"A domestic interior. In the upper margin is engraved, "Give me the sweet delight of Love - a Catch", and the design illustrates the lines of the catch: "A smoky house, a failing trade, Six squalling brats, and a scolding jade." A man (full-face) sta...
Alternative Title:
Plaisir du mènage, Plaisirs du mènage, and Give me the sweet delight of love : a catch
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Augt. 1st, 1781, by H. Humphrey, New Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Families, Children, Domestic life, Couples, and Clothing & dress
published as the act directs [...?] [ca. May 1781]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Opposite page 113. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young man in profile to the right (left), elegantly dressed, lounges beside a lady on a settee. He holds a coffee-cup. She sits before a round table on which is a coffee-pot, &c, on a tray. Her dress is of quasi-military cut and she wears a large f...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, at his map & print warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Sofas, Coffeepots, Tea tables (Tables), Hats, Feathers, Windows, People associated with military activities, and Military camps
"Design in a circle. A man and wife seated at a circular breakfast-table. The man, who is obese and a gourmand, sits in profile to the right. holding a bowl with a spoon in it in one hand, a bill of fare in the other inscribed "Soup . . . Turbot. Duck...
Alternative Title:
Man of taste
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. the 10th, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83 opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
"Design in a circle. A man and wife seated at a circular breakfast-table. The man, who is obese and a gourmand, sits in profile to the right. holding a bowl with a spoon in it in one hand, a bill of fare in the other inscribed "Soup . . . Turbot. Duck...
Alternative Title:
Man of taste
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Publishd. Octor. 10, 1781, by J.R. Smith, No. 83, opposite the Pantheon, Oxford Street
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
"The actor Charles Bannister, standing, dressed as Polly Peachum, with a small lace cap and wide bow at the waist, holding a closed fan in front of him in his right hand, looking away to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bannister, Charles, 1738-1804 and Gay, John, 1685-1732.
