More miseries, or, The bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through [graphic].

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Copyright Date:

[1807?]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 36 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 37 cm

Notes:

Printmaker and date from Grego.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Inscription in the upper right. corner: 'A Serio Comic Scene that befel the Grocers Wife at Norwich Or Mrs Figgs bottom exposed owing to the bottom of Mr Figgs Whiskey breaking through.' The two-wheeled gig has stopped at the door of an old-fashioned grocer's shop. A plump woman stands on the ground behind the shafts, naked between waist and stockings, the hole in the floor of the gig having scraped up her petticoats. A scene of violent action: one man holds the head of the restive horse. Men (l.) rush to look at the unfortunate woman who screams with upraised arms, as does her husband who stands with his back to his shop. A woman furiously clutches the hair of a too-eager spectator (r.); a barking dog leaps towards Mrs. Figg. Over the shop-door hangs a conical sign: 'Old Sugar loaf.' A board over the door is inscribed 'Grocery Sweetmeats Hams Tongues Starch Plumbs Figs Vermicelli Tripe Barley Pickles Mustard Soap Hogs Puddings &c Sold here by Peter Figg.' In a bow window are many jars, &c, two inscribed 'Mustard' and 'Virgin Honey'. Above it are two large pot-plants. An agitated woman screams from a casement window over the door. On the house is a placard: 'Cattle Life Insurance Cow Lane Smithfield.'."--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Bottom of Mr. Figg's old whiskey broke through

Topics:

Accidents.
Carriages & coaches.
City & town life.
Dogs.
Grocers.
Spectators.
Spouses.
Stores & shops.
Window displays.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1807.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1807.

Format:

Image

Rights:

The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Public

Call Number:

Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 8

Orbis Record:

12872157

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11792763

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10883
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 83

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11791959

PID:

digcoll:3996914