeat of the Government on the Scrutiny on 3 Mar., when Sawbridge carried by 38 his motion that the High Bailiff be forthwith ordered to make his return. Fox (left) and Wray (right) are fighting; Wray's sword is broken and he shrinks back from Fox, who threatens him with the sword of Justice. Fox's shield is inscribed 'Majority 38', Wray's is inscribed 'Ingratitude'. A flying cherub holds over Fox's head a laurel wreath, and a scroll inscribed, 'It is Ordered that Thomas Corbett. Esqr do immediately Return - '. From his mouth issues the word "Victory". Fox says, "The Wrath of my Indignation is kindled and I will pursue them with a mighty hand and outstretched Arm until Justice is done to those who have so nobly supported me". Wray says, "My Knees wax feeble and I sink beneath the weight of my own Apostacy -". He steps back across the prostrate body of Corbett, the High Bailiff, who says, "my Conscience is now at peace". Wray's counsel in the Scrutiny are fleeing to the right in confusion. Three of them say, respectively: "Nor Law nor Conscience nor the aid of Potent Ministers can 'ere support this Contest 'gainst such a Chief"; "Help! Help! Our Chief is fallen! O Conscience support me -", and, "Our support is gone and we are fallen into a Pitt, yea even into a Deep Pitt, -". Fox's counsel advance behind him from the left in triumph. The foremost raises a book inscribed 'Truth'; three others hold rolled documents inscribed respectively, 'Law', 'Eloquence', and 'Perseverance'. On the walls of the room are notices: 'At a Vestry holden in and for the Parish of St Martin in the Fields------It is ordered that the Parish Officers be Vigilant in apprehending all Vagabonds in this Parish'. A placard purporting to be a transcript of the creed begins, 'I believe in Murphy the Assessor Almighty maker of good and bad V-----[votes] visible & invisible and. . . . from thence shall come to Judge the quick & the [dea]d------' Next to this is a 'List of bad votes Jn° Hale Esqr J. Matthias Senr J. Matthias J. . . .' After the title is etched: 'and his famed Cecilian Forces on the Plains of St Martin on Thursday the 3rd day of February 1785 by the Champion of the People and his chosen Band, after a smart Skirmish which lasted a considerable time, in which many Men were lost on both sides. But their great Ally at length losing ground, Desertions took place and notwithstanding their vast superiority in Numbers and weight of Metal at the first onset, they decreased apace, altho' often rallied by the ablest Men in Command, till at length the Forces gave way in all quarters & they were totally overthrown. This Print is dedicated to the Electors of the City & Liberty of Westminster who have so nobly stood forth and supported their Champion upon this trying occasion by------An Independent Elector.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Defeat of the high and mighty Bailissimo Corbettino and his famed Cecilian forces ...
Description:
Title from first line of text below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 25 x 34.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by W. Humphrey near Temple Bar, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Garrow, William, Sir, 1760-1840, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, and Great Britain. Parliament
Title etched below image., Date of publication based on publisher's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 32 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 September 1785]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., For a reversed copy, see no. 7608 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on leaf 13 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 15th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Simon, John Peter, -approximately 1810, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 September 1785]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., For a reversed copy, see no. 7608 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 31.1 x 36.1 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement., Later impression from a worn plate., and Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd Septr. 15th, 1785, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 Oxford Street
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medical Fees -- Unsuccessful treatment, Imprint statement crossed out in ink and new statement added below in a contemporary hand: London, Pub. by W. Holland, Oxford Street., and Mounted on leaf 42 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 1st, 1786, by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
Subject (Topic):
Death, Sick persons, Physicians, Wages, Military uniforms, and British
"Johnson (right) and Boswell (left) embrace; Boswell, his face hidden behind that of Johnson, holds up his hat as if in triumph. Johnson, wearing hat and boots, holds his oak stick; his eyes are closed; a large book protrudes from his coat-pocket. The post-boy (left) stands warming his back at the fire watching the embrace. A bare-legged man (right), scratching his tousled head, holds out a bowl to Boswell."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Two lines of verse below title: "On Saturday the 14th of August 1773 late in the evening I received a note from him that he was arrived at Boyd's Inn at the head of the Cannongate ..." Vide Journal p. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 25.3 x 27.5 cm., Sheet numbered "2" in ink in upper right corner., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Johnson (right) and Boswell (left) embrace; Boswell, his face hidden behind that of Johnson, holds up his hat as if in triumph. Johnson, wearing hat and boots, holds his oak stick; his eyes are closed; a large book protrudes from his coat-pocket. The post-boy (left) stands warming his back at the fire watching the embrace. A bare-legged man (right), scratching his tousled head, holds out a bowl to Boswell."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Two lines of verse below title: "On Saturday the 14th of August 1773 late in the evening I received a note from him that he was arrived at Boyd's Inn at the head of the Cannongate ..." Vide Journal p. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.7 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 28.2 x 30.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 53 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell stands on the stony shore of a loch; on the right is a small stone hut; in the background are rocky mountains. He stands with legs astride, holding out a roll of paper inscribed 'Journal'; his left hand is on his hip, and tied to his arm in the guise of a shield or target is a large bundle of manuscripts: 'Materials for the Life of Saml Johnson L.L.D.' He is dressed as in BMSat 7031 with the addition of a tartan plaid; a feather takes the place of the bells in his cap. From his pocket protrudes 'Ogden on Prayer' (see BMSat 7031). His plaid and wig are blown by the wind and he glares defiantly to the right ... "--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "I am, I flatter myself compleatly a Citizen of the World -- In my travels, through Holland, Germany ..." Vide Journal p. 16., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Auchinleck -- Scottish attire -- Ogden on prayer -- Stone hut -- Tartan., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.6 x 28 cm, on sheet 28 x 31.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 52 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Marylebone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Two men and a boy are on the deck of a small sailing-vessel, part of a sail appearing above their heads (left). The men wear round hats and short trousers; one (left) sits on a barrel smoking a long pipe, a tankard beside him; the other stands with a cane under his arm, his right hand on his hips. The boy (right), who is perhaps black and wears long trousers, sits on a coil of rope holding a punch-bowl."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 31.1 x 27.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published Octobr. 1st, 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccaddilly [sic]
Subject (Topic):
Decks (Ships), Sailors, Military uniforms, Barrels, Pipes (Smoking), Staffs (Sticks), and Ropes
"William Eden (right) rushes towards Benedict Arnold (left) who receives him with open arms. Eden's right hand, holding a pen, is on his breast, in his left he holds out a paper inscribed 'Liberty'. From his coat-pocket three documents protrude: 'Commissn to America'; '£6,000 pr Annum', and 'Commercl Negotiator to France'. Arnold, in regimentals, wearing a hat and holding a sword in his right hand, is saying 'Liberty', his eyes turned sanctimoniously upwards. Across the design is etched: 'NB every Man has his Price Sr Robt Walpole's Politicks' ..."--British Museum online Catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker from British Museum online catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of verse below image: Two patriots in the self same age was born ..., Temporary local subject terms: Military uniforms -- Officers' uniforms -- Allusion to American War -- Allusion to the Commercial Treaty with France, 1785., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 24.6 x 32.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 24 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Printed & publish'd 21 Dec. 1785 by W. Hinton, No. 5 Sweetings Alley, Royal Exchange
Subject (Name):
Arnold, Benedict, 1741-1801 and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stand two fierce-looking guards. In the background three other ladies listen rapturously to the slim, erect, and well-dressed dwarf, who is in marked contrast with the massive Turk and the voluptuous ladies of the seraglio. A draped canopy completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate originally published in 1781. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 186-187., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 26.2 x 37.1 cm., Year of publication in imprint statement erased from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Boruwlaski or Boruslawski (left) plays the violin, he stands (left) before an immense Turk (right) seated on the floor, an arm round each of two ladies of the harem who recline against him. The Sultan (Abdul Hamid) smokes a long pipe. Behind him stand two fierce-looking guards. In the background three other ladies listen rapturously to the slim, erect, and well-dressed dwarf, who is in marked contrast with the massive Turk and the voluptuous ladies of the seraglio. A draped canopy completes the design."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate originally published in 1781. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 186-187., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement. Imprint supplied from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; on sheet 22.1 x 29.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., and Mounted on leaf 40 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1786 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey.
Subject (Name):
Borusławski, Józef, 1739-1837 and Abdülhamid I, Sultan of the Turks, 1725-1789
Subject (Topic):
Ethnic stereotypes, Sultans, Harems, Guards, Dwarfs, Violins, and Pipes (Smoking)
"Johnson and Boswell walk together; their landlord, wearing a knitted cap and tartan stockings, walks in front (left) holding a candle; he turns round smiling up at the couple. Johnson walks with a heavy, dignified melancholy, leaning on his stick, Boswell walks jauntily, as in BMSat 7034, his hands thrust in the pockets of his short coat, the Journal under his arm, his pen behind his ear. Behind (right) walks a bare-legged waiter holding a lantern. On the stone wall of a dark building (left) two Gothic niches are indicated."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Two lines of verse below title: "After supper we made a Procession to Saint Leonard's College, the Landlord walking before us with a Candle and the Waiter with a Lantern ..." Vide Journal p. 54., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Scots cap -- Waiter -- Lantern -- Gothic niches., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.7 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27.4 x 31 cm., and Mounted on leaf 62 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"The interior of a boarded hut, the inn at Glenelg. Johnson (left) stands by a table, Ogden (see BMSat 7031) open in his right hand, his left held meditatively to his cheek. Boswell (right) kneels beside him, his hands clasped in prayer, his face puckered as if weeping. He wears a hood or bonnet as a night-cap, his legs are bare. Johnson is dressed, wearing slippers; his boots and oak stick lean against the table."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Five lines of verse below title: "I resumed the subject of my leaving him on the road, & endeavoured to defend it better ..." Vide Journal p. 164., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Literature quotations -- Interior of boarded hut., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.7 x 27.7 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 30.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 65 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 20th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Johnson and Boswell sit at a small circular table in a plainly furnished room. Boswell holds his head, leaning on the table, and pointing with his left hand at an open book inscribed 'Twentieth Sunday after Trinity'; he looks with abject supplication at Johnson, who leans back in his chair, his right hand raised as if speaking oracularly. Boswell's forehead is bandaged, his shoes are unlatched, his breeches unbuttoned at the knee, from his coat-pocket protrudes 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031). A water-bottle and a bowl are on the floor beside him. Johnson wears his top-boots. Above Boswell's head is a picture of a pig under a vine, suffering from a surfeit."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London]: [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "I awaked at noon with a severe head ach I was much vexed that I should have been guilty of such a riot and afraid of a reproof from Dr. Johnson ..." Vide Journal p. 318., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Drunken frolic -- Head ache -- Water bottle., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 24 x 26.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 67 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 20 June, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Johnson and Boswell sit at a small circular table in a plainly furnished room. Boswell holds his head, leaning on the table, and pointing with his left hand at an open book inscribed 'Twentieth Sunday after Trinity'; he looks with abject supplication at Johnson, who leans back in his chair, his right hand raised as if speaking oracularly. Boswell's forehead is bandaged, his shoes are unlatched, his breeches unbuttoned at the knee, from his coat-pocket protrudes 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031). A water-bottle and a bowl are on the floor beside him. Johnson wears his top-boots. Above Boswell's head is a picture of a pig under a vine, suffering from a surfeit."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London]: [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "I awaked at noon with a severe head ach I was much vexed that I should have been guilty of such a riot and afraid of a reproof from Dr. Johnson ..." Vide Journal p. 318., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Drunken frolic -- Head ache -- Water bottle., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 27.2 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 30 cm., and Mounted on leaf 67 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 20 June, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Title etched below image., Possibly by Rowlandson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 47 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 28, 1786, by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Families, Fireplaces, Pipes (Smoking), Dogs, and Windows
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement; imprint from Beinecke Library impression., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires. For later version etched by Rowlandson, see no. 9681, v. 7., Temporary local subjects: Gout -- Food -- Suckling pig -- Pluralists., 1 print : aquatint and etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.0 x 29.5 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 38 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 25, 1786, by H. Brookes, Coventry Street
Subject (Geographic):
England. and England
Subject (Topic):
Tithes, Church of England, Gout, Clergy, and Swine
"Boswell (left) rises in terror from his bed, at the sight of a headless man in Highland dress, the head replaced by a headsman's axe surmounted by a Scots cap. This spectre, irradiated, advances from the right and draws aside the curtain of the bed. Boswell's nightcap flies upwards from his head ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Sheet trimmed within plate mark, Three lines of verse below title: "I had the most elegant room, by there was a fire in it that blazed, And the sea to which my windows looked roared, & the pillows were made of sea fowls feathers ..." Vide Journal p. 110., Temporary local subject terms: Highland dress -- Scots cap -- Bed curtains -- Headless spectre., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; plate mark 25 x 26.4 cm, on sheet 27.6 x 29.9 cm., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell (left) rises in terror from his bed, at the sight of a headless man in Highland dress, the head replaced by a headsman's axe surmounted by a Scots cap. This spectre, irradiated, advances from the right and draws aside the curtain of the bed. Boswell's nightcap flies upwards from his head ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Sheet trimmed within plate mark, Three lines of verse below title: "I had the most elegant room, by there was a fire in it that blazed, And the sea to which my windows looked roared, & the pillows were made of sea fowls feathers ..." Vide Journal p. 110., Temporary local subject terms: Highland dress -- Scots cap -- Bed curtains -- Headless spectre., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper ; sheet 23.2 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 63 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Boswell, James, 1740-1795 and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"A semicircle of spectators, seated and standing, crowded one behind the other, watch the performance of the pig, who stands before a row of initial letters, one of which he holds in his mouth. Over the chimney-piece is a placard, 'The Surprising PIG well versed in all Languages, perfect Arethmatician Mathematician & Composer of Musick'. On the right wall of the room hangs a large shoe."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.3 cm, on sheet 25.9 x 26.5 cm., and Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly, April 12th, 1785 & F. Clarkson, No. 73 St. Paul's Church Yard
"Johnson (left) sits at a small rectangular breakfast-table with his back to the door. A nursemaid behind him holds the infant Veronica, who leans forward, pushing Johnson's wig from his head; he holds up his finger admonishingly and does not appear pleased, though all the others smile admiringly. These are: Mrs. Boswell, seated (right) opposite Johnson; Boswell standing beside Johnson and clasping his hands over 'Ogden' (cf. BMSat 7031); the two visitors, Mr. Scott and Sir William Forbes; the tousled foot-boy, who carries in a tray of tea-things which he is about to place beside the urn on the otherwise bare table. Three pictures decorate the wall: 'Sancta Veronica', kneeling in prayer before a reading-desk; a medallion inscribed 'Bruce' and a half length portrait of 'Alexander of Kincardin' dressed as a courtier."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "Mr. Johnson was pleas'd with my daughter Veronica, then a child of about four-months old she had the appearance of listening to him ..." Vide Journal p. 17., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Ogden -- Nursemaid -- Tea tray -- Tea urn -- Mr. Scott -- Portrait on wall: Alexander of Kincardin -- Portrait on wall: Bruce., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 27.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 31.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 30th 1786, by E Jackson, No. 14 Marylebone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789, Boswell, James, 1740-1795., and Forbes, William, Sir, 1739-1806
Title etched above image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 43 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"Johnson and Boswell walk diagonally from the right towards the spectator. Boswell (right) walks jauntily, holding out a three-cornered hat and looking up at Johnson. Johnson holds his oak stick, and looks down at Boswell, putting his finger to his nose. Behind them a row of six-storied houses recedes in perspective."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "Mr. Johnson and I walked arm in arm up the High Street to my house in James Court; it was a dusky night ..." Vide Journal p. 13., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 23 x 23.9 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Johnson and Boswell walk diagonally from the right towards the spectator. Boswell (right) walks jauntily, holding out a three-cornered hat and looking up at Johnson. Johnson holds his oak stick, and looks down at Boswell, putting his finger to his nose. Behind them a row of six-storied houses recedes in perspective."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "Mr. Johnson and I walked arm in arm up the High Street to my house in James Court; it was a dusky night ..." Vide Journal p. 13., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25 x 25.8 cm, on sheet 27.3 x 29.3 cm., and Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell and his wife in the kitchen prepare a dinner for Johnson, who is seen in back view through an open street-door on the extreme left. They face each other smiling across a small, ramshackle table; Boswell is cutting off the neck of a grouse (which resembles a duck or goose). He wears the Scots cap and the pen behind the ear of BMSat 7031, &c., with an apron. From his pocket project 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031) and the 'Journal'. Mrs. Boswell holds a rolling-pin. Behind (right) is a slatternly maidservant in back view looking to the left with a smile. On the ground are two piles of large birds intended for grouse, and an enormous lobster. Behind is a primitive kitchen fireplace; two large pots are suspended over the fire. The spit rests horizontally above the fireplace."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "We gave him as good a dinner as we could. Our Scotch muir-fowl, or growse, were then abundant ..." Vide Journal p. 123., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Scots cap -- Grouse -- Ogden -- Lobster -- Fireplace with hanging pots -- Servants., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 25.2 x 27.3 cm, on sheet 27 x 31.6 cm., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15 May 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Mary-bone Street. Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
"Boswell and his wife in the kitchen prepare a dinner for Johnson, who is seen in back view through an open street-door on the extreme left. They face each other smiling across a small, ramshackle table; Boswell is cutting off the neck of a grouse (which resembles a duck or goose). He wears the Scots cap and the pen behind the ear of BMSat 7031, &c., with an apron. From his pocket project 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031) and the 'Journal'. Mrs. Boswell holds a rolling-pin. Behind (right) is a slatternly maidservant in back view looking to the left with a smile. On the ground are two piles of large birds intended for grouse, and an enormous lobster. Behind is a primitive kitchen fireplace; two large pots are suspended over the fire. The spit rests horizontally above the fireplace."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Three lines of verse below title: "We gave him as good a dinner as we could. Our Scotch muir-fowl, or growse, were then abundant ..." Vide Journal p. 123., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Scots cap -- Grouse -- Ogden -- Lobster -- Fireplace with hanging pots -- Servants., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 24.3 x 27.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark; part of imprint statement erased from sheet., and Mounted on leaf 58 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15 May 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14, Mary-bone Street. Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, Boswell, Margaret Montgomerie, -1789, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Title from earlier state described by Grego, dated 1783., Not in catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 4 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"[Left image] One of two designs on the same plate, see British Museum Satires No. 6864. A cobbler (left) preaches in a bare, raftered room with a casement window. He stands behind a reading-desk on which is a large, open book, leaning forward, pointing, gesticulating, and shouting. The heads of his congregation, old men and women, are below and on the right. The title is from Burke's book, 'A Philosophical Enquiry into the origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and the Beautiful' (1756)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state with similar composition and "[Right image] A companion design to BMSat 6863 on the same plate. A scene in the House of Commons showing the corner of the clerks' table (left), the benches on the right crowded with members, and part of the gallery above, with two persons looking over. The new member stands, knees bent, hat in his left hand, right hand extended; his attitude and expression convey the impression of a halting and embarrassed speech. He is in full dress, with sword and bag-wig. The members listen with expressions of contemptuous amusement or boredom."--British Museum online catalogue, description of later state with similar composition
Alternative Title:
Essay on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state., Proof before letters. For a later state with title and publication line, see nos. 6863 and 6864 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two images on one plate that are individually titled on lettered state., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 165., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
T. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Casement windows, Desks, Public speaking, and Shoemakers
Title from manuscript annotation below image., Printmaker and publication information from Grego., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Title devised by curator., Artist attribution from curator., Date based on Rowlandson's active years., and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Title assigned by curator., Probably by Rowlandson. See simillar frontispieces by Rowlandson for Pindar's poems in the British Museum catalogue, nos. 7051, 7186, 7431., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the print appears., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Sir Joseph Banks and the Emperor of Morocco. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Title devised by curator., Artist attribution from curator., Date based on Rowlandson's active years., and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"The King (right), standing in profile to the left, holds out to Peter a rolled document inscribed 'Pension'. Peter, a thin elderly man, turns away, holding out both hands to ward off the gift. From his pocket projects a paper inscribed 'Odes'. Both wear bag-wigs, and old-fashioned dress with flapped waistcoats; the King wears a sword."-- British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ah! let me Sire refuse it, I implore, ought not to be rich whilst you are poor
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue; alternative title from text below image., Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue, Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's pension. London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, black and white ; sheet 18.5 x 25.2 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Mounted on leaf 73 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Wolcot, John, 1738-1819
"Five ugly and elderly members of the Royal Society are seated in arm-chairs at a rectangular dinner-table. A footman (right) is about to place on the table a dish containing an alligator. The head of a strange horned beast is the chief dish on the table; there is also a frog on a plate. Banks (left) gnaws a serpent which he holds in both hands. The two walls of the room are closely covered with stuffed specimens and butterflies, insects, &c, in cases. The former include a sow, a goose, three owls, a deformed human skeleton. Two dogs gnaw bones."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Date of publication based on that of the volume in which the print appears., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. Peter's prophecy, or, The president and poet ... London : Printed by G. Kearsley ..., [1788], Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 72 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
