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1.
A cribbage party in St. Giles's disturbed by a press gang [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
October 26, 1787.
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by 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 11 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. by William Holland, printseller, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Topic):
Card games and Fighting
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A cribbage party in St. Giles's disturbed by a press gang [graphic].

2.
Comedy spectators [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[8 October 1789]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two designs on one plate. Above, a group of spectators seated in a gallery and watching a comedy, all intent and either amused or surprised. Below, a similar group, all of whom weep or look distressed. A man holds a smelling-bottle to a lady's nose (right). A play-bill is inscribed 'Romeo and Juliet' (reversed)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Each title etched below corresponding image., Printmaker signature etched within top image in bottom right; imprint statement etched within lower image in bottom right., Reissue of a plate originally published by T. Rowlandson in 1787; publisher name changed in imprint statement and the year in printmaker signature and imprint changed from "1787" to "1789". Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist v. 1, pages 217-19., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 37.2 x 27 cm., and Mounted on leaf 57 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Publishd. as the act directs, Octr. 8th 1789, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Theater audiences, Children, Fans (Accessories), Monocles, Loss of consciousness, and Staffs (Sticks)
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Comedy spectators [graphic]

3.
Embarking from Brighthelmstone to Diepp [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Embarking from Brighthelmstone to Dieppe
Description:
Title etched within image., 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 7 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Arrivals & departures, Boats, Beaches, Anchors, and Luggage
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Embarking from Brighthelmstone to Diepp [graphic]

4.
Fierce as staring Ajax from his seat, uprose with visage stern the king of meat canto 2d. [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819.
Subject (Topic):
Cooks, Servants, Poultry, and Dogs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fierce as staring Ajax from his seat, uprose with visage stern the king of meat canto 2d. [graphic]

5.
The triumph of sentiment [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[15 January 1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
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., and Mounted on leaf 9 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. 15 Jany. 1787 by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary le bone, Golden Square
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The triumph of sentiment [graphic]

6.
Uncle George and Black Dick at their new game of naval shuttlecock, 1787 [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
Jany. 11, 1787.
Call Number:
Auchincloss Gillray v. 2
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A composite figure with two heads, one that of Lord Howe, the other that of George III, stands between two groups of naval officers; both heads are in profile. The King turns to the right, taking a petition from a kneeling officer with a wooden leg and saying "I never interfere with your first Lord no never". Five officers standing behind this petitioner say (left to right): "I see I shall lose my Rank after all my long Services"; "I am set aside altho' I've lost a Son & one Eye"; "Humbugd by Jove by [the] old Jesuit"; "Had I my Arm again Fd find a better Country"; "Brothers, Our Lords & Commons will not suffer this Game". The last speaker has one leg and stands with a crutch. Howe, scowling with downcast head, says, "Go, go, I can do nothing. It is his Majesty's pleasure, that------" An officer steps forward holding out a petition, he says, "Rascall". Four others standing behind the petitioner say (left to right): "He's fond of Manoeuvres if ever so bad, you know him"; "The King's pleasure! That's a Falsity added to a mean Finesse"; "Our Navy has now two Heads & no Helm, rare Work"; "Vultus est Index Animi".--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., The last number of the year in the imprint statement has been engraved over with another number. The British Museum online catalogue suggests that a '6' was amended to a '7'., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 28.4 x 42.7 cm., and Mounted on leaf 8 of volume 2 of 12.
Publisher:
Published by G. Humphrey, 48 Long Acre
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Howe, Richard Howe, Earl, 1726-1799
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, Peg legs, and Petitions
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Uncle George and Black Dick at their new game of naval shuttlecock, 1787 [graphic].

7.
[A posting inn] [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stagecoach stopped outside an inn with the sign of the horse at right, another coach being driven at speed at centre, a man in a leisuredly cabriolet at left."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Title from Grego., Plate reissued ca. 1803 with the title: A stage coach. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1852,0214.164., For a brief description of series, see Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, page 212., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [A posting inn] [graphic]

8.
[A sailor's family] [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A sailor's family, on board ship; the sailor seated at centre, his arm around his wife or sweetheart, both looking tenderly at the baby held between them; a young woman, very décolletée, standing behind at left, attending to a young child eating at a table; a dog at the sailor's feet ar left, looking up at the family; above, rowing boat on a beam, and other maritime articles including barrel, gun and cutlass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from Grego., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, Families, Dogs, Barrels, Firearms, and Daggers & swords
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [A sailor's family] [graphic]

9.
[Deer-hunting] [a landscape scene] / [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Deer-hunting, a landscape scene; at a river in thick woodland, a stag in the water is pursued by the pack of hounds, two huntsmen on horses approaching through the water at right, several others on the banks at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title 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., Window mounted to 23 x 33 cm., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Deer-hunting] [a landscape scene] / [graphic]

10.
[Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1787]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"George III rides Pegasus, and is about to be thrown; both arms are raised in consternation. Another man (? Wolcot) falls head downwards from the horse; his wig has fallen off and he has dropped a roll of MS. Behind the plunging heels of the animal Harlequin (right) flourishes his club."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Proof state, before "Ode for new year" lettering added to the roll of paper within image., Lettered state of this plate is the frontispiece to: Ode upon ode, or, Peep at St. James's ... London : Printed for G. Kearsley ..., [1787], and Mounted on verso of leaf 13 of volume 3 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820 and Pindar, Peter, 1738-1819
Subject (Topic):
Harlequin (Fictitious character), Pegasus (Greek mythology), Falling, and Wigs
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Illustration to one of Peter Pindar's odes] [graphic].

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