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1. Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord [graphic] / Rowlandson inv. 1805.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker, publisher.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A paunchy carbuncled fellow, wearing old-fashioned court-dress, with ribbon, star, sword, and bag-wig, peacocks with hands on hips before an amused group in a narrow 'Whitechaple' street. They are outside the new peer's shop, from which projects a pole supporting a sign: 'Breeches cleaned lined and Repaired' and an old pair of breeches. A fat woman, probably his wife, wearing a feathered cap, stands on a step-ladder scrubbing the board above the shop-front: 'Stichall Breeches [Maker] to his Serene Highness the . . .' On the shop is a bill 'To be Sold the good Will of the Shop - Removed to Grovesner Place'. The upstart looks over his shoulder with sour defiance at the neighbours who crowd round him, highly amused, a butcher in the forefront. An aged tailor holding shears gapes in amazement."--British Museum online catalogue.
- Alternative Title:
- Breeches maker become a lord
- Description:
- Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Butchers., Couples. , Dogs., Snobbishness., Social classes. , Social mobility., and Tailors.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord [graphic] / Rowlandson inv. 1805.
2. Taylor turn'd lord [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- An obese man in elegant dress struts down Fleet Street as his fellow tailors roar with laughter at his pompous attire. In the background, a woman (his wie?) put signs on the sides of the shops advertising breeches and other haberdashery. A dog barks as he looks up at the elegantly dressed pretender.
- Alternative Title:
- Tailor turned lord and Taylor turned lord
- Description:
- A detail from a 1805 print by Rowlandson: Recovery of a dormant title, or, A breeches maker become a lord., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Title etched below image.
- Subject (Name):
- Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership. and Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
- Subject (Topic):
- Butchers., Couples. , Dogs., Snobbishness., Social classes. , Social mobility., and Tailors.
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Taylor turn'd lord [graphic] / Rowlandson 1812.