Comforts of an Irish fishing lodge [graphic] / etched by T. Rowlandson.

Creator:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.

Published/Created:

[London]
H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
1812 May 12

Copyright Date:

[12 May 1812]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm

Notes:

Possibly etched after a design by Bunbury; see British Museum catalogue.
Title etched below image.

Abstract:

"Two men sit in a dilapidated room, the floor completely covered by water in which three pigs wade, ducks swim and dive, and geese run aggressively towards a dog. Their feet rest on boulders. One stout man in a broken chair sits with his elbows on a small round table, holding up a large watch, the hands showing that it is 9.40, and yawning deeply. On the table are a decanter containing a tiny 'blue devil', cf. British Museum Satires No. 8745, and a guttering candle stuck in a potato at which a rat is nibbling. Another rat runs up the table leg. The other man (right), with closed eyes, and hands on knees, sits on a stool, registering melancholy resignation. One pig (left) devours a 'Racing Calendar' which floats on the water. A fire of sticks burns smokily on a wide hearth; a large pot is overturning, the contents gushing over. Above the chimney-piece hangs a picture in a broken frame of a country house. There is one small casement window, half boarded up, the other half partly stuffed up with a pair of breeches. A ham and a hare hang from hooks in the ceiling. High up on the wall is a small shelf on which is broken china; a cat stands on it."--British Museum online catalogue.

Topics:

Cats.
Clocks & watches.
Ducks.
Dwellings.
Fireplaces.
Floods.
Interiors.
Rabbits.
Rats.
Swine.

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Bunbury, Henry William, 1750-1811, attributed name.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1812.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1812.

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. 12

Orbis Record:

8165625

Yale Collection:

Beinecke Library

Digital Collection:

General Collection, BRBL, Yale University

oid pointer:

11795012

Citation:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9, no. 11975

Extent of digitization:

Complete folder digitized.

OID:

11794956

PID:

digcoll:3997497