The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 2 of 2) | Folder I-32d
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Abstract:
"Two scenes, one above the other: top: three men standing by a sea chest on a shore, a thin and a stout man at left discussing it, the third bending over and pulling at the cloth inside, water and shipping behind; below: a small gathering outside the 'Plough Inn', a rural tavern, at right, with a man drinking while still on horseback, four riderless horses behind him at left, church tower behind at centre."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Small gathering outside the Plough Inn
Description:
Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., CtY-BR, Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with substantial loss of image and text. Description based on impression in The Lewis Walpole Library, call no.: 75 R79 817., Plate from: Rowlandson, T. The world in miniature. London : Published by R. Ackermann ..., 1817., Plate numbered "7" in upper right corner., and Title devised by curator and cataloger.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.
"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 ..."--British Museum catalogue.
Description:
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], and Title from British Museum catalogue.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Banks, Joseph,--1743-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Head and shoulders of Isaac D'Israeli, in profile to the right, with features exaggerated. Notes by the artist scribbled above and below image.
Description:
Annotation (signature?) in lower right in pencil: Gillray delin., Date based on publication date of the print entitled "Scientific researches! New discoveries in pneumaticks! ...", which includes a similar but reversed depiction of D'Israeli in profile. Cf. No. 9923 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., From a collection in twelve volumes probably compiled by Francis Harvey and sold at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine., James Gillray, English caricaturist, 1756-1815., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Disraeli, Isaac,--1766-1848--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
Container / Volume:
Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-26
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
Prints & Photographs
Description:
Date assigned by cataloger., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title devised by curator.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Proof before letters., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: headdress -- Male costume: night-cap-- Dishes: coffee service -- Coffee cups without handles, 1799., and Title, printmaker and publication information from lettered state.
Subject (Name):
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Riviere & Son Binding.
Subject (Topic):
Couples. , Eyeglasses. , Jewelry., Older people. , and Young adults.
"Explosion in the Duke of Atholl, at anchor in the Madras Road, with group of sailors and women in a boat rowing away from the disaster; in the background a view of the harbour of Madras."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state with lettering.
Alternative Title:
Duke of Athole, East Indiaman and Duke of Atholl, East Indiaman
Description:
Proof state before letters; print later issued with the imprint: Pubd. Feby. 1st, 1785, by R. Wilkinson, No 58 Cornhill. and Title, printmaker, and publication information from later state. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.13496.
"Shipwreck of the Nancy packet returning from India in a stormy sea off the Scilly Isles, with group of women, children and sailors in wrecked boat; people clinging to pieces of wood under raging waves at right."--British Museum online catalogue, description of published state.
Description:
Proof state before letters. and Title, printmaker, and publication information from published state. See British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.13497.
Thurlow (left), in wig and gown, leads a horse which draws a two-wheeled cart of peas. In the cart are Hastings (seated) and Burke (standing Both hold up pea-pods. In the background are Westminster Hall and other buildings. Cf. British Museum online catalogue.
Description:
Possibily a proof state; no published state with lettering found., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Questionable attribution to Baldrey from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Title from British Museum catalogue.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Burke, Edmund,--1729-1797--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Hastings, Warren,--1732-1818--Caricatures and cartoons., Rich, E., active 1782-1788, publisher., and Thurlow, Edward Thurlow,--Baron,--1731-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.
Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of planting
Description:
Reduced version of a print, also by Gillray, entitled: The orangerie, or, The Dutch Cupid reposing after the fatigues of planting. Cf. No. 8822 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7. and Title and date of publication based on those of larger version of print.
Publisher:
H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher., and William--V,--Prince of Orange,--1748-1806--Caricatures and cartoons.