Title from item., No. 5 in the series: Twelve prints representing the most interesting, sentimental and humourous scenes in Tristam Shandy / by R. Dighton., Printmaker from series title on plate no. 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: kitchens -- Interiors: stone floors -- Utensils -- Plates -- Candlesticks -- Coal buckets -- Coals -- Brooms -- Towels hanging on racks -- Fireplaces -- Kettles -- Female costume, ca. 1785 -- Male costume, ca 1785.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Paul's Church Yard
"View of people attempting to skate on the Serpentine in Hyde Park; in foreground a man has fallen on his back on the ice, losing his hat, next to him two ladies stand looking down, on his left a man begins to fall, tripping over a dog, dropping his glass and bottle, spilling the liquid; on the left a man bends over in front of another seated gentleman who thrusts his leg at the man's behind; other skaters in the background."--British Museum online catalogue
"Satire on corrupt lawyers; a devil with a pronged fork beckons to a lawyer in night-cap and gown, who leaps startled from his bed, upsetting a chamber-pot on the floor; a picture with the figure of justice hangs on the wall, her scales inclined to the left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885.
Title etched below image., Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued., and Listed without description with other prints from: The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., no. 6885.
Publisher:
Harrison & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Lawyers, Judicial proceedings, and Manners & customs
"A rotund man and woman struggle in an open, two-seater cart as a sow and piglets cross their path, tilting the cart and spooking the horse; behind them a man loses his wig as his horse rears up in response; running parallel a full carriage with people sitting on top travels up Highgate Hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Publisher from that of the magazine for which the print was issued.
"Lunardi, slim and handsome, walks diagonally towards the spectator from the right, supported on a staff, his left hand held out as if begging. On his back is his collapsed balloon, a large bundle from which project a net and two oars or propellers. His dress is fashionable but ragged. In the background are trees and a church."--British Museum online catalogue, description of earlier state of similar composition
Alternative Title:
Itinerant aeronaut
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date from earlier state in British Museum catalogue., Later state, with plate shortened on bottom edge resulting in loss of imprint. Cf. No. 6858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Eight lines of verse below title: Behold an hero comely tall and fair! His only food phlogisticated air! ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 10 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"A mail-coach, driven right to left, is overturning, the off back wheel having fallen off. The near horse is falling, the other rears violently. The driver has dropped the reins and holds up his arms; he is hidden by the guard seated on his left who falls backwards, his blunderbuss is going off and shatters the roof of the coach, causing letters and letter-bags to fly into the air. A pistol at his side is also going off; it fires point-blank at the bare posteriors of an elderly woman who has fallen head downwards, screaming, her person much exposed; she was apparently an outside passenger. A man puts his head and arms out of the coach-window, shouting in terror. On the centre panel of the coach and above the Royal Arms is inscribed 'The Mail Coach'; on each side panel, 'GR'. In the background (right) is a signpost pointing to the left, 'To Bath'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Persons and property protected
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Published by S.W. Fores Carracature [sic] Ware-House, No. 3 Piccadilly, London
"[Top image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute. [Bottom image] A lady (left) and a yeomanry officer (right), both three-quarter length, sit side by side. She has an open music-book on her lap, and gazes at him. He wears a high feather-trimmed cap, short tunic, and sabre, and is playing a flute."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Titles etched below images., Reissue with added stippling, altered signatures, and a new publication line. For an earlier state published by T. Smith in 1785, see Beinecke Library call no.: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 2., Two images on one plate, each individually titled and signed., For an earlier state of the top image on the plate, see Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 174-5., 1 print : etching and stipple engraving on wove paper, black and white ; sheet 35.1 x 23.5 cm, Trimmed within plate mark on two edges., and Mounted on leaf 9 beneath hand colored sheet, of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. June 15th, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Stt
"The interior of an artist's studio. A young man is seated in an armchair at his easel, with palette and brushes. On the canvas is a classical scene: a goddess surrounded by naked infants. His nude model (right) reclines sleepily on a sofa (right), holding a piece of drapery. Her hat, shoes, and garments are beside her. Two men enter (left) through a door: a young man in riding-dress who stares at the model, an elderly man who holds up his hand in apparent disapproval. The painter turns round as if to prevent their entry. On the wall sketches are pinned (suggesting the art of the history-painter). There is also a statuette on a bracket (right). The room is lit by a window on the painter's left."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Painter disturbed
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint; publication information from British Museum catalogue., 1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper, hand-colored ; sheet 19.0 x 29.6 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of title and imprint statement., and Mounted on leaf 20 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
"Two officers of high rank sit together in a cabin, gambling intently at cup (actually spike) and ball. One (left) wears a star; the other, who is older and stouter, watches the dangling ball held by his companion. At their feet is a pile of coins on papers inscribed 'Twenty Pound'. Under the former's foot is a plan of 'Fotification [sic]', under the latter's a large wall-plan of the disposition of a fleet, on which land and 'Ocean' are marked. On the broad many-paned window behind them hangs ramed plan of celestial and terrestrial globes inscribed respectively 'Celiastial' and 'Teristial'. Behind (right), a burly sailor pours out tea for the two effeminate officers, with an expression of pained contempt."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of similar composition
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with title altered and imprint statement burnished out, of a print published in 1785 with the title: Sea amusement, or, Commanders-in-Chief of cup and ball on a cruise. Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 176-8., Probably published before 1802, when the imprint "Pubd. July 1st, 1802, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly" was added and the plate reissued. Cf. No. 9875 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Final words of burnished imprint statement barely visible below title: [...?] Oxford Street., and Mounted on leaf 3 of volume 2 of 14 volumes.
