"A decrepit old man stands at the door of a house of ill fame at the corner of Portland Street; Mrs Burke is on the door-plate. One hand is on the knocker; he turns to scowl at a woman (right) who holds out a bunch of water-cress from a large shallow basket slung from the hip. A child clings to her shoulders; a little girl (left) with a small basket also offers him a bunch. Two young courtesans lean from a first-floor window. In the background (right), behind a spiked gate, are trees and a large house (or houses)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Watercresses, come buy my watercresses
Description:
Title etched below series title and number., 1 print : etching with aquatint border on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 36 x 29.6 cm, on sheet 49 x 30.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Mar. 1, 1799, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Children, City & town life, Mothers, Peddlers, Prostitutes, Vegetables, and Women
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., One line of text within design: This horse is certainly an astronomer! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Male dress: riding habit., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Title etched below series title and number., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. May 4, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
Title, printmaker and publication information from lettered state., Proof before letters., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: headdress -- Male costume: night-cap-- Dishes: coffee service -- Coffee cups without handles, 1799., and Mounted on leaf 14 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Eyeglasses, Jewelry, Older people, and Young adults
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Two lines of text within image: This is what I call travelling to music! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 22 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and date based on similar plates. See no. 9691 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Design consists of two horizontal strips., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probably loss of design and text., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 39 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Title and series number 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 19 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
"Pl. to the 'Anti-Jacobin Review' (issued separately). Grattan (right) has risen from his arm-chair to greet with outstretched hands two young men whom a servant (left), with a knowing gesture, has just shown into his library. One introduces the other: "Mr Grattan give me leave to introduce Mr Jn° H--gh--'s"; Grattan says: "I suppose Sir you are an United Irishman"; Hughes answers: "I am". A bust of 'Le Paus' (see BMSat 9240) on a high pedestal on the extreme right looks down cynically at Grattan. On the wall behind him are portraits of 'Lord Fitzgerald' (see BMSat 9227), 'Tom Paine' (a mere scrawl), and 'Robespier[re]', with a placard: 'New Irish Government Liberty and Equality to be introduced by our worthy & disinterested Allies the French'. The other two walls are lined with bulky volumes: 'Towers Tracts' (see BMSat 7890); 'Republic'; 'Wakefield' (see BMSat 9371); 'Parr' (see BMSat 9430); 'The Press' (see BMSat 9186, &c); 'The Courier' (see BMSat 9194, &c); 'Christie'; 'Molineux'; 'Pain's Works' (see BMSat 8137, &c); 'Critical Review' (see BMSat 9240); 'Mc Niven'; 'Priestly Works' (see BMSat 7887); 'O'Connor' (see BMSat 9245, &c.) On the writing-table are documents: 'Constitution of United Irishmen' and 'Copy of the [illegible word] of ye Test of Oath'. On the floor at Grattan's feet is a sheaf of pikes with papers: 'Contract for Pikes'; 'Plan for the destruction of both Houses of Parlaiment Bank & . . by Tone'; 'Dispatches from the French Conventi[on]'; 'List of united Irishmen in London Hamburg . . .'; a portfolio: 'Charts of the Irish Coast with remarks where foreign troops may be landed with great safety'; two large books: 'Art of Assassination' and 'Rise and Progress of Jacobinism'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: The Anti-Jacobin Review and Magazine, or, Monthly Politique and Literary Censor. London, 1799, issued separately., Temporary local subject terms: United Irishmen -- Tinnehinch estate -- Interiors: private library -- Writing materials: inkstand and quills -- Furniture: slip-covered armchair -- Domestic service: manservant -- Pictures amplifying subject: portraits of Robespierre and Fitzgerald -- Placards -- Busts -- Allusion to jacobinism -- John Hughes., 1 print : etching with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 20.2 x 26.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 1st, 1799, by T. Whittle, Peterbro' Court, Fleet Street, for the Anti Jacobin Review
Subject (Name):
Grattan, Henry, 1746-1820, Fitzgerald, Edward, Lord, 1763-1798, Robespierre, Maximilien, 1758-1794, and La Revellière-Lépeaux, Louis-Marie de, 1753-1824
Title etched below image., Printmaker from Grego., Two lines of verse below title: Here vulgar nature plays her courser part. And eyes speak out the language of [the] heart ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 27.3 x 21.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of all text below image., and Mounted on leaf 12 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Drinking vessels, Hats, Pipes (Smoking), Pitchers, Rings, and Wine
Title etched below image., Series title and number etched above image., Two lines of text within image: This I presume is by way or proving to a certainty ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 27 of volume 6 of 14 volumes.
