"A fat lady, much décolletée, whose hair is blazing, in her frantic gestures has overturned a chair; tea- and coffee-things lie on the ground. Screaming servants rush in from the right, headed by two footmen; one holds up a table-cloth to fling over her head, but is hampered by his companion, a negro, who flings the liquid contents of a (?) large flowerpot in her face, but stands on the cloth. A fat cook follows; a pretty young woman kneels on the ground throwing up her arms, a dog howls. Four older servants look through the doorway. Two candles, the cause of the disaster, blaze on the chimneypiece where a clock shows that it is 2.25."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
Alternative Title:
Miss Fubby Fatarmin's wig caught fire
Description:
"Price one shilling coloured."--Lower right corner of design., Also issued separately., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 255., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. September 20th, 1813, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 12147 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Plate numbered "212" in upper right corner., Reissue, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate., Text following title: Vide Bath guide., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Also issued separately., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Numbered in upper right corner of design: 274., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Publisher and date of publication from Grego., Temporary local subject terms: Food -- Cruet -- Night cap., and Title etched below image.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist., and Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
A boat crammed with shipwrecked men, with an oar projecting to the right. One man leans his elbows on the gunwale while two of his companions throw a corpse overboard.
Description:
Earliest date for publication based on watermark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top and bottom edges., Terminal date for publication based on publisher's street address, which is "Surrey Side, Westminster Bridge" on the lettered state described by Grego; this address was only used by Thomas Palser until 1816. See British Museum online catalogue., and Title, artist, and publisher from lettered state described by Grego.
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Palser, Thomas, active 1803-1843, publisher., and Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.