"An obese and gouty parson (left) reclines in an arm-chair, inspecting through an eye-glass a sucking-pig which a buxom maidservant brings in on a dish. She shows it to the clerk, who sits beside the parson, with a paper: 'An Estimate of the Tythes of this Parish'. The latter sniffs at the pig's snout. Two dogs eagerly fawn on the maid. Through the doorway (right) a lean yokel sourly scratches his head, waiting for the verdict on his pig. The parson's swathed leg is supported on a stool; beside him are a bottle and glass, a crutch and chamber-pot. On the wall is a picture of a group of church spires, suggesting that he is a pluralist, though the room is bare and old-fashioned."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
, see LewisWalpoleLibrary call no
Publisher:
Pub. Jan. 1, 1790, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Chairs, Clergy, Clerks, Crutches, Dogs, Farmers -, Interiors, Religious dwellings, Servants, and Swine
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[1799 or 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 2 Box D170
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A trio of servants with hats removed meekly approach a magistrate to register their complaint: '... Mr. Sparemalt and Mr. Doublechalk charge us four pence a pot for porter'. The seated, bespectacled magistrate haughtily challenges their grumbling and proclaims, 'that great men may combine and charge you poor wretches what they please ...'
Description:
Title from heading inscribed in ink above image, in artist's hand., Date based on events depicted. See St. James's Chronicle or the British Evening Post (London, England, January 2, 1800 - January 4, 1800)., Attributed to Woodward., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Complaints (Rhetoric), Complaining, Judges, Coach drivers, and Servants
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1800]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 30 Box D180
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An elderly woman (left) clasps her head in despair and looks up, away from the body of a tiny dog which a black liveried footman holds on a cushion. Both figures are shown three-quarter length
Description:
Title inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand., Signed by the artist in black ink., Date from Rowlandson etching after this drawing., Drawing numbered in upper right corner in black ink: No. 12., and For further information, consult library staff.
A servant (butcher?) with his hands on his hips looks suspicously at a fashionably dressed man as the latter crosses one arm in front of his chest completing an apologetic bow and uses the other to secretly slide a package behind his back to a thrid unidentified individual penciled in outline. The inscribed caption reads: Permit me good sir to solicit your countenance. You be damned!
Description:
Title penciled in below image. and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Corruption, Bribes, Servants, Dandies, and British
A view of the interior of busy French barracks shows a more domestic atmosphere than military although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
Description:
Title from engraving based on this drawing, published by S.W. Fores 12 August 1791. and For further information, consult library staff.
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and supported by a young man, while a seated man wearing a tricorn smiles and points at her and an elderly woman stands with her arms folded under her apron, a dog at her heels; two posters pasted on the wall behind, shelves, bellows and other kitchen implements in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same design
A very fat man, smiling and smoking a pipe, sits in his phaeton with a footman standing behind and a hunchbacked postilion with a wooden leg rides on the back of the small horse pulling the carriage
Description:
LewisWalpoleLibrary call no
Publisher:
Pub. accord. to act by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Obesity, Servants, and Pipes (Smoking)
A young mopping maid clumsily shoves an older gentleman whom reels away flailing his cane in the air. A second onlooker maid laughs at the awkward situation
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger., Attributed to Rowlandson., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Women domestics, Servants, Accidents, Clumsiness, and Mops & mopsticks
The third drawing in a series of twelve on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this fourth drawing, Charles is partying with friends. Seated at a table with a tray of wine glasses and a platter of fruit, Charles holds a woman on his lap as two other women sit at the table with wine in hand. Another gentleman stands beside the lady in the back looking down at her with affection. A black servant stands with hat in hand and his other hand in his waistcoat. Two paintings on the wall amplify the subject, one of which shows Cupid with a bare breasted woman and the other, Leda and the swan. On the left wall is an ornate mirror
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '4' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and supported by a young man, while a seated man wearing a tricorn smiles and points at her and an elderly woman stands with her arms folded under her apron, a dog at her heels; two posters pasted on the wall behind, shelves, bellows and other kitchen implements in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same design
Description:
Title from a copy published by Carington Bowles, July 17th, 1770., Unsigned; attributed to Francis Grose., and Date of production based on exhibition history; this drawing was exhibited at the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1767.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, and Dogs