"The ugly and ungainly Nicholls, naked except for floating drapery, and with heavy, feathered wings, stands directed to the right, drawing the string of his bow. He stands on clouds which form a background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 4 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Cupid., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.0 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 33.5 x 24.2 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 15 of volume 5 of 12.
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Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Two corpulent men, with arms interlaced, trip through space, their heads turned in profile to the right, naked except for a piece of floating drapery. One (left) holds up a frothing tankard of Berkley Ale, the other a foaming goblet, tankard and goblet being the centre of a pointed star. The heads are well characterized, and alike only in fatness, short hair, and side-whisker."--British Museum online catalogue
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Twin stars, Castor and Pollux
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 5 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: Castor & Pollux -- Brewers: George Barclay, fl. 1799 -- Charles Sturt -- Dishes: tankards -- Glass: goblets -- Beverages: ale., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.1 x 19.0 cm, on sheet 34.0 x 23.7 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 16 of volume 5 of 12.
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Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Str
"A centaur with the body of the Duke of Bedford flees in terror from the angry British lion, whose head and fore-paws appear on the left. He is dressed as a jockey, with tricolour jacket and tricolour ribbons in his cap (as in other prints, e.g. BMSat 9261)."--British Museum online catalogue
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Affrighted centaur and lion britanique and Affrighted centaur & lion britannique
Description:
Title etched below image., No. 6 in a series of six prints with a frontispiece entitled: New pantheon of democratic mythology., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Mythology: centaurs -- Male dress: jockey -- British Lion., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.3 x 20.2 cm, on sheet 34.3 x 23.9 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 17 of volume 5 of 12.
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Pubd. May 7th, 1799, by H. Humphrey, 27 St. James's Street
"Lord Clare (1749-1802) walks in profile to the left on a pavement. He is erect and alert, inclining slightly forward, holding a slim cane erect. He wears round hat, short unpowdered wig, dark coat, gloves, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Companion print to: "Corporeal stamina.", 1 print : etching with roulette & stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.7 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 31.3 x 23.4 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1817., and Mounted on leaf 49 of volume 10 of 12.
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Publishd. April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Lord Clare (1749-1802) walks in profile to the left on a pavement. He is erect and alert, inclining slightly forward, holding a slim cane erect. He wears round hat, short unpowdered wig, dark coat, gloves, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Companion print to: "Corporeal stamina.", Figure identification pencilled in contemporary hand below plate. Numbered above: 509., and Mounted to 37 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
Publishd. April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"Lord Clare (1749-1802) walks in profile to the left on a pavement. He is erect and alert, inclining slightly forward, holding a slim cane erect. He wears round hat, short unpowdered wig, dark coat, gloves, and spurred top-boots."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Companion print to: "Corporeal stamina.", 1 print : etching with aquatint and stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25.9 x 20.3 cm., and Trimmed to plate mark.
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Publishd. April 13th, 1801, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
"A loutish yokel (l.), holding a pitchfork, grins avidly at a hideous and elderly country woman who crouches behind a stile (r.), her features twisted in a sly grimace. In the background (l.) men reap a corn-field, and corn-stooks cover a more distant hill. Lavinia is framed in foliage, with autumn leaves and a withered tree."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted text following title: "He saw her charming; but he saw not half" "the charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.", and Watermark: J. Whatman.
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Publishd. Jany. 23d, 1805, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"A loutish yokel (l.), holding a pitchfork, grins avidly at a hideous and elderly country woman who crouches behind a stile (r.), her features twisted in a sly grimace. In the background (l.) men reap a corn-field, and corn-stooks cover a more distant hill. Lavinia is framed in foliage, with autumn leaves and a withered tree."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Two lines of quoted text following title: "He saw her charming; but he saw not half" "the charms her downcast modesty conceal'd.", 1 print : etching & aquatint on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 26.2 x 36.4 cm, on sheet 29.5 x 39.6 cm., Watermark, partially trimmed: J. Whatman Turkey Mills., and Mounted on leaf 30 of volume 11 of 12.
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Publishd. Jany. 23d, 1805, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. Jamess [sic] Street
"An elderly couple walk arm-in-arm, preceded by a dog and a frightened footman carrying a lantern. The man is fat, the woman thin. She wears pattens and her petticoats are kilted up; he holds a small umbrella. Behind (left) is a neo-Gothic house among trees."--British Museum online catalogue
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Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Losing your way on foot at night in a storm of wind and rain, and this immediately after leaving a merry fire side., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills., and Mounted on verso leaf 37 of volume 9 of 14 volumes.
"A bedroom interior. An elderly man kneels beside a chest, trying to shut the lid. A very fat woman stands on it, supporting herself against the end of the curtained bed, another sits on it. An untidy servant, gaping and grinning, stands holding a broken candle, pouring grease over his master. On a table is a tray of coffee-things, with a cat lapping from a bowl; a dog sits on a chair; a pair of top-boots stands ready."--British Museum online catalogue
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On packing up your clothes for your journey, because your servant is a fool ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: On packing up your clothes for your journey, because your servant is a fool, the burning fever into which you are thrown when after all your standing, stamping, kneeling, tugging and kicking, the lid of your trunk refuses to approach within a yard of the lock., Illustration to James Beresford's Miseries of human life, 1806. See no. 10815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., One of a group of prints on the topic of "miseries," etched by Rowlandson and issued in several series by Ackermann, that were later collected and published as the volume: Rowlandson, T. Miseries of human life. [London] : Published December 14, 1808, by R. Ackermann ..., [1808]. See British Museum catalogue and Grego., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills 1818., and Mounted on verso of leaf 31 in volume 9 of 14 volumes.
