Chapter XVII: Part 17
Emmanuel College Garden, Cambridge.
Emmanuel College, Cambridge. A Nobleman Presenting
a Collection of Busts.
View of the Theatre, Printing House, &c., Oxford.
St. Mary's Church--Radcliffe Library.
Inside View of the Public Library, Cambridge.
Pub. by Ackermann.
5. A Bait for the Kiddies on the North Road, or that's
your sort, prime bang up to the mark.
10. Kissing for Love, or Captain Careless Shot Flying.
Tegg, 52.
10. Easterly Winds, or Scudding under Bare Poles.
Tegg, 2.
15. Three Weeks after Marriage, or the Great Little
Emperor Playing at Bo-peep. Tegg, 16.
15. A Bonnet Shop. Tegg, 17.
20. Peter Plumb's Diary. Thos. Tegg, 18.
30. A Table d'Hôte, or French Ordinary in Paris.
Tegg, 20.
1810 (?) Paris Diligence. Pub. by Tegg.
June 4. Love and Dust. (Tegg, 2.) Repub. (Appeared
originally in 1799.)
5. Boxing Match for 200 guineas between Dutch
Sam and Medley, fought May 31, 1810, on
Moulsey Hurst, near Hampton. No. 22.
Aug. 8. Smuggling Out, or Starting for Gretna Green.
Schultz sculp.
8. Smuggling In, or a College Trick.
Sept. 18. Procession of the Cod Company from St. Giles's
to Billingsgate. Tegg, 11.
25. Rigging out a Smuggler. Tegg, No. 8.
30. Dramatic Demireps at their Morning Rehearsal.
Tegg, 10.
Oct. 5. Sports of a Country Fair. Part 1.
" Do. do. Part 2.
" Do. do. Part 3. A Bengal Tiger Loose.
Cockburn's Theatre on Fire.
Advice to a Publican, or a Secret worth knowing.
The Glutton.
Ladies trading on their own bottom.
Oct. 25. An Old Ewe Dressed Lamb Fashion. Tegg, 42.
25. Spit-Fires. Tegg, 44.
25. Dropsy Courting Consumption. Rowlandson del.
Pub. by Tegg, 45.
Nov. 1. Doctor Gallipot Placing his Fortune at the Feet of
his Mistress. (See 1808.)
1. Kitchen-Stuff. Tegg, 43.
19. A Hit at Backgammon. Tegg, 46.
20. Medical Despatch, or Doctor Double-Dose Killing
Two Birds with One Stone. Tegg, 47.
Bath Races. Tegg, 49.
30. Doctor Drainbarrel conveyed Home in a Wheelbarrow,
in order to take his Trial for Neglect of
Family Duty. Tegg, 23.
30. After Sweet Meat comes Sour Sauce, or Corporal
Casey got into the Wrong Box.
Cries of London. 30 plates. 4to. _Circa_ 1810.
The Harmonic Society. Row. del.
Butler, S. 'Hudibras.' Illus. Rowdn. 1810. 8vo.
(See 1809.) Pub. by T. Tegg.
1810 (?) The Sign of the Four Alls. Pub. by T. Tegg, No. 13.
Rabbit Merchant. Tegg, 25.
1810 (?) A Sale of English Beauties in the East Indies.
(After James Gillray.)
A Parody on Milton.
1811.
Jan. 1. A Bird's-eye View of Smithfield Market, taken
from the Bear and Ragged Staff. Pugin and
Rowlandson del. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
A Bird's-eye View of Covent Garden Market.
Do. do. do.
28. College Pranks, or Crabbed Fellows Taught to
Caper on the Slack Rope. Tegg, 53.
Feb. A Sleepy Congregation. Tegg, 54.
12. A Midwife going to a Labour. Tegg, 55.
16. The Gig Shop, or Kicking up a Breeze at Nell
Hamilton's Hop. Tegg, 56.
20. Pigeon-Hole, a Covent Garden Contrivance to
Coop up the Gods. Tegg, 57.
26. A French Dentist Showing a Specimen of his Artificial
Teeth and False Palates. Tegg, 58.
Mar. 1. A Catamaran, or Old Maid's Nursery.
2. Bacon-faced Fellows of Brazen-Nose Broken loose.
Pub. by Tegg, 59.
10. She Stoops to Conquer. Tegg, 61.
12. The Anatomist. Tegg, 60.
16. Sailors on Horseback. Tegg, 62.
28. Kitty Careless in Quod, or Waiting for Jew Bail.
Tegg, 65.
Apr. 1. Pastime in Portugal, or a Visit to the Nunneries.
Tegg, 64.
5. The Last Drop.
9. Boney the Second, or the Little Baboon Created
to Devour French Monkeys. Tegg, 66.
10. A Picture of Misery. Tegg, 70.--
Iron was his chest, iron was his door,
His hand was iron, and his heart was more.
12. Puss in Boots, or General Junot taken by surprise.
Tegg, 71.
Apr. 14. Nursing the Spawn of a Tyrant; or Frenchmen
Sick of the Breed.
20. The Enraged Son of Mars and the Timid Tonson.
Tegg, 67.
24. Rural Sports. A Cat in a Bowl. No. 1.
May 1. A Dog Fight.
1. Touch for Touch, or a Female Physician in full
Practice. Tegg, 72.
4. Who's Mistress Now? Reprint, 1820.
16. The Bassoon, with a French Horn Accompaniment.
Tegg, 75.
A Two o'clock Ordinary.
June 4. Summer Amusement, Bug Hunting.
July 11. A Ghost in the Wine Cellar. Published by Rowlandson.
14. Easter Monday, or the Cockney Hunt.
14. Rural Sports, or an Old Mole Catcher. Tegg, 83.
31. The Huntsman Rising. (See 1809.)
31. The Gamester going to Bed. Pub. by T. R., 1
James Street, Adelphi. (See also 1809.)
Aug. 20. Love Laughs at Locksmiths.
30. Masquerading. Tegg, 84.
Sept. Accommodation Ladder. Tegg, 85.
12. Sorrow's Dry, or a Cure for the Heart Ache.
20. Looking at the Comet till you get a Crick in the
Neck. Tegg, 91.
25. Life and Death of the Race Horse. Tegg, 90.
29. Rural Sports. A Milling Match: Cribb and
Molineaux. Tegg.
Oct. 1. Rural Sports, Smock-Racing. T. Tegg.
2. John Bull at the Italian Opera. Des. and pub.
by T. R., &c. (See Oct. 2, 1805.)
Rural Sports; or a Game at Quoits.
Rural Sports; or how to show off a Well-shaped
Leg.
Twelfth Night Characters, in 24 figures, by T. R.
3. Rural Sports; or a Cricket Match Extraordinary.
Tegg, 96.
10. Six Classes of that Noble and useful Animal, a
Horse.--The Race Horse. The War Horse. The
Shooting Pony. The Hunter. The Gig Horse.
The Draught Horse.
10. Distillers Looking into their own Business.
Dinners Dressed in the Neatest Manner. Pub. by
Tegg, 112.
The Jockey Club, or Newmarket Meeting (111)
(Betting Room).
The Sagacious Buck, or Effects of Waterproof.
Richmond Hill. After H. Bunbury. (See 1803.)
French Inn. Do.
Quaix de Paris. Do.
A Country Club.
Recruits. (See 1803.)
Morning, or the Man of Taste. After H. Bunbury.
Evening, or the Man of Feeling. Do.
Conversazione.
25. A Trip to Gretna Green. T. R., 1 James Street,
Adelphi.
25. Rural Sports: Balloon Hunting. Tegg, 157.
31. Cloisters, Magdalen College, Oxford.
Nov. 25. English Manner and French Prudence, or French
Dragoons brought to a Check by a Belvoir Leap.
A Scene after Nature near Ciudad Rodrigo. Sept.
1811.
Dec. 2. A Man of Feeling. Tegg, No. 126.
9. Bel and the Dragon. Pub. Stockdale.
15. A Milk Sop. Tegg, 125.
Royal Academy. Somerset House.
The Harmonic Society. (See 1810, Oct. 2.)
Miseries of Travelling--A Hailstorm. Des. by H.
Bunbury.
A Tutor and his Pupil Travelling in France. Do.
The Departure of La Fleur. Do.
Exhibition 'Stare' Case, Somerset House.
The Manager's Last Kick, or a New Way to Pay
Old Debts. Tegg, 117.
Preparing to Start. Pub. by Tegg, 118.
Preparing for the Race.
Awkward Squads Studying the Graces.
Hiring a Servant. Tegg, 124.
Anglers (1611). H. Bunbury. Rowlandson del.
Anglers (1811). Do. do.
Patience in a Punt. Do. do.
A Templar at his Studies. Tegg, 76.
A Family Piece. Des. by H. Bunbury.
A Barber's Shop. Des. by H. Bunbury.
Modern Antiquities.
Chesterfield Burlesqued. Pub. by T. Tegg. 1811.
12mo. (See 1808.)
Munchausen at Walcheren.
1812.
Jan. 10. A Portrait. Duke of Cumberland. Pub. by Humphrey.
12. A Portrait. Lord Petersham. Humphrey.
Feb. 6. Mr. Norman as the Sultan of Cashmere ('The
Golden Fish'). Norman del., Rowlandson sculp.
Pub. by R. Ackermann.
10. Wet under Foot. Designed by an Amateur.
Etched by Rowlandson. Humphrey.
26. A Portrait. Lord Pomfret. Humphrey.
A Cat in Pattens.
28. Plucking a Spooney.
Mar. 1. Catching an Elephant. Tegg, 146.
1. Description of a Boxing Match for 100 guineas a
side between Ward and Quirk. Pub. by T. Rowlandson.
2. A Spanish Cloak. Tegg, 139.
20. Fast Day. T. R., 1 James Street.
25. Sea Stores. Tegg, 140.
25. Land Stores.
Apr. 2. The Chamber of Genius. R. invt. and pub.
Want is the scorn of every wealthy fool,
And genius in rags is turned to ridicule.--_Juv._, _Sat._
4. Bug-breeders in the Dog Days.
12. The Ducking Stool. (Republished.) (See April
12, 1803.)
May 30. Italian Picture-Dealers Humbugging Milord
Anglaise. Pub. by T. R., 1 St. James Street.
30. A Brace of Blackguards.
Racing. Pub. by T. Tegg, 158.
June 4. Broad Grins, or a Black Joke.
July 14. Miseries of London: 'Watermen.' T. R., Adelphi.
14. Glow Worms. (See 1805.) Pub. by T. Rowlandson,
1 James Street, Adelphi.
14. Muck Worms. Do.
The Rivals.
July 15. A Seaman's Wife's Reckoning. Woodward del.,
Row. sculp. Pub. by Tegg, 275.
15. The Secret History of Crim. Con. Plate I. T.
Tegg, 161.
15. Do. do. Plate II. Do.
Aug. 29. Setting out for Margate. Tegg, 166. Woodward
del., Row. sculp.
30. The Sweet Pea. Pub. by H. Humphrey, 27 St.
James's Street.
Oct. 1. Refinement of Language. A Timber Merchant, &c.
Tegg, 171.
1. Bitter Fare, or Sweeps Regaling.
30. Raising the Wind. Pub. by T. R., 1 James
Street. 'When Noblemen,' &c.
Nov. 30. Christmas Gambols.
The Successful Fortune-Hunter, or Captain Shelalee
leading Miss Marrowfat to the Temple of Hymen.
Hackney Assembly. The Graces, the Graces,
remember the Graces. Orig. pub. 1802.
1812 (?) The Learned Scotchman, or Magistrate's Mistake.
Tegg, 150.
" Preaching to some Purpose.
" New-Invented Elastic Breeches.
" A Visit to the Doctor.
" Puff Paste.
" Mock Turtle.
" Off She Goes. Pub. by Tegg.
The Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the
Picturesque. First pub. in a separate form.
With 31 illustrations by T. Rowlandson. Royal
8vo. Ackermann.
" English Exhibitions in Paris; or, French People
Astonished at our Improvement in the Breed of
Fat Cattle.
Petticoat Loose, a Fragmentary Poem. Stockdale.
4to. 4 plates by T. Rowlandson.
Set of Views of Cornwall.
1813.
Feb. 10. Bachelor's Fare. Bread and Cheese and Kisses.
Tegg, 285.
Sept. 1. Summer Amusements at Margate, or a Peep at the
Mermaids. Tegg.
1. The Last Gasp, or Toadstools Mistaken for
Mushrooms. Tegg, 210.
1. Unloading a Waggon. Tegg, 214.
1. None but the Brave deserve the Fair. Tegg, 231.
20. Humours of Houndsditch, or Mrs. Shevi in a Longing
Condition. Tegg, 213.
20. A Doleful Disaster; or, Miss Tubby Tatarmin's
Wig Caught Fire.
Nov. 5. The Two Kings of Terror. A Transparency Exhibited
at Ackermann's. The Allied Victory of
Leipsic.
22. The Norwich Bull Feast, or Glory and Gluttony.
Tegg, 232.
25. A Long Pull, a Strong Pull, and a Pull All together.
Tegg, 233.
27. The Corsican Toad under a Harrow. Ackermann.
27. The Execution of Two Celebrated Enemies of Old
England and their Dying Speeches. Pub. by R.
Ackermann.
Nov. 29. Dutch Nightmare, or the Fraternal Hug Returned
with a Dutch Squeeze. Ackermann.
30. Plump to the Devil we boldly Kicked both Nap
and his Partner Joe. Tegg, 234.
Dec. 4. The Corsican Munchausen Humming the Lads of
Paris. Pub. by Ackermann.
6. Funking the Corsican. Pub. by Ackermann.
10. The Mock Phoenix, or a Vain Attempt to Rise
again. Pub. by Ackermann.
12. Friends and Foes, up he Goes! Sending the Corsican
Munchausen to St. Cloud. Ackermann.
14. Political Chemist and German Retorts, or Dissolving
the Rhenish Confederacy. Ackermann.
14. Napoleon le Grand.
Astre brillant, immense, il éclaire, il féconde,
Et seul fait, à son gré, tous les destins du monde.
Mock Auction, or Boney Selling Stolen Goods.
Ackermann.
30. How to Vault into the Saddle, or a new-invented
Patent Crane for the accommodation of Rheumatic
Rectors.
1813 (?) Doctor Syntax, in the middle of a smoking hot
political squabble, wishes to wet his whistle.
Tegg, 209.
Witches in a Hayloft. Tegg, 226.
Business and Pleasure. Tegg, 272. (See 1810.)
The Glutton. Pub. by T. Tegg, 274.
" The Quaker and the Commissioners of Excise.
Tegg, 276.
" A-going! A-going! Newton del., Rowlandson sc.
Pub. by Tegg, 291.
" Giving up the Ghost, or one too many. Tegg, 292.
Hopes of the Family, or Miss Marrowfat at Home
for the Holidays. Tegg, 293.
" The Cobbler's Cure for a Scolding Wife. Tegg, 294.
" Cracking a Joke. Woodward del., Rowlandson sc.
Tegg, 296.
" Ghost of my Departed Husband, whither art thou
gone?
Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of the Picturesque.
Royal 8vo. Ackermann.
Poetical Sketches of Scarborough. With 21 Illustrations
by J. Green. Etched by Thomas Rowlandson.
Pub. by R. Ackermann.
Engelbach. Letters from Italy, 1809-13. Republished
as 'Letters from Naples and the Campagna
Felice.' 17 plates by Rowlandson. (See 1815.)
1814.
Jan. 1. The Double Humbug, or the Devil's Imp Praying
for Peace. Ackermann.
1. Death and Bonaparte.
1. Madame Véry, Restaurateur, Palais Royal, Paris.
R. sc. T. N., 348.
1. La Belle Limonadière au Café des Mille Colonnes.
Palais Royal, Paris.
30. Quarter-day, or Clearing the Premises without
Consulting your Landlord. Tegg, 310.
Feb. 10. Kicking up a Breeze, or Barrow Women Basting a
Beadle. Tegg.
14. Progress of Gallantry, or Stolen Kisses Sweetest.
Rowlandson. Pub. by Tegg, 313.
20. A Tailor's Wedding. Tegg, 315.
Mar. 1. Crimping a Quaker. Tegg, 317. Originally published
as 261.
2. Head Runner of Runaways from Leipzic Fair. R.
Ackermann.
12. The Devil's Darling. R. Ackermann.
April. Arms of Napoleon Bonaparte, the Tyrant of France.
Supported by Satan (French Devil) and Death.
Pub. by R. Ackermann.
The Hieroglyphic Portrait of Napoleon. Pub. by
Ackermann.
Do. do. Alexander. Do.
9. Blucher the Brave Extracting the Groan of Abdication
from the Corsican Bloodhound. T., 322.
12. Coming in at the Death of the Corsican Fox.
Scene the Last. R. Ackermann.
12. Bloody Boney, the Carcase Butcher, left off Trade
by Retiring to Scarecrow Island. Tegg, 323.
15. The Rogue's March. Tegg, 321.
16. A Friendly Visit.
17. The Affectionate Farewell, or Kick for Kick. Aker.
20. A Delicate Finish to a French (Corsican) Usurper.
J. N. del., R. sc. Pub. by Asperne, Cornhill.
25. Nap. Dreading his Doleful Doom, or his Grand
Entry into the Isle of Elba. Tegg, 328.
May 1. The Tyrant of the Continent is Fallen, Europe is
Free, England Rejoices. Ackermann.
1. Boney Turned Moralist. What I was, what I am,
what I ought to be. Ackermann.
1. Irish Jaunting Car. Hull des., Rowlandson fec.
8. Peace and Plenty. Tegg, 324.
15. Macassar Oil, or an Oily Puff for Soft Heads.
Rowlandson. Tegg, 316 (265).
June 14. Miseries of London, or a Surly, Saucy Hackney
Coachman.
20. Rural Sports, or a Pleasant Way of Making Hay.
Tegg, 16.
July 14. The Rivals. Pub. by T. Rowlandson, James
Street.
14. Portsmouth Point, Tegg, 255.
23. The Naumacia to commemorate a Peace. (Aquatic
Spectacle on the Serpentine).
Sept. 5. The three principal Requisites to form a Man of
Fashion.
15. The Four Seasons of Love--Spring, Summer,
Autumn, Winter.
20. Johanna Southcott the Prophetess Excommunicating
the Bishops. Tegg, 341.
1814 (?) Rural Sports. Buck-Hunting. Pub. by T. Tegg.
1815.
Jan. 1. Female Politicians. Woodward del., Rowlandson
sc. Pub. by T. Tegg.
Mar. 1. Breaking-up of the Blue Stocking Club. Tegg,
343.
1. Defrauding the Customs, or Shipping Goods not
Fairly Entered. Tegg, 344.
1. Hodge's Explanation of a Hundred Magistrates.
W. del., R. sc. Tegg, 345.
1. Sailors Drinking the Tunbridge Waters. Tegg,
346. (Pub. as 242 originally.)
13. A Lamentable Case of a Juryman. Tegg, 347.
Apr. 7. The Flight of Buonaparte from Hell Bay. R.
Ackermann.
Apr. 8. Hell Hounds Rallying Round the Idol of France.
Rowlandson. Ackermann.
N. D. Vive le Roi! Vive l'Empereur!! Vive le Diable!!!
French Constancy. Rowlandson. Ackermann.
12. Scene in a New Pantomime to be Performed at the
Theatre Royal of Paris. Rowlandson. Ackermann.
16. The Corsican and his Bloodhounds at the Window
of the Tuileries looking over Paris. Rowlandson.
Ackermann.
May 10. The Carter and the Gipsies. Pub. by T. Tegg.
June 1. Ackermann's Transparency on the Victory of Waterloo.
Rowlandson. Ackermann, 101 Strand.
July 14. Easter Monday, or the Cockney Hunt.
16. My Ass. Pub. by I. Sidebotham, 96 Strand. Desd.
and etd. by T. R., verses by J. Yedis. (6 compts).
Measuring Substitutes for the Army of Reserve.
27. Transparency Exhibited at Ackermann's, in the
Strand, Nov. 27, 1815. Day of Celebration of
General Peace in London.
A Journeyman Tailor.
Neighbours. Pub. by Tegg, 235.
28. A Rare Acquisition to the Royal Menagerie. A
Present from Waterloo by Marshals Wellington
and Blucher. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
28. Boney's Trial, Sentence, and Dying-Speech, or
Europe's Injuries Avenged. Rowlandson. Ackermann.
1815 (?) An Eating House.
" Banditti. (See 1808.)
" Virtue in Danger. "
" An Unexpected Return, or a Snip in Danger. "
" A Musical Doctor and his Scholars. "
Slap Bang Shop.
Jack Tar Admiring the Fair Sex.
Accidents will Happen.
Sympathy.
Despatch, or Jack Preparing for Sea.
Deadly-Lively.
The Fort.
Officer. The Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome.
1815. 8vo.
Lewis Engelbach. Naples and the Campagna
Felice. 8vo. Reprinted from 'Repository of Arts.'
Pub. by R. Ackermann.
The Dance of Death. With Illustrations. 2 vols.
royal 8vo. Ackermann. (See 1816.)
Oct. The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi in
Hindostan, by Quiz. 8vo. Pub. by Tegg. 1816.
1816.
Jan. 10. Exhibition at Bullock's Museum of Buonaparte's
Carriage, taken at Waterloo. Ackermann.
Mar. 31. The Attempt to Wash the Blackamoor White, in
the White Hall, City of Laputa.
1816 (?) Bostonian Electors of Lancashire. Pub. by W.
Holland.
World in Miniature. 8vo.
Military Adventures of Johnny Newcome. 1816.
(See 1815.)
Figure Subjects for Landscapes, &c., &c. Groups
and Views. R. Ackermann, 8vo.
The Dance of Death. 2 vols. 1814-16. R.
Ackermann, Strand.
Relics of a Saint, by Ferdinand Farquhar. 12mo.
1816. Frontispiece by Rowlandson. Pub. by T.
Tegg.
1817.
May 1. 24 Plates to 'Vicar of Wakefield.' Repub. 1823.
The Dance of Life. Illustrated with 28 coloured
engravings by T. Rowlandson. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
Royal 8vo. (See 1821.)
The New Sentimental Journal.
Grotesque Drawing Book. 40 illustrations, 8vo.
World in Miniature. 58 etchings. 4to. 1817.
Pleasures of Human Life. 1817.
1818.
Jan. 20. The Last Jig, or Adieu to Old England. Pub. by
T. Tegg.
The Adventures of Johnny Newcome in the Navy.
By Alfred Burton. 8vo.
Wild Irish, or Paddy from Cork, with his Coat
Buttoned Behind.
Doncaster Fair, or the Industrious Yorkshire Bites.
1819.
May 9. A Rough Sketch of the Times as delineated by Sir
Francis Burdett.
Who Killed Cock Robin? (Manchester Massacre.)
John Cahnac. 8vo.
Female Intrepidity, or the Heroic Maiden. (Chap
book.)
Egyptian Hall. Mansion House.
Freemasons' Tavern.
1820.
1820 (?) Chemical Lectures (Sir H. Davy).
The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax in Search of
Consolation. With 24 Illustrations by Thomas
Rowlandson. Royal 8vo. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
Rowlandson's Characteristic Sketches of the Lower
Orders. 54 coloured plates. Intended as a Companion
to the 'New Picture of London.' 12mo.
1821.
May. A Smoky House and a Scolding Wife.
Tricks on the Turf--Settling to Lose a Race.
Le Don Quichotte Romantique, ou Voyage du Docteur
Syntaxe à la Recherche du Pittoresque et
du Romantique. 28 Illustrations drawn on stone
(after the designs of Rowlandson) by Malapeau,
Lith. de G. Engelmann. Paris.
Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern
Provinces of France. 18 plates after Rowlandson.
8vo. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
1822.
The History of Johnny Quæ Genus. The Little
Foundling of the late Doctor Syntax. Royal 8vo.
Pub. by R. Ackermann.
Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature. 8vo. 17
views, in one volume (collected).
The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of a
Wife. Royal 8vo., with 25 Illustrations by Thos.
Rowlandson. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
May. Die Reise des Doktor Syntax, um das Malerische
aufzusuchen. Ein Gedicht frei aus dem Englischen
ins Deutsche übertragen. Lith. v. F. E.
Rademacher, Berlin.
Crimes of the Clergy. 8vo. Two plates by T.
Rowlandson.
1823.
March. The Guardian of the Night. Pub. by S. W. Fores.
June 13. Not at Home, or a Disappointed Dinner Hunter.
Pub. by John Fairburn, Broadway, Ludgate Hill.
19. An Old Poacher Caught in a Snare. R. inv. et sculp.
Aug. 1. Hot Goose, Cabbage, and Cucumbers.
The Tooth Ache, or Torment and Torture.
Sept. 18. The Chance-seller of the Exchequer Putting an
Extinguisher on Lotteries. Ackermann; also
Fairburn, Ludgate Hill.
C. M. Westmacott. The Spirit of the Public Journals
for the year 1823. 3 vols. 8vo.
Third Tour of Doctor Syntax. 1823. Royal 8vo.
The three Tours of Doctor Syntax. Pocket edition,
3 vols. 16mo.
Sept. Oliver Goldsmith.--'The Vicar of Wakefield.' 8vo.
24 illustrations by Rowlandson. Pub. by R.
Ackermann.
1824.
Apr. 1. Interruption, or Inconvenience of a Lodging House.
Reprint. (See 1789.)
1825.
Nov. 19. Pie-us Ecstasy, or Godliness (the Itinerant
Preacher's) Great Gain. Pub. by A. Bengo.
Bernard Blackmantle. (Charles Molloy Westmacott.)
English Spy. 2 vols. 8vo. Do.
The Spirit of the Public Journals for the years
1823-4-5. (See 1823.)
Posthumous.
The Humourist, with 50 engravings, &c., after
designs by the late Thomas Rowlandson. Published
1831.
_ADDENDUM TO THE CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY OF ROWLANDSON'S CARICATURES._
The Editor has found it necessary to append a supplementary list of subjects which have been brought under his notice too late either to be arranged in the body of the present work, or even to be comprised in the general chronological summary; his attention being directed to these additional caricatures long after he had reluctantly arrived at the conclusion that it was hopeless to expect to render the foregoing classification more complete.
In the Introduction to this review of pictorial satires by Thomas Rowlandson allusions will be found (vol. i. p. 4) to a noteworthy collection of his productions, both social and political, in course of formation by Mr. F. Harvey, of St. James's Street, the result of many years' vigilant activity in securing everything of consequence by the artist which happened to come into the print market, with comparative indifference to cost.
The arrangement of this gathering, already amounting to twenty-three volumes, consisting entirely of excellent examples of the caricaturist's engraved works, has been proceeding coincidently with the preparation of the present volumes, and both selections have been brought as near to completion as is practicable at precisely the same time.
The writer has the satisfaction of realising that the promise referred to in his preface, made by Mr. Harvey many years ago, has been redeemed before it is altogether worthless, as concerns his desire to supply a summary of the caricaturist's published productions as comprehensive as circumstances are likely to permit, to which much importance is attached from a collector's point of view.
It must be acknowledged that the extensive accumulation in the possession of Mr. Harvey has contributed to this result, if at the eleventh hour; in his collection numerous examples of interest are found which have hitherto escaped the Editor's researches. Many of the titles set down in the body of the foregoing Summary and in the Addendum, drawn from the resources placed at his disposal by the kindness of Mr. Harvey, are in all probability perfectly novel to the majority of even experienced 'Rowlandson fanciers.'
No date.
A Counsellor's Opinion after he had retired from
Practice.
1790.
Croesus and Thalia.
All Fours. Designed by H. Bunbury. Rowlandson
sculp.
Nov. 20. Satan, Sin, and Death. W. Hogarth invt. Rowlandson
del.
Dec. 1. A series of single-figure subjects, designed by
Woodward and engraved by Rowlandson.
A Smart. A Greenhorn.
A Jessamy. A Choice Spirit.
A Jemmy. A Buck.
An Honest Fellow. A Blood.
1791.
Mar. 1. The Pursuit. (Chase of a Highwayman by a _possé_
of horsemen.) A large and important subject.
Companion to 'The Attack,' published contemporaneously,
and described in vol. i. p. 289.
Dec. 1. Returning from the Races.
1. Selling a Horse.
1. Modish--Prudent. (Another version of the pair
of female figure subjects engraved 1787. See
vol. i. pp. 220-1.)
1792.
Jan. 1. A series of four large sporting subjects, figures in
wooded backgrounds. Painted by George Morland,
and engraved by Thomas Rowlandson.
Partridge-Shooting.
Pleasant-Shooting.
Snipe-Shooting.
Duck-Shooting. (Originally pub. in 1790.)
July 18. The Paviour's Joy. Companion to 'The Chairman's
Terror' (vol. i. p. 308).
1794.
A Field Day in Hyde Park. Aquatinted by T. Malton. A large and
important subject, evidently belonging to the same series as 'The
English Barracks,' &c. (Aug. 12, 1791). See vol. i. pp. 294-5.
1795.
Jan. 1. Billingsgate Brutes.
1797.
Oct. 22. Glorious Defeat of the Dutch Navy, Oct. 10,
1797, by Admirals Lord Duncan and Sir Richard
Onslow; with a view, drawn on the spot, of the
six Dutch line-of-battle ships captured and
brought into Yarmouth. Pub. by T. Rowlandson,
1 James Street, Adelphi.
1798.
Mar. 16. England Invaded, or Frenchmen Naturalised
(Loyal Volunteers). Pub. by I. Harris.
Apr. 3. A Return from a Visit. (After H. Bunbury.)
May 15. Military Fly. (See 'Loyal Volunteers of London,'
June 20, 1799, vol. i. pp. 375-7.)
May 18. Rehearsal of a French Invasion, as performed before
the Invalids, at the Island of St. Marcou, on the
morning of ye 7 of May, 1798. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
June 1. Soldiers Attending Divine Service. (The Invasion
Panic and Volunteer forces.)
Aug. 8. Smuggling In--Smuggling Out. (See 1810.)
18. The Miller's Love.
Sept. 3. Sadler's Flying Artillery. (See 'Loyal Volunteers
of London,' June 20, 1799, vol. i. pp. 375-7.)
Oct. 9. Fraternization in Grand Cairo, or the Mad General
and his Boney-party likely to become tame
Mussulmen. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
17. Erin-go-Bray. The Allied Republics of France
and Ireland. Pub. by S. W. Fores.
Nov. 1. Effects of British Valour on the French Directory.
Pub. by R. Ackermann.
1799.
Jan. 20. A Magic Lantern. Merke sculp.
Mar. 1. Cries of London. Pl. 7. Old Clothes. (See 'Cries
of London,' vol. i. pp. 354-6.)
20. Fast Day. Pub. by T. Rowlandson, 1 James
Street, Adelphi.
Aug. 1. Change Alley. No. 1. Waddling In. (See 'Waddling
Out,' vol. i. p. 366.)
Horse Accomplishments.--A Vaulter. (See 'Horse
Accomplishments,' vol. i. p. 366.)
30. Country Characters. Republished 1800. (See
vol. ii. pp. 13, 14.)
Oct. 1. Matrimonial Comforts. Republished 1800. (See
vol. ii. pp. 14-16.)
28. Sailor and Banker, or the Firm in Danger. (See
'A Note of Hand,' vol. i. p. 369.)
Dec. 20. The Monkey Room in the Tower. Pub. by R.
Ackermann.
Connoisseurs of Art.
Slaverers.
O Tempora, O Mores! S. Alken fecit.
1800.
Jan. 1. Preparing to Start. (See vol. ii. p. 222.)
The Race and the Course. Companion.
Buck's Beauty and Rowlandson's Connoisseur.
Pub. by W. Holland.
21. Titlepage to series of twenty subjects.
LE BRUN TRAVESTIED, or Caricatures of the
Passions. Designed by G. M. Woodward. Etched
by T. Rowlandson. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
No. 3. Admiration.
('Hatred or Jealousy' should be numbered 19. See
vol. ii. pp. 1, 2.)
Aug. 15. Shaving a Forestaller.
The Tinker.
Swinging.
1801.
Jan. 15. A Mahomedan Mousetrap. Companion to 'Symptoms
of Sanctity.' (See vol. ii. pp. 27-8.)
April 1. Public Characters. A group of portraits arranged
behind a lattice or window-frame. Woodward
del. Rowlandson sculp.
Oct. 12. John Bull in the year 1800.--War.
John Bull in the year 1801.--Peace. Pub. by R.
Ackermann.
Nov. 15. A British Seaman.--A Heart of Oak.
Market Place, Cambridge.
1802.
May 1. Plate 6. School of Honours. 'A Compendious
Treatise on Modern Education.' ('The Stages of
Man's Schooling.' See vol. ii. p. 47.)
July 1. Manager (Garrick) and Spouter. Republished.
Bookseller and Author. Republished. (See 1784).
One Tree Hill. Greenwich Park.
1803.
May 1. The Easter Hunt. Designed by H. Bunbury.
Pub. by R. Ackermann.
The City Hunt. Ditto, ditto.
Nov. The Trumpet and the Bassoon. (See 1811.)
A Trip to Gretna Green. (See 1785.)
1804.
June 30. A Dismounted Light Horse Volunteer. Woodward
del. Rowlandson sculp.
1805.
Apr. 28. The Political Death and Last Will and Testament
of Johnny Macree. Pub. by T. Rowlandson.
(See series of satires upon the impeachment of
Lord Melville, vol. ii. pp. 49, 50.)
May 25. A Sailor's Marriage. Woodward inv. Rowlandson
sculp. Pub. by R. Ackermann. (Companion
to 'A Sailor's Will.' See vol. ii. p. 51.)
July 28. The Blessings of Partnership. Designed by Woodward.
Rowlandson fec.
Nov. 25. A Sailor in a Stable.
Dec. 3. A Sailor's Observations upon the lamented Death
of Lord Nelson. Designed by Woodward. Rowlandson
del. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
9. The Brave Tars of the 'Victory,' and the Remains
of the lamented Nelson. Designed by Woodward.
Rowlandson del. Pub. by R. Ackermann.
11. The French Admiral on board the 'Euryalus.'
1806.
Apr. 16. The New Property Tax paying his Respects to
John Bull.
20. A Brace of Brimstones. (See 'A Cake in Danger,'
vol. ii. p. 58.)
May 1. The Poacher. (See 'A Maiden Aunt Smelling
Fire,' vol. ii. pp. 58, 59.)
June 23. Political Terriers Hunting the Property Tax. (See
satires upon the Grenville and Fox Administration,
vol. ii. pp. 58-61.)
1807.
July 14. The Rivals.
Oct. 9. The Honeymoon.
Miseries of Human Life. House Cleaning.
Pull'd Turkey.
Collar'd Pig. Companions to 'A Calf's Pluck' and
'Rusty Bacon.' (See vol. ii. pp. 80-2.)
1808.
Aug. 23. Horrid Visions, or Nappy Napp'd at Last. Woodward
del. Rowlandson sculp.
Nov. 1. Notice to Quit, or a Will of their own. (See
caricatures against Bonaparte, vol. ii. pp. 92-102.)
Pub. by Tegg.
A Musical Doctor and his Scholars. Pub. by
Reeve & Jones. (See 1815.)
The Unexpected Return, or the Snip in Danger.
Ditto. (See series of plagiarisms from Rowlandson's
drawings. Pub. by Reeve & Jones.
Vol. ii. pp. 90, 91, 297.)
1809.
Feb. 23. St. Valentine's Day, or John Bull Intercepting a
Letter to his Wife. Pub. by Tegg.
(Parody of the Duke of York's letters to Mrs. Clarke.
'Yorkshire Hieroglyphics,' pl. 1, March 8, 1809.)
Mar. 3. Farmer Blunt's Apology. (Satire on 'The Delicate
Investigation.') (See Rowlandson's caricatures
upon the 'Clarke Scandal,' vol. ii. pp. 135-162.)
Apr. 17. Dr. Donovan. ('Investigation of the Charges
brought against H.R.H. the Duke of York,' &c.
See Chronological Summary, 1809.)
21. Connoisseurs. (A plagiarism.) Pub. by Reeve &
Jones. (See 1799.)
Portsmouth Breeze.
28. A Visit to the Synagogue.
May 26. This is the House in Gloucester Place. Plate 1.
Do. do. do. " 2.
(The York and Clarke Scandal. See 'The Delicate
Investigation,' vol. ii. pp. 135-162.)
July 18. An Old Catch newly revived. 'York and Clarke
Scandal.' (See 'The Delicate Investigation,'
vol. ii. pp. 135-162.)
APPENDIX
APPENDIX.
ADDITIONAL SOURCES OF REFERENCE UPON ROWLANDSON'S CARICATURES.
CATALOGUE OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Further information is open to enquirers who are interested in tracing the works of the caricaturist. The important catalogue of the satirical prints and drawings in the British Museum, now in course of publication, will include all the examples found in that institution, if the Trustees decide to continue it beyond the limit originally settled (about 1770). The preparation of the catalogue in question, which has been placed in the hands of probably the very ablest authority on the subject of satire who has ever lived, is of necessity a work of time. The elucidation of the earlier graphic satires has occupied years of patient industry, by which alone the social and political pictorial 'skits' could be made intelligible--an undertaking which the lapse of time annually makes more complicated as regards the interpretation of those lighter trifles of bygone times, which, in spite of their triviality, often possess an historical value, unintelligible to the majority of students, because hidden away in the obscurity of allusions beyond the vision of the present generation.
The task of tracing and explaining the intentions of the graphic satirists, commenced by Mr. Edward Hawkins, original owner of an immense collection of their works, is being continued and successfully carried out for the Trustees of the British Museum by Mr. Frederic George Stephens. The catalogue, an important contribution to the history of the subject, has, as we have said, already been years in hand, and is slowly but surely advancing through the comparatively lost paths of the past. A new light has been thrown upon the satires of the times of the Tudors, the Stuarts, the Commonwealth, the Restoration, the accession of the Prince of Orange and of the House of Hanover. The results of the editor's painstaking researches are completed and open for consultation up to the conclusion of the Hogarth period; the notices upon the works of the great luminary of the school, which are included in the volume published in the present year, will be found of so thoroughly exhaustive a character, that the interest generally felt in Hogarth is likely to be increased, especially as a considerable amount of entirely new and curious matter has been discovered by Mr. Stephens in the course of his investigations.
CATALOGUE OF PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Div. 1. Political and Personal Satires. Prepared for publication by Frederic George Stephens, and containing many descriptions by Edward Hawkins, late Keeper of the Antiquities, F.S.A. Printed by order of the Trustees. With an introduction by George William Reid, Esq., Keeper of the Prints and Drawings in the British Museum.
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A selection of subjects, treated by Rowlandson with more freedom than is consonant with the taste of the latter half of the nineteenth century, is also given by PISANUS FRAXI, in his elaborate and exhaustive work CENTURIA LIBRORUM ABSCONDITORUM (1879). Pisanus Fraxi has set down (pp. 346-398) descriptions of over one hundred and twenty subjects of more or less erotic tendency. The major part of the etchings included by this authority are of necessity inadmissible in the present work, owing to their licentious suggestiveness; but a few of the subjects described in the 'Centuria Librorum Absconditorum,' restricted exclusively to social caricatures by Rowlandson, the originals of which maybe consulted in the Print Room and Library of the British Museum, are also instanced in the foregoing pages.
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ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY T. ROWLANDSON IN THE PRINT ROOM OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
Blood Royal. Duke of Cumberland, with spyglass, followed by his
footman. A back view of the Prince Regent, shown in the distance,
talking to some officers.
A Drunkard. An inebriated figure has fallen, in a state of partial
insensibility, on his back, in a spirit-cellar, leaving the liquor
running; a stout and by no means elegant female, of evidently Dutch
construction, is trying to bring the toper to consciousness by the
use of a birch-broom.
The Trout Fisher Rising.
Rowing for the Coat and Badge.
A Prize Fight.
Domestic Tranquillity.
Portsmouth Harbour, 1816.
Landscape (in Gainsborough's manner).
A Market Town in Cornwall.
A Continental Scene, 17th century. Lady in coach, running footman
before; piazza in distance.
Landscape in Cornwall.
'Putting up Horses.' A country scene.
Portrait of George Morland, full length, standing before a fireplace
in a well-appointed apartment. (About 1787, when Morland was living
in considerable style at a handsome new house, the corner of Warren's
Place, Hampstead.) The person of the artist is carefully studied, and
the items of his dress are most characteristically noted, this being
the time of Morland's most marked foppishness.
Guildhall Association.
Portrait of a Lady.
A Beau and his Chronometer.
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON IN THE POSSESSION OF GEORGE WILLIAM REID, ESQ., KEEPER OF THE PRINTS AND DRAWINGS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM.
View of a Castle.
View near Bridgport, Dorsetshire.
View in Devonshire.
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WINDSOR CASTLE. THE ROYAL COLLECTION.
An English Review. Purchased by George IV.
A French Review. Ditto.
* * * * *
ORIGINAL WORKS BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON IN THE SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM. (COLLECTION OF WATER-COLOUR DRAWINGS OF THE ENGLISH SCHOOL.)
The Parish Vestry, 1784. Bequeathed by William Smith, Esq.
Brook Green Fair (about 1800). Bequeathed by William Smith, Esq.
The Elephant and Castle Inn, Newington. The gift of G. W. Atkinson,
Esq.
* * * * *
DYCE COLLECTION, SOUTH KENSINGTON MUSEUM.
Landscape. 11 × 8. A roadside inn, where three officers have stopped
for refreshment; one is seated by his mistress and gives alms
to a beggar woman; another, likewise seated, is absorbed by the
bottle and wine; the third is standing at the door and using his
eyeglass. Signed 'T. Rowlandson, 1784.' Engraved in this work. See
_Benevolence_, vol. i. p. 316.
View on the Thames off Deptford, with a large number of vessels near
the Dockyard. 16 × 10. Men who have been bathing scramble into a boat
on the left, very near the holiday parties which are passing to and
fro.
Hampton Bridge, on the left; boats on the river, two of which are
pleasure ones; a stout old fellow is on the left, with his wife on
his arm, and a long pipe in his mouth. 16 × 10.
Hampton Court Palace. 16 × 10. View of the open space in front,
with a carriage and four horses, and its military escort, leaving
the gate; a carter with horses on the left, and, on the right, four
idle fellows amusing themselves by teaching a dog to 'beg.' Signed
'Rowlandson,' and dated 1820.
Landscape. 16 × 10. Timber waggon drawn by eight horses crossing a
bridge, which spans a rapid stream struggling between high rocks;
cottages are on the left, one by the roadside, and another on the
hill.
Portsmouth Harbour.[29] 13 × 8. Lord Howe's victory: the French
prizes brought into the harbour. The people assembled on the ramparts
cheering, a group in front scrambling to get possession of the top
of a wall. Signed 'Rowlandson.'
Portsmouth Harbour. 17 × 11. A repetition of the last, with numerous
additional figures introduced, and more highly finished than the
other. Signed 'Rowlandson,' and dated 1780.
Exterior of Strawberry Hill. 14 × 9. A gouty old gentleman, his
wife and dog, promenade near the walls; another old fellow either
enraptured by a glance of the building or making love to two
servant-girls who look over the wall. A donkey braying across the
fence to the left.
Landscape, with a large flock of sheep browsing on downs, and guarded
by a young shepherd, whose wife is working at his side; a dog is
looking at him. 9 × 5.
Bridge at Knaresborough, Yorkshire. 13 × 9. 'The World's End' inn on
the left, and the landlord directing persons in a cart, who have
probably stopped for refreshments. Signed 'Rowlandson,' and dated,
1807.
'Sir Henry Morshead felling his timber to settle his play debts.'
9 × 5. Three men chop and fell trees, a fourth takes instructions from
a soldier on guard; a parson stands near. Signed 'Rowlandson,' and
dated 1816.
St. Austell, Cornwall. 9 × 5. View, looking up the principal street,
the church in the distance; groups of persons in the foreground are
scrutinised by a hairdresser who stands at his door.
Kew Palace. 16 × 11. Seen across the river; a boatman steadying
his boat for three stout persons to enter it; two ladies already
apparently occupy all the spare room; other pleasure boats are on the
water, some with sails.
Landscape. 15 × 11. An approach to a village across a bridge, a woman
carrying a bundle; a horseman and other figures are in the foreground.
Museum of Ancient Paintings in the Palace of Portici, near Naples.
8 × 5. Three gallants, including two military officers, attend a young
lady; her father is behind, accompanied by the custodian. _Vide_
'Naples and the Campagna Felice,' 1815, _ante_, pp. 301-2.
Glastonbury, Somersetshire. 9 × 5. View, up the principal street,
with a church in the distance; a carriage, with post-horses at full
gallop, frightening a woman riding on a donkey near; women gossiping
while getting water at the conduit. The subject etched by the artist
as plate 24 of 'Rowlandson's World in Miniature,' No. 2, 1816.
'Betting Post.' 8 × 5. View on a racecourse. A crowd of ruffians on
horseback surround a man who is about to read a list of the names
of the favourite horses, but is interrupted by the impatience of
his companions, whom he endeavours to prevent riding over him; a
gouty old fellow, also on horseback, carries his crutches with him.
Engraved in this work. See description, vol. i. p. 257.
ILLUSTRATIONS TO 'THE TOUR OF DR. SYNTAX IN SEARCH OF THE PICTURESQUE.'[30]
Dr. Syntax pursued by a bull. 7 × 4.
Syntax, still trembling with affright,
Clung to the tree with all his might.
Vol. i. p. 40.
Dr. Syntax drawing from Nature. 7 × 4.
The Doctor now, with genius big,
First drew a cow, and then a pig.
Vol. i. p. 121.
Dr. Syntax at a card party. 8 × 4.
The comely pair by whom he sat,
A lady cheerful in her chat.--Vol. iii. p. 163.
The remainder of the series appear to have been designed for the
work, but not etched nor used as suggestions to Mr. Combe, excepting
those noted. It may not be generally known at the present time that
the Tours were written to elucidate the designs, which the following
introduction fully explains: 'This second tour is, like the former
one, a work of suggestions from the plates by Mr. Rowlandson, though
not with such entire reserve as the first. Some few of the subjects
may have been influenced by hints from me; and I am willing to
suppose that such are the least amusing of them.'--_Introduction to
the second volume_, 1820.
Dr. Syntax--unable to pull up at the Land's End--is fearful of being
carried to the World's End. 10 × 7. View on the coast during a storm,
with the vivid flashes of lightning frightening the people, and the
heavy waves dashing on the shore.
Dr. Syntax taking wine with a lady in a drawing-room, while the
daughter of his hostess and her lover exchange caresses on a rustic
seat under the verandah.
Dr. Syntax thrown off his horse while hunting. 7 × 8.
Your sport, my lord, I cannot take,
For I must go and hunt a lake.--Vol. i. p. 108.
Mr. Combe no doubt thought it as well, although availing himself
of the hint that hunting was not suited to the Doctor's taste, to
mention the fact of the Doctor being asked to join the sport, and his
declining the invitation, as he was about to make some drawings on
the lake.
Dr. Syntax leading a lady to the entrance of a grand mansion: most
probably giving the idea of the Doctor escorting Lady Bounty from the
garden to her mansion on their first interview. 9 × 5.
For while he sojourns he will be
The object of all courtesy.--Vol. ii. p. 217.
Dr. Syntax gazing at some ruins; a man and boy in attendance. 8 × 4.
One plate was probably thought sufficient to illustrate 'Sketching
the Ruins, and Tumbling into the Water,' through his seat giving way,
the latter one being used.
But now, alas! no more remains
Than will reward the painter's pains.
Vol. i. p. 71.
Dr. Syntax in the Jail; a young fellow and three dogs on the left.
7 × 4.
Boarding a Man-of-war. 8 × 5. A boatload of people awaiting their turn
to ascend a rope ladder, on which a gentleman of the party is fixed
in rather an uncomfortable position. _Vide_ 'Naples and the Campagna
Felice,' 1815, _ante_, pp. 301-2.
Dr. Syntax frightened by the appearance of a large fish having a form
resembling that of a whale; his companion and some fishwives are also
greatly alarmed, and a few of them lie sprawling on the ground. 8 × 4.
Dr. Syntax drawing the waterfall at Ambleside, while his man Patrick
is eating voraciously. 8 × 5.
Bold sketches from the very scene
Where, with his neighbours, he had been.
Vol. ii. p. 64.
A Lady repulsing with the poker her guests, consisting of eight
gentlemen, among whom is the Doctor; her dog by her side appears to
be equally pugnacious. 8 × 5.
Dr. Syntax riding and chatting with a lady, under an avenue of trees;
a footman behind them. 8 × 5.
Dr. Syntax playing at cards with a young lady; an old wooden-legged
officer seated near, apparently not in the best of tempers; three
other young ladies seated on the sofa take much interest in the game.
8 × 5.
Dr. Syntax gently opens the door of a garret, and is horrified to
find a woman of the _pavé_ reclining back in her chair dead; a dog is
seen on the left playing with her wig. 8 × 4.
Dr. Syntax skating and saluting three ladies who stand on the bank of
the frozen river. 8 × 5.
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The following drawings by Thomas Rowlandson, with several engravings
of his London views, already described under the accounts of his
prints in this work, were exhibited (1879) in the western portion
of the Exhibition Galleries, South Kensington, in the valuable and
interesting series of
VIEWS OF LONDON AND WESTMINSTER. COLLECTED AND EXHIBITED BY JOHN GREGORY CRACE, ESQ.
Entrance to Blackwall Docks, 1801.[31]
Perry's Dock, Blackwall, 1801.
View of the Reservoir in the Green Park, looking south (towards Westminster), 1810.
* * * * *
Original drawing of Brooks's Subscription Room, in the possession of
HENRY BANDERET, ESQ. BROOKS'S CLUB.
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON IN POSSESSION OF W. R. BAKER, J.P., ESQ., OF BAYFORDBURY PARK, HERTFORD.
At Bayfordbury Park--where, it will be remembered, the celebrated collection of the Kit Cat Club, a national gallery of portraits, by Sir Godfrey Kneller, of the most interesting character, has its home--the choice examples of Rowlandson's skill appear to have been secured by the family at one time, and that at what may be considered the artist's best period--a little before the production of _Vauxhall Gardens_, and the series contributed to the exhibitions of the Royal Academy.
The Bath Coffee House. A highly amusing interior, representing the
various fashionable characters to be met with on the Great Bath and
Bristol Road a century back.
Rustic Scene. Carters' horses watering.
Scene outside a Lodge in a London Park, crowded with animated groups
of folks of _bon ton_, as they might be seen disporting themselves in
the fashionable resorts, where the 'best company' of the day was to
be encountered in 1785.
The Waggoner's Halt.
Sailors Soliciting Charity. A party of Rodney's 'old salts,'
disabled, and reduced to appeal to charity; a model of a ship-of-war
is dragged about on wheels to attract the attention and sympathies of
the passers-by.
French Barracks, 1786. A highly finished example of one of
Rowlandson's most famous subjects (exhibited at the Royal Academy,
1787). It probably preceded the exhibited drawing, since it is
executed on a somewhat reduced scale to that of the engraving. A
full description of this admirable design is given under the list of
subjects belonging to 1791 (Aug. 12).
Death and the Apothecary. This subject is drawn in Rowlandson's
most careful method. In the writer's opinion it is one of the
earliest examples of the artist's finished works which have come
under his attention, and is probably of the same date as the _School
of Eloquence_, mentioned under 1780, which, as he has noted, has
suffered at the hands of the anonymous etcher. Death, as a grim
skeleton, is intruding into the apartment of an invalid by the
window; the patient has armed himself with a gruelspoon to ward off
this sudden attack from the unassailable foe, while a corpulent
apothecary, standing in ambush behind his client, has snatched up
a gigantic syringe, which he is pointing, by way of a great gun,
at the bony framework of the ghastly actor who has dropped in to
complete the quack's handiwork and snatch away a profitable customer.
The whole of the background is worked out like a fine etching, in a
fainter line than the figures, much in the style which distinguishes
the etchings of Mortimer.
Hertford Market Place (market day). This view of the old county
town of Hertford is one of the finest and most interesting of those
drawings which Rowlandson has left of the quaint towns of his day.
It is altogether of an important character, being nearly 30 inches
in length. It represents the Town Hall, the market-place, and
certain picturesque ancient houses, faced with carved scroll-work,
which front the corner hard by. The traveller will find these
buildings exactly as Rowlandson viewed them a century ago; and, on
a market-day, he will see the dealers' stalls, the country people
busying themselves about their purchases, and the gentry passing or
riding by, called to the town on local affairs, in some respects
the same as a century ago. This scene, animated in itself as it
is presented in our day, falls very far short of the prospect the
artist has preserved, for the antique costumes have disappeared; and,
comfortable as may be those of the generation who occupy themselves
on the spot, the attractions found in the caricaturist's picture
are looked for in vain; for the light flowing robes, the hats and
feathers which aided the winning graces of the fair, the nodding
plumes, and the scarlet and gold of the military bucks, the rustling
silk cassocks, shovel-hats, and full-bottom wigs of the Church
dignitaries, and all such characteristic accessories of the scene,
no longer display themselves to assist the observer's sense of the
picturesque.
ORIGINAL DRAWINGS BY THOMAS ROWLANDSON. (COLLECTION OF W. T. B. ASHLEY, ESQ., DECEASED.)
The Faro Table at Devonshire House. 1797.
Bricklayers' Arms on a Race Day.
Rape of the Sabines.
Nymphs of King's Place.
Prize Fight between Cribb and Molyneux.
Portrait of a Pugilist.
Tilbury Fort. The Stile.
Windy Weather.
Female Portrait.
'Thus, whatsoever course we bend, at every mess we find a friend.'
Exhibition of Baboons at the Tower Menagerie.
Going from Market.
Rag Fair in 1802.
The Punch Bowl, or the Loving Cup, with Commodore Regaling. (Grog on
Board.)
The Peasant Girl and Amorous Dignitary.
Village, with old Inn and Church. Market Day.
The Coal Hole. (Figures eating oysters, drinking punch, &c.)
The Family Supper.
The Sick Man, surrounded by his Family.
Napoleon, on his return from Elba, Surveying Paris from the Window of
the Tuileries.
The Old English Drinking Club, with effects of alcohol after free
libations to Bacchus. 1798.
The Mischievous Urchin and the Blind Fiddler.
Man Selling Images. Man Selling Fowls. Man Selling Cakes. (Cries of
London.)
An Enthusiastic Itinerant Preacher: the Adventures of Thomas
Wildgoose.
The Town Crier.
Mutual Recriminations, and Plymouth Dock.
The Oyster Wench.
The Pic Nic.
Anatomical Lecture.
The Chelsea Stage Coach.
The Squire's Kitchen.
Barrow Women Basting the Beadle.
Militia Meeting.
Drawing from Life at the Academy. 'Given to my old friend, John
Thomas Smith.'
Nymphs Bathing. Satyr and Nymphs. Nymphs and Tritons.
Scene at a Steeple Chase.
Figures Carousing, Death in Waiting. (Deadly-lively.)
Milk Seller. The Unsuspicious Husband.
An Artist Painting a Portrait.
Villagers Dancing to a Fiddle.
Interior of a Church during a Sermon.
William Hill, the Blind Sexton at Cambridge.
The Burglars.
Sale by Auction of Old Materials at Westminster; with view of the
Abbey and old houses.
Greenwich, with view of the Old Salutation Tavern.
The Studio.
Bathing.
Sitting out a Long Sermon.
The Milkmaid.
The Old Commodore, Admiral Paisley.
Harlow Bush Fair.
Rooks Waiting for Pigeons.
Posting in Scotland. Posting in Ireland.
Saving the Old China from Fire.
Hunting Party, with Hounds, at the door of an Inn.
Funeral Ceremony.
Group of Soldier and Sweetheart.
An Auctioneer.
Specimens of Comparative Anatomy, and Illustrations of the
Pythagorean Doctrine. (A series.)
Peace and Plenty.
How to get rid of a troublesome Customer.
A Catchpenny.
Interior of an Eating House.
The Vicar Removed.
Delineations of the Passions and various phases of Character. (A
series.)
Teetotal Feast.
Monkey Island.
Scene by the River.
The Magic Lantern.
Village, with Procession of Dignitaries of the Church to the Tavern.
Drunken Pensioner in a Critical Position.
Mrs. Sturt and her Pupils.
Stock Jobbers.
Sepulchres.
Domestic Jars.
Cranbourn Alley.
The Gourmand.
Nobleman Cutting down his Timber to Pay his Debts of Honour.
Tax Gatherers.
The Reading Room.
Evening Party.
Leaving Home.
Wayside Inn.
Parties at an Inn-door.
The Post Chaise.
Apothecary's Shop.
The Old Gentleman and his Young Wife.
Groups of Human Heads. (A series.)
The Broken Pitcher.
Jupiter and Leda.
Tender Appeal.
Petition.
Skating Scene.
Wrestling Match.
Balloon Hunting.
'We three Cunning Dogs be.'
Three Dignitaries of the Church.
The Special Pleader.
Scene in the Opera.
Horns to Sell.
Selling the Elixir of Life.
The Meat Market Evacuated, or the Sans-Culottes in Possession.
Flea-Catching.
A Turk and a Tartar.
Neapolitan Tricks.
Interior of a Pawnbroker's Shop.
A Scold.
The Shipwreck.
Robbing the Miser of his Gold.
The Bachelor's Bitter Cup.
The Vicar at Dinner.
The Old Husband and Young Wife.
The Apothecary's Shop. Death at the Mortar.
Selling Signor Puffado's Sauce à la Russe.
Portsmouth Point.
A Woolcomber at Work.
Elopement from School.
The Hurdy-Gurdy Player.
Connoisseurs Looking at a Picture.
An Old Hag Looking out of Window, with a Cock and Breeches Below.
An Elderly Lady at her Toilet, holding a Rose and viewing herself in
a Mirror, &c.
Good News--Bad News.
A Pig's Whisper.
A Waiting Maid's Insinuation.
Scene with Highwaymen.
Halfway House.
Mishaps.
One Tree Hill, Greenwich Park.
Rural Recreation.
Cottages near Buckingham.
The Laboratory.
Money-Changers.
Nuns at Devotion.
Nuns at a Window, Selling their Wares to Admiring Cavaliers.
('Pastime in Portugal.')
Launceston, Cornwall, an Auction Proceeding.
Sea Coast, with Fishermen.
Eating Oysters, a First Course.
Market Day.
Landscape, with Figures Dancing before a Country Alehouse.
Skittle-Playing, &c.
Landscape, with Sportsmen and Cottage.
View on the River, 1791.
Sketches of Two Female Figures.
Rural Courtship.
The Old Debauchee Carried to Bed.
The Unequal Match.
Hulls of Men-of-War Ready to be Launched.
'Sculls? Oars?'
The Market-Mishap.
Landscape, with Monks at Devotion.
Farm-shed: Children at Play.
The Sick Patient, the Doctor, and the Enraged Wife.
Divinities and Divines.
Surgeon and Apothecary.
Mrs. Grant's Bagnio.
Watchmen Taking an Unprotected Female to Prison.
Country House. Figures at Table.
Dr. Accum Lecturing at the Surrey Institution.
Funeral Procession from a Country Mansion.
The Old Bailey during a Trial.
Departure of a Bride and Bridegroom in a Post-Chaise.
Levée Day at St. James's--Going to Court.
Hull of a Man-of-War.
Interior of a Kitchen--Family at Dinner.
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