- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- An angry wife confronts her astonished husband with a letter from his paramour in which she suggests a rendezvous in the garden after the wife has gone to bed.
- Alternative Title:
- Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 3
- Description:
- Earlier edition of print described by Joseph Grego in Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Series title and number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery., Marriage., Spouses. , and Spouses--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > An anonymous letter! [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etched by Rowlandson.
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- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A fat elderly citizen, solidly seated, is beset by two pretty young women who offer him fruit. His wife (left) says "You must have some apricots my love." The woman on his right adds, "Just taste these grapes brother in law you never eat finer." He shouts up with angry suspicion to the latter, "Won't eat anything more I tell you. I shall be choaked. Got an eye to the estate I suppose."
- Alternative Title:
- Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 5
- Description:
- Earlier state of print described in Grego, v. 2, page 15., Earlier state, with dated imprint, of no. 9624 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Series title and number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fruit., Marriage., Obesity. , Spouses. , and Spouses--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Killing with kindness [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etched by Rowlandson.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 7
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "No.1: A small dinner-table, largely covered by a pale leg of mutton behind which sits the irate husband, carving-knife and fork in hand. His wife opposite (right) glares at him, two youths look anxious. He says: "Its rod! not fit to eat! - these are the blessed effects of boiling Mutton in a clath!!" A dog watches him. On the wall (right) is a framed picture of 'Peace and Concord', two allegorical figures."--British museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Dinner spoiled and Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 1
- Description:
- Earlier state of print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 14., Earlier state, with date in imprint, of no. 9622 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Series title and number etched above image., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834, publisher., Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
- Subject (Topic):
- Marriage. and Spouses--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > The dinner spoil'd! [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etched by Rowlandson.