A miserable, angry-looking tailor stands in the middle of his dilapidated workshop. His wig is turned sideways on his head, his empty pockets turned wrong side out, and his stockings undone. Between his feet on the floor lies a large lottery ticket signed "Blank." The tools of his trade are scattered on the workbench and on the floor, including his trade guild tankard. On the wall to the right hangs an advertisement referring to the bubble lottery of 1698, on the left a broadside ridiculing Mongolfier's hot air balloon ascent earlier in the year. Below it lies a credit note from a baker
Description:
Title from caption etched above image., Publication information from a copy in the Peel Collection, Pierpont Morgan Library., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., First of two images etched on the same plate and published as one print., Possibly after Ramberg's painting, Bad news., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Imperfect: original print includes two images. Publication line trimmed., and Mounted to 29 x 19 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd Novr. 26, 1783, by Jno. Russell, Bond Street, Bath
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Tailors, Tailor shops, Lotteries, Poverty, and Interiors
"A consultation of doctors in a gouty patient's bedroom. Three doctors inspect the patient, two others in the background take refreshment attended by a servant. The nurse sleeps in a chair."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Twenty lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., First plate of twelve from: Anstey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street and Repubd. 16th June, 1857, by Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath
Title etched below image., Tenth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., 1 print : etching and aquatint, hand-colored ; sheet 18.7 x 25.9 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. January 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Health resorts, Dance, Balls (Parties), Ballrooms, Chandeliers, and Ballroom dancing
Title etched below image., Tenth plate of twelve, designed to illustrate Christopher Anstey's The new Bath guide., Republished in 1857 by Robert Walker. See no. 9321 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. January 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Geographic):
Bath (England)
Subject (Name):
Anstey, Christopher, 1724-1805.
Subject (Topic):
Health resorts, Dance, Balls (Parties), Ballrooms, Chandeliers, and Ballroom dancing
Title etched below image., Sixteen lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., Tenth plate of twelve from: Antsey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 5 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. January 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street and Repubd. 16th June, 1857, by Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath
Title etched below image., Sixteen lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., Eleventh plate of twelve from: Antsey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville St. and Repubd. June 16th, 1857, by Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath
"Gouty persons falling down or toiling up a steep, rough hill below the Crescent."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Eight lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., Last of twelve plates from: Antsey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge leaving thread margins., and Mounted on leaf 6 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street and Repubd. June 16th, 1857, by Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath
Title etched below image., Sixteen lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., Second plate of twelve from: Anstey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 1 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street and Repubd. 16th June, 1857, by Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath
Title etched below image., Sixteen lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., Third plate of twelve from: Anstey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on top edge., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street and Repubd. 16th June, 1857, by Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath
"A fish-stall; the gouty patient, in a Bath chair, makes purchases."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Twelve lines of letterpress text in two columns printed below the plate mark., Fourth plate of twelve from: Anstey, C. Comforts of Bath. Bath : Robert Walker, 1858., and Mounted on leaf 2 of volume 5 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:
Pubd. Januy. 6th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street and Repubd. 16th June, 1857, by Robt. Walker, Harley Street, Bath
