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1. Anecdote maçonnique [graphic] / dessiné par un Frere Maçon, temoin de la scêne = A Masonic anecdote / design'd by a Brother Mason, a witness of the scene.
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker.
- Published / Created:
- 1786 November 21
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Gillray v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A masonic feast: in the centre of the room on a platform is an empty armchair decorated with a masonic symbol. Below it and on the right is a table with punch-bowl, glasses, candles, &c, behind which are the English members of the Lodge, some seated, others standing. On the left sit the French members, the most prominent being Cagliostro; all wear masonic aprons. ... "--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Masonic anecdote
- Description:
- Captions in French and English etched under each title, respectively., CtY-LW, Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark, and imprint statement mostly erased from sheet; imprint from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: hairdresser -- Hairdressers: Mr. Barker, King Street, Bloomsbury -- Opticians: Mr. Mash -- Interior of the Freemasons' Lodge of Antiquity -- Freemasons' symbols -- Furniture: dining table -- Upholstered chair -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Glass decanter -- Glass bottle -- Wine glasses -- Punch bowls., Thirty lines of verse in English below image on right, under the heading, "Abstract of the Arabian Count's memoirs": Born God knows where, supported God knows how ..., Thirty lines of verse in French below image on left, under the heading, "Abregè de l'histoire du Comte Arabe": Nè Dieu sait où, maintenu Dieu sait comme ..., and Titles in English and French etched above image.
- Publisher:
- H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Cagliostro, Alessandro,--conte di,--1743-1795--Caricatures and cartoons., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Anecdote maçonnique [graphic] / dessiné par un Frere Maçon, temoin de la scêne = A Masonic anecdote / design'd by a Brother Mason, a witness of the scene.
2. City courtship.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n50022330
- Published / Created:
- [1785]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A young couple sit side by side taking tea; the hostess, probably the mother of the young woman, is seated at a small rectangular table filling a tea-pot from an urn. A footman holds a salver to a man who helps himself to sugar, probably the father of the younger man. He sits on the right of his host, a gouty invalid in dressing-gown and nightcap, who is seated in an armchair on the extreme right. A dog sits beside the tea-table."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Description:
- Date '1785' in lower right corner of image., It is suggested that this print is an imitation of Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue, but Grego indicates that it is by Rowlandson., and Title etched below image.
- Publisher:
- S. W. Fores, at the Caracature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Fores, S. W., publisher. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97860707, and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Couples. , Courtship., Dogs., Servants., and Tea parties.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > City courtship.