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1. Anacreontick's in full song [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50033402
- Published / Created:
- 1801 December 1
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 10
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "Eight elderly topers with pipes and glasses surround a small oblong table, on which are punch-bowl, wine-glasses, tobacco, &c. All are much caricatured; some sing, a parson sleeps, a dog howls. The room is lit by a chandelier; a bracket-clock points to 3.40, on it is carved a Bacchanalian figure of Time astride a cask. A bust portrait of Anacreon holding pen and paper is on the wall (left)."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- One line of quoted text above image: "Whilst, snug in our club-room, we jovially 'twine the myrtle of Wenus with Bacchus's wine." and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- H. Humprey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Name):
- Anacreon,--depicted.--http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n83015407, Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97861435
- Subject (Topic):
- Anacreontea--Parodies, imitations, etc., Chandeliers., Clergy., Clocks & watches., Dogs., Eating & drinking., Intoxication. , Pictures., Pipes (Smoking), Supernatural beings., Taverns (Inns) , and Tobacco.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anacreontick's in full song [graphic] / Js. Gillray invt. & fect.
2. Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1784[?] February 11
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
- Collection Title:
- The political and humourous works of Thomas Rowlandson, 1774-1825
- Container / Volume:
- Vol. 1 (Box 1 of 2) | Folder I-16
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- Prints & Photographs
- Abstract:
- In an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a portrait, a carbine and a sword. The inn maid approaches the table with a roast on a platter.
- Description:
- Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., The digit "4" in "1784" in imprint statement is etched backwards., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- W. H. Humphry, Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher., and Riviere & Son Binding.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy., Clothing & dress--England--1780-1790., Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743. , Eating & drinking., Peg legs. , Servants., Soldiers., and Taverns (Inns)
- Collection Created:
- London
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].