"View of the new orchestra stand in Vauxhall Gardens at night; lights illuminating front, elegantly dressed figures dancing or watching orchestra in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Vauxhall Gardens
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 88., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 3, opposite page 204., and Mounted on leaf 34 of volume 10 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1st, 1809, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England), London (England), England, and London.
"A very fat lady crouches in a shell drawn by two swans; she holds (tricolour) reins attached to the birds' necks; a carriage-whip is in her right hand. She has a blotched profile; snaky curls hang oddly over her face; she wears a swathed neck-cloth over her chin, a riding-habit with a sleeve slashed in the manner usually denoting theatrical dress, and a hat trimmed with tricolour feathers. Behind her (left) ride two little cupids, each on a swan, with postilion's caps and coats; each plies vigorously a whip made of a bow; a quiver with arrows hangs at the back of the nearer cupid, who has butterfly wings; the back of the other is hidden. Their reins, &c., are tricolour. Their swans stretch their necks angrily at the back of the 'Venus'. Foreground and background are sea and sky."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Venus a la coquille, Swan-sea Venus, and Swansea Venus
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker identified as Gillray in the British Museum catalogue., A lightly etched letter "P" precedes imprint statement., Watermark: J. Whatman 1810., and Mounted on leaf 67 of volume 11 of 12.
Publisher:
Publishd. March 28th, 1809, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"View of a river descending to left down a short series of waterfalls, a shepherd and a woman on a grassy bank at right looking out to left, with dog and flock of sheep; tall rocky hill rising immediately behind the river."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Early state, before alterations to the plate. For a later state with the title re-etched, Rowlandson's signature burnished away, and a border and a new statement of responsibility added, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 14., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0612.377., Reworked plate published in: Rowlandson's sketches from nature. [London] : [publisher not identified], [1822]., and Formerly mounted on leaf 30 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
"Ten figures arranged in two rows, each with a caption. 'A Modest Woman of Quality': a lady stands holding a fan, directed to the right and looking to the left. 'A Primitive Bishop': a plainly dressed and ugly parson stands in profile to the right. 'A Real Maid of Five and Thirty': a woman walks in profile to the left, with a veil over hair and forehead, looking down and holding a half-closed fan before her face. 'An Exciseman with a Conscience' stands with his hands plunged in his breeches pocket, book under one arm, ink-bottle with pen fastened to his coat, a second pen behind his ear. An 'Author with a second suit of Cloaths' capers delightedly, apparently admiring his tasselled Hessian boots. 'A Great Man of Common Sense' is a handsome young man wearing a military coat with clocked stockings and pumps standing in profile to the right. 'A Woman who has continued three Months a Widow!' She looks alluringly through the meshes of a veil which partly covers her face; her dress is décolletée, and her pose inviting. 'A Theatrical Hero of Modesty and oeconomy': a good-looking young man bows, hat in hand. 'A Complete Honest Attorney' stands with head turned in profile to the right. 'A Man of Talents, Wit and Learning--possess'd of a Thousand a Year': a stout middle-aged man with a handsome profile stands holding out a bunch of papers inscribed '300', '200', '300', 10[0]."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; former plate number "102" has been replaced with a new number, and year has been burnished from imprint statement leaving a gap between "London, Pubd. Augst. 1st." and "by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside.", Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "London, Pubd. Augst. 1st, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11462 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "278" in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 162., and Mounted on leaf 51 of volume 10 of 14 volumes.
