"Satire on French everyday life: a large kitchen a clergyman stands talking to the innkeeper who wears large wooden shoes stuffed with wool and a hat with a large brim, his long hair hangs loose; a lrge dog sits at the clergyman's feet. On the left, a thin postillion standing tall takes a pinch of snuff from his box while a woman beside him bows to the clergyman, tucking her hands in her apron pockets; in front of her a boy in wooden shoes, hands in pockets, stares at the clergyman. Behin an old woman wearing glasses sits at a table by the fireplace with a glass and bottle in front of her; a large pot hangs over the fire. On the wall are pasted notices, including an "Ordonnace de Monsgr Le Duc de Choiseul Grand Maitre des Postes et Relais de France Sa Majesty ...", popular religious prints and another of LouisXV "le bien Aimé" 1771."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Cuisine de la poste
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Temporary local subject terms: Kitchens: French kitchen -- French poodle -- Furniture: Paper sheet pictures -- Snuff box -- Cure., and Watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. Feby. 1st, 1771, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Title from caption below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Later printing. Date of printing based on watermark., Temporary local subject terms: The Grand Tour., and Watermark: J. Ruse 1799.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 1st, 1771, by John Harris, Sweetings Alley, Cornhill
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd May 29th, 1773. and [printed ca. 1799]
Call Number:
Bunbury 793.05.29.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image; letter "n" in "interrupted" etched backwards., Statements of responsibility from impression in the British Museum., Later printing. Date of publication based on watermark., The Lewis Walpole Library impression: statements of responsibility erased from sheet, and year of publication in imprint changed in ms. from "1773" to "1793.", Temporary local subject terms: Literature: Scene from Roman comique (1651), Book II, by Paul Scarron, 1610-1660 -- Clowns: Ragotin -- Male costume -- Swords -- Dogs., and Watermark: Russel & Edmeads 1799.
A rhymed rebus, purporting to be a letter from a sailor to his girl, describing his adventures in a terrible storm at sea
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The following words in the title are represented by an image: sailor by an image of a sailor, ship by an image of a ship, to by a toe, 'heart' in 'sweetheart' by a heart., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: horn with monogram JM below.
Publisher:
Printed 21st October 1799, by Laurie & Whittle, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Correspondence, Hieroglyphics, and Military uniforms
"A plebeian family of 'cits' drive in a rough two-wheeled cart (aping a fashionable gig) drawn by a clumsy carthorse. The man drives, wearing cocked hat and top-boots; his wife, wearing large feathers in her small straw cap, holds up a fan. Both are absurdly complacent. A boy and girl are crammed in. Behind rides a fat and grinning footman, with plodding dog. On the extreme right a newsboy with the 'London Gazette' blows his horn. Behind (left) is an open doorway inscribed 'Mash Brewer'; within are casks. The wall is inscribed 'Puddle Dock', and on it are two bills: 'Theatre Royal Covent Garden the Comedy of the Bankrupt with High Life Below Stairs and A House to be let in Grosvenor Square Suitable for a Genteel Family' (they appear to be bound for this house). Houses form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Road to ruin in the east
Description:
Title etched below image., Temporary local subject terms: Vehicles: carts -- Breweries -- Mash -- Newsboys -- Literature: reference to High Life Below Stairs by James Townley (1714-1778) -- Reference to The Bankrupt by Samuel Foote ( 1720-1777)-- Puddle Dock -- Female dress: plumed hats -- Expressions of speech: 'road to ruin'., 1 print : etching on wove paper ; plate mark 23.4 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 24 x 37 cm., Printmaker's name burnished from plate., and Watermark: Russell & Co 1797.
Single image showing four women seated around the table and taking tea. One of them says, "I have long had my suspicions." Another replies, "You dont say so." Behind her stands a gaping footman with a salver in his hand. A small dog is begging for a treat
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Fragments of a horizontal border from the series of Borders for rooms, designed by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson, identified on verso of the mounting sheet as Plate 3. Cf. British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm.; one sheet together with impression 3 of image 2 from Lewis Walpole prints 799.00.00.36.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
One image only. An elderly woman and a young man face an obese parson who is apparently about to marry them. The young man seems to be moving away from his smiling bride, saying: "I have a huge mind to be off!"
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of mounting sheet., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series of Borders for rooms, designed by Woodward, etched by Rowlandson and published by Ackermann in 1799-1800., and Mounted on one sheet together with another image from Borders plates.
Publisher:
Published March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, No. 100 Strand
Single image showing a drunken man mounted backwards on his horse. He ponders, "Heres a pretty business. Somebody has cut my horses head off!"
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Fragments of a horizontal border from the series of Borders for Rooms, designed by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson, identified as such on verso of the mounting sheet. Cf. British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Publication information from attribution on verso of the mounting sheet and other plates in the series., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Lewis Walpole prints 799.00.00.38: Mounted on one sheet together with impression 4 of 2 images from Lewis Walpole prints 799.00.00.36., and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm, with other images from Borders plates.
Five images: 1. Two men converse: Man on the left: "If this is not the Tippy I wonder." Man on the right replies, "What pains some people take to make themselves ridicolous! 2. Two elderly couples sit at a game of cards with the man on the right addressing his partner: "I believe, Ma'am, we have two honors." 3. Two women walking with parasols discuss the novelty of their dresses. A short woman on the leftt says, "I believe Ma'am you'll find this the complete thing." The tall woman on rights responds with a haughty look on her face, "I beg your pardon Ma'am this is the true Bond Street." 4. Two elderly men read a letter from Copenhagen. "They write from Copenhagen!" "What do they say?" 5. A watchman brings a man he had accosted to an elderly judge or parson, "Please your Worship, this terrible looking fellow knock'd me down five times." The judge sitting in a chair replies, "A fierce looking countenance indeed, he shall be committed directly."
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Fragment of a horizontal border from an unidentified print from the series of Borders For Rooms, designed by Woodward and etched by Rowlandson. Cf. British Museum Catalogue, nos. 9488-9492., Publication information from an unverified attribution on verso of the print., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 2 prints : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet (left) 10 x 9 cm and sheet (right) 10 x 8 cm,, and Mounted to 27 x 22 cm, with other images from Borders plates.
Publisher:
Publish'd March 30, 1799, at Ackermann's Gallery, 101 Strand
