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11.
The young maid's prayer [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Printmaker from Grego and from other signed prints in this series., Three paragraphs of text and printer's line printed in letterpress below title: O thou divine little Cupid! ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted on leaf 80 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 4th, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The young maid's prayer [graphic]

12.
The lottery office keeper's prayer!! [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man, fashionably dressed and vulgar, kneels on one knee, praying to a large framed picture of Fortune. She stands blindfolded on her wheel, empties coins and notes from a cornucopia, and holds out a placard: 'Peter Puffs Lucky Lottery Office'. He begs 'Insurance to my Schemes, so that they may turn up Prizes, and prevent my looking Blank when bowing at thy Altar', and, inter alia, that all old women and children may dream incessantly of the lottery, so shall the nocturnal Visions of old Chairs and Tables be converted into lucky Numbers...'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Publisher and date from British Museum catalogue., Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Kind and benignant fortune! Aid an adventurer prostrate before thy shrine, ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on side edges with partial loss of exclamation point in the title and printer's line., and Mounted on verso of leaf 77 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden and R. Ackermann
Subject (Topic):
Prayer
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The lottery office keeper's prayer!! [graphic]

13.
Gig hauling, or, Gentlemanly amusement for the Nineteenth Century [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 December 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Gentlemanly amusement for the Nineteenth Century
Description:
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.6 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 36.2 cm., Publisher's stamp "SWF" in lower right corner of sheet., and Mounted on leaf 77 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Decr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Gig hauling, or, Gentlemanly amusement for the Nineteenth Century [graphic]

14.
Poll of Plymouth's prayer [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 September 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
"A buxom young woman, wearing a straw bonnet and many trinkets, including a miniature, kneels at a chair in profile to the right. Behind her on a table are a punch-bowl, spirit decanter, glasses, and a long pipe; above it is a framed picture of a man-of-war. She prays to Thetis 'from the sign of the Punch-Bowl' for protection to her favourite sailors, now at sea, 'all generous fellows, and bleed freely'. She asks to be enabled to redeem her pawned trinkets, so that she may 'appear lovely in the eyes of the whole fleet'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Two paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Charming Thetis, thou who blushest not at sleeping with the sun ..., and Mounted on verso of leaf 76 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden and Pubd. 20 Septr., 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Prayer
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Poll of Plymouth's prayer [graphic]

15.
The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 August 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
"A plump woman kneels with clasped hands in profile to the left before an upright chair. She addresses 'Enchanting Pharaoh' (Faro), asks for ability to pay a debt of £5,000 to Captain Simper, for the frustration of a design upon her virtue, for protection for her Bank and especially for the protection of 'all our Honorable, and Right Honorable Fraternity from the Lectures of L-d K-n [Lord Kenyon], and all the dire horrors of the stocks and pillory!'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Four paragraphs of letterpress text below title: Enchanting Pharaoh, thee I address ..., Bottom edge of sheet trimmed with probable loss of printer's line: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 42.4 x 23.4 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left and right edges, with probable loss of printer's line., and Mounted on leaf 76 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub'd. August 1st, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand and Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
Kenyon, Lloyd Kenyon, Baron, 1732-1802
Subject (Topic):
Prayer
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The female gambler's prayer!! [graphic]

16.
The publican's prayer [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[20 September 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fat elderly John Bull kneels in profile to the left, clasping his hands above the seat of a chair on which lies a long tobacco pipe. On the floor is a frothing tankard inscribed 'Golden Lion'. On shelves (right) are small spirit-casks, punch-bowls, &c. He prays to 'Jolly Silenus', asking for success to his 'old Brown Stout', brewed with the help of tobacco and treacle; for success with a certain rich widow, and for 'plenty of smuggled spirits and protection from the Excise-man'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below image., Eighteen lines of letterpress text below title: Jolly Silenus, father of all-inspiring Bacchus ..., Printer's line below lines of text: Spragg, printer, 27, Bow-Street, Convent-Garden., 1 print : etching with drypoint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 20.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 46 x 29.4 cm., and Mounted on verso of leaf 75 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 20, 1801, by R. Ackermann, N. 101 Strand
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The publican's prayer [graphic]

17.
The actress' prayer!! [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[10 August 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A handsome young woman, in full dress with feathers in her hair, kneels on one knee, left foot thrust forward, arms extended, apostrophizing an ornate arm-chair on a dais (right). She appeals to Thalia and Melpomene for aid in her profession, asking for enormous rewards for her conspicuous abilities, should she 'ever reach the boards of a London Theatre'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from letterpress text printed below image., Three paragraphs of text below title: Hear me dramatic sisters, gay Thalia, and sublime Melpomone, by guardians to your supplicant, and aid her in her profession ..., Printer's line below lines of text: Spragg, printer, 27 Bow-Street, Convent-Garden., 1 print : etching and drypoint on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 19.1 x 23.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of title and letterpress text., and Mounted on leaf 75 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub'd. 10th Augst., 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The actress' prayer!! [graphic]

18.
The widow's prayer!! [graphic]

Creator:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:
[4 June 1801]
Call Number:
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image and text
Abstract:
A comely widow kneels in profile to the left, facing an upright chair; in her left hand is a handkerchief; her weeds reach from her head to the ground. Her prayer expresses grief, resignation for the loss of three husbands, and a desire for more with, if necessary, a seventh in old age.--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title printed in letterpress below plate line., Fourteen lines of text printed in letterpress below title: O thou that givest sanction to marriages, and comfortest the widow, prolific hymen! ..., and Mounted on verso of leaf 74 of volume 7 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Printed by E. Spragg, No. 27, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden and Pubd. June 4th, 1801, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Widows and Prayer
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The widow's prayer!! [graphic]