Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Peter Plumb's diary
Item Information
- Title:
- Peter Plumb's diary
- Description:
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The picture represents the drawing-room of a 'warm citizen,' evidently 'worth a plum.' The corpulent master of the house and the no less well-favoured partner of his bosom are seated before a capital fire ; the comfortable couple have drunk their port and supped their punch, of which a capacious bowl is ready to hand on a table between them ; the host has smoked a whiff of ' Turkey' and then dropped off to sleep in his armchair ; his wife has followed his example ; and a fat poodle, snugly laid on a soft cushion before the fender, is dozing luxuriously ; the motto of the house is written over the mantel : 'Eating, drinking, and sleeping, with the generality of people, form the three important articles of life.' The blooming daughter, a melting young damsel, has her own creed on the subject. An opportunity is offered for a little flirtation ; a gallant and good-looking young buck is saluting her with a tender embrace ; the pair have sat down to perform duetto prestissimo, but the swain's flute is discarded, and the fair pianist is negligently touching the keyboard to a lively air, Lucys Delight, while the flirtation is proceeding undisturbed by the presence of the slumbering parents.
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Name on Item:
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Rowlandson Del.
- Date:
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May 20, 1810
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Caricatures
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
- Series:
- The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2
- Subjects:
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Sleeping
Kissing
Dogs
Fireplaces
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pf95f
- Terms of Use:
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No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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No. 111 Cheapside :
T. Tegg
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115, 187-8
On item: Tegg's Caricatures No. 18
- Notes (acquisition):
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The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
- Notes (date):
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Date from catalogue raisonné.
- Notes (citation):
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Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
- Notes (object):
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Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2," the second volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
- Identifier:
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18_03_000392
- Barcode:
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36666003262587
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