Box F741.5(R) Box 1

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A series of caricatures by the artist and caricaturist Thomas Rowlandson. Originally pasted into a bound volume but removed during conservation work.

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A hand-coloured print of two men seated in a parlour, conversing. On the left is seated a Publican who says to the Squire opposite: "Come squire that won't do that's a Joe Miller I'm sure page 490". The Squire looks on benignly, smoking a clay pipe. On the wall are prints from a series entitled 'Horse Accomplishments'. Inscribed in the plate: Woodward Delt / Pubd Aug 30 1799 by R Ackermann 101 Strand / Etch'd by Rowlandson. Description from Royal Collection Trust.

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Inscription: in plate below image left: 'Woodward Del.'; center: 'Pubd by R. Ackermann Oct 20 1799 at N 101 Strand'; right: 'Etchd by Rowlandson'; below image center: 'Pretty well thank you.' Description from the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Short man with huge hat and irregular walking stick. Inscription: in plate below image center: 'LIGHT SUMMER HAT- and Fashionable Walking Sticks for the year 1801 / [publisher's address trimmed]'; in plate within image left: 'Woodward del'; right: 'Rowlandson Scul'. Description from the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

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Etching of woman wearing a huge bonnet, oversize scarf and carrying a parasol. Inscription: lower left: 'Pub-d Sept. 10. 1801 by R. Ackermann N. 101 Strand'; below image left: 'Woodward del'; right: 'Rowlandson scul'; centre: 'LIGHT SUMMER CLOATHING / For the Year 1801.'

Scope and Contents Engraving (coloured impression). A farmer (right) with a villainous profile, and ferocious scowl, offers a money-bag to his landlord, an elderly gentleman wearing spectacles. He says: “If I lay up my Corn, what is that to any one – There is your Rent in a good round sum – I am none of your fifty pound Farmers!” The landlord, deprecatingly polite, answers: “My Dear Sir, you are very good – I am sure you are a very honest Man – your Countenance is an index to your mind.” Partial description...

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Inscription: in plate below image left: 'Woodward Del'; right: 'Rowlandson Scul'; within image lower center: 'Pub April 3 by R. Ackerman N 101 Strand'; below image center: 'ELEGANCE.' [additional text within image]. Description from the Metropolitan Museum, New York.

Scope and Contents This print was issued as a pair with Waddling Out! and belongs to a series that Woodward centered on city businessmen. Here, a portly man heads into the stock exchange (identified by lettering over the door), with posters at right advertizing 'New Loan Omnium' and the 'Irish Lottery.' A building in the background houses 'Hazard and Goodluck's Lottery Office,' and a man whose hat is lettered 'Great News' blows a trumpet. The image suggests an environment that encourages investors to borrow....

Scope and Contents Companion print to Waddling In!, and one of series after Woodward showing city businessmen participating in the stock market. This shows a man headed out of the stock exchange, dejected at his losses. with the lintel lettered 'Stock Exch...', a sign at right advises: 'Fluctutation of the Fund' and a building in the right background is identified as 'Bull, Bear & Co. Insurance Brokers.' Inscription: in plate above image center: 'Change Alley!! Sketch 2.'; below image left: 'Woodward...

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Inscription: in plate below image left: 'WOODWARD DEL'; right: 'ETCH'D by ROWLANDSON''; center: 'STOCKS ARE UP! HUZZA!!'; within image lower right: 'Pub.d Aug.st 10 1799 by R Akerman N 101 Strand'; above image center: 'City Fluctuations! Sketch 4.' Description from the Metropolitan Museum, New York.