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Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist.
Published / Created:: [n.d.]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "The King, Queen, and three princesses are seated at a small dinner-table, on which is a soup-tureen, &c. The King holds a plate on which is an insect, turning round to address angrily a cook (right), who stands trembling beside him. Two alarmed servants stand behind the King's chair. The Queen and princesses make gestures of alarm; one princess (left) has risen from her chair in horror. On the extreme left stands a beefeater holding a jug, who lets glasses fall from a salver in his consternation. A draped window forms a background."--British Museum online catalogue.
Description:: Date from British Museum catalogue., Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. The Lousiad. An heroi-comic poem. Canto I. London, G. Kearsley, 1787., Printmaker from Grego., and Title etched below image; source of the title "Lousiad canto 1st" as indicated.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Charlotte,--consort of George III, King of Great Britain,--1744-1818--Caricatures and cartoons., George--III,--King of Great Britain,--1738-1820--Caricatures and cartoons., and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Subject (Topic):: Cooks. , Dining rooms., Eating & drinking., Interiors., and Servants.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Is this, your louse [graphic].

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Published / Created:: [n.d.]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
Image Count:: 1
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:: Frontispiece to: Pindar, P. The Lousiad. An heroi-comic poem. Canto II. London : Printed for G. Kearsley ..., [1787], Printmaker and date from British Museum catalogue., Title etched below image., and 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.
Subject (Name):: Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Fierce as staring Ajax from his seat, uprose with visage stern the king of meat [graphic] : canto 2d.