- Creator:
- Stalker, Ebenezer, 1781-1847, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1807]
- Call Number:
- 805.00.00.16
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Illustration to Gay's 'A Beggar's Opera' from 'Inchbald's British Theatre'. An interior scene with a Peachum and Polly administering a drink to Mrs. Peachum, who is lying back with her eyes closed in a chair, having had a fit at learning about the marriage of Polly and Macheath; a fireplace with a fire screen and mantel with jars seen in the background at the right
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Caption below image: "Polly- Give her another glass, sir. Act 1. Scene 1.", Publication date from proof in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1854,0513.487., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by Longman & Co.
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples, Fireplaces, Interiors, and Loss of consciousness
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Beggars opera [graphic]
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- Published / Created:
- [25 March 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.03.25.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A writing sheet illustrated with scenes from Thomas Dibdin’s pantomime, first performed at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, on Boxing Day 1806 and a few months before this sheet was issued. There were at least twelve different scenes in Dibdin’s work, from which nine were chosen to illustrate the borders of the sheet. Another illustration at the foot of the sheet shows a carriage and a wagon followed by soldiers on horseback on a bridge over a river
- Alternative Title:
- Golden egg
- Description:
- Title etched at top of plate. and Watermark and countermark: J. Whatman 1805. Lower right corner torn.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd March 25, 1807, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Name):
- Dibdin, Thomas, 1771-1841.
- Subject (Topic):
- Harlequin (Fictitious character), Mother Goose, Actors, Fairy tales, Fools & jesters, Pantomimes, and Theatrical productions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Harlequin and Mother Goose, or, The golden egg [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.01.01.17
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat gouty invalid sits full face in a high-backed armchair beside his bedroom fire (left). He registers anguish as a young naval officer seizes his left hand, and tramples on his left. foot. An old nurse, followed by a man (right), pursue the officer into the room, much dismayed. A barking dog runs in front of them. Medicine bottles are ranged on the chimney-piece, a kettle stands on the fire, a high trivet with a dish is by the fender. At the invalid's right hand are a crutch and a round table with bowl and medicine bottle. A bird is in a cage."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Text below title: When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend (a sea captain) who, seizing your hand in the first transports of a sudden meeting, affectionately crumbles your chalky knuckles with the gripe of a grappling iron ..., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of page number from upper right. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum., and "Page 270"--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Bedrooms, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Nurses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miseries personal 11. Dialogue. [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 January 1807]
- Call Number:
- Print00212
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A fat gouty invalid sits full face in a high-backed armchair beside his bedroom fire (left). He registers anguish as a young naval officer seizes his left hand, and tramples on his left. foot. An old nurse, followed by a man (right), pursue the officer into the room, much dismayed. A barking dog runs in front of them. Medicine bottles are ranged on the chimney-piece, a kettle stands on the fire, a high trivet with a dish is by the fender. At the invalid's right hand are a crutch and a round table with bowl and medicine bottle. A bird is in a cage."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Text below title: When in the gout - receiving the ruinous salutation of a muscular friend (a sea captain) who, seizing your hand in the first transports of a sudden meeting, affectionately crumbles your chalky knuckles with the gripe of a grappling iron ..., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of page number from upper right. Missing numbering supplied from impression in the British Museum., "Page 270"--Upper right corner., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 112 x 170 mm., and Hand-colored.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Jany. 1, 1807, by R. Ackermann, Repository of the Arts, 101 Strand
- Subject (Name):
- Beresford, James, 1764-1840.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gout, Bedrooms, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Nurses
- Found in:
- Medical Historical Library, Cushing/Whitney Medical Library > Miseries personal 11. Dialogue. [graphic]