"A pretty young wife sits beside an aged doting and rich husband, reading to him. He delightedly contemplates his glass, which is being filled by Death, who leans over a screen. The girl's left hand is held by a young officer who leans through the window (right)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honeymoon and When the old fool has drank his wine and gone to rest, I will be thine
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: When the old fool has drank his wine / and gone to rest, I will be thine., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 1, opposite page 106., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Marriage & married life -- Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Pub. Augt. 1, 1814, by R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Dance of death, Death (Personification), Marriage, Skeletons, Courtship, Adultery, Military officers, British, Eating & drinking, Alcoholic beverages, Windows, Interiors, Stringed instruments, Books, Dogs, Fireplaces, and Screens
"A runaway horse dashes over a bank towards the sea. The driver, a stout 'cit', falls backwards, broken reins in his hands. A young woman flings herself out. Death sits beside the road on a mile-stone, '56 Miles from London', holding up his hour-glass at the pair. (In the text the accident is on Shooters Hill.)"--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Away they go in chaise & one, or to undo or be undone
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue, taken from the heading to the printed page opposite the plate in The English dance of death., Couplet etched below image: Away they go in chaise & one, or to undo or be undone., Attributed to Rowlandson in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from top margin and verses from bottom margin. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate from: Combe, W. The English dance of death. London : Published at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts ..., 1815-1816, v. 2, opposite page 158., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Skeleton as Death.
Publisher:
Pub. Octr. 1 - 1815, at R. Ackermann's, 101 Strand
Subject (Name):
Combe, William, 1742-1823.
Subject (Topic):
Dance of death, Death (Personification), Accidents, Skeletons, Carriages & coaches, Horses, Dogs, Traffic signs & signals, and Hourglasses
Title devised by curator., Unsigned and undated., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
An album with views of French buildings and monuments mostly in and around Paris, from several numbered series including: a series of small engravings of French tradesmen (cries); a hand-colored etching of a Dance of death signed "Turner f. 1799" (formerly misidentified as a watercolor drawing and cataloged under the title "Dancing skeletons"); an engraving of a roller coaster entitled "Promenades aeriennes: Jardin Baujon" (after Louis Garneray); three lithographs of unidentified landscapes and one of a tree-house; one Rowlandson satire "Comforts of an Irish fishing lodge"; and an etching entitled "View from the end window of the drawing room at Heywood in the Queen's Coy. Ireland, the seat of Frederick Trench Esqre." signed "F.W.T. 1818" with mss. inscription from F.W. Trench to Lady Howe and Also mounted in the album are a series in images for French buildings from a game board: Jeu des monumens français de la ville de Paris. Paris : J. Langlumé éditeur, rue du Foin St. Jacques 11, [1815]. Also cataloged separately
Description:
Title devised by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Paris (France), Ireland, and France.
Subject (Topic):
Buildings, structures, etc, Dance of death, Roller coasters, and Occupations
A facsimile copy of David Deuchar's 1808 edition, with images cropped, and no text., Captions in French., and For further information, consult library staff.