On the left a thin man stands in profile holding a large muff, his head thrown back. He has a haughty look on his face as he looks down his nose a very stout man on the right who stands full-face at the viewer. The larger man has his hands behind his back as he looks quizzically at his companion, a small smile on his face
Alternative Title:
Fat and lean antiquarian
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788., and Matted to 49 x 36 cm.
Four elderly men sit and stand round a small circular table on which are glasses, a bottle, a paper of tobacco. A man in profile to the left is reading
Description:
Title etched below image., Two figures are tentatively identified as Dr. Robert Bragge and Dr. Michael Lort., and Plate from: Grose, F. Rules for drawing caricaturas. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Lort, Michael, 1725-1790 and Bragge, Robert, Dr. 1700-1777
A very stout man with a pear-shaped head sits full-face in an armchair, looking at the spectator, with his right hand raised as if addressing an audience. Subject is perhaps Jeremiah Milles, president of the Society of Antiquaries. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Grose, F. Rules for drawing caricaturas. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788., and Watermark.
Three elderly antiquarians stand together; one, lean and knock-kneed, reads a catalogue through spectacles. Another, very stout and in back view, faces him, bending to the left. The third (right) stands erect in profile to the left, his hands behind his back
Description:
Title from item., Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788., and One of the caricatures possibly Dr. Robert Bragge, art dealer.
Title from item., Publication date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Earlier state, with artist's name and title intact, and without background lines and altered border, of No. 4773 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Antiquarians -- Mythology: allusion to Boadicea (Boudicca) -- Containers: antique chamber pots -- Books., and Mounted to 49 x 37 cm.
Title from item., Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788., and Temporary local subject terms: City militias -- Military uniforms -- Militia uniforms -- Marching.
Three elderly men stand together inspecting a medal. Two face each other in profile, the third who stands between and behind them is a parson in gown and bands
Description:
Title etched below image. and Date from British Museum catalogue.
Caricature portrait (whole length) of an elderly doctor directed to the left; his right hand is on his cane, his hat is under his left arm; he holds a glove; before lettering added
Description:
Title and artist from later impression. and Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788.
One man sits at a table, pen in hand over a sheet of paper, while six others bend over him. He points to the man on the left, while looking up at the man on the right. They appear to be discussing a report. Figures may be portraits of well-known antiquarians
Description:
Title etched above image. and Date from British Museum catalogue.
Volume 1, page 68. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of two men, one on the left turning from his examination of a small object to listen to the other who stands in profile on the right with a tray hanging on a strap in front of him, who gestures as he talks."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Tentatively attributed to Francis Grose in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1925,0511.83., Contemporary note "by Capt. Grose" written in ink at bottom of sheet., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 68 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
An elderly woman in spectacles sleeps in a chair, a jug and glass on a table beside her. Under the table, sits a cat; a book lies open on the floor at her feet. A pair of scissors hangs from a chain on her lap. Behind the high backed chair, a man embraces a young woman who has her finger to her lips to quiet the spectator
Description:
Title provided in manuscript; artist name lacking. and Plate from: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788.
On the left a thin man stands stiffly in profile to the right his head thrown back, chapeau-bras, and holding a muff. A very stout man on the rights stands full-face, his hands behind his back, looking up quizzically
Description:
Title from manuscript note., Variant state with title provide only in manuscript in a contemporary hand; no engraved title., Plate for: Rules for drawing caricaturas / by F. Grose. London : Printed by A. Grant, 1788., and Variant state. Cf. No. 7467 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
