Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2Grego, Joseph
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Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2
Grego, Joseph
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
_January 20, 1800._ _Desire_, No. 1. Woodward del., Rowlandson sculp.
Published by R. Ackermann.--'Various are the ways this passion might be
depicted: in this delineation the subjects chosen are simple--a hungry
boy and a plum-pudding.'
_January 20, 1800._ _Attention_, No. 2. Woodward del., Rowlandson
sculp. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 20, 1800._ _Hatred or Jealousy_, No. 3. Woodward del.,
Rowlandson sculp. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 20, 1800._ _Admiration with Astonishment_, No. 4. Woodward
del., Rowlandson sculp. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 20, 1800._ _Veneration_, No. 5. Woodward del., Rowlandson
sculp. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Rapture_, No. 6. Woodward del. Etched by
Rowlandson.--'What's life without passion, sweet passion of love?'
'Melody produces rapture, as exemplified in the Jew clothesman's
rapturous attention to the vocal strains of the ballad-singer and her
family.' A street ballad-singer, with a basket of ballads in slips, and
surrounded by her family of children, has thrown a wandering Hebrew
into a fit of pious ecstasy by the strains of her squalling voice,
helped out by the shrill accompaniments supplied by those of her
children.
_1800._ _Desire_, No. 7. Woodward del. Etched by Rowlandson.--'Female
attraction is frequently the cause of this passion, as represented
in the delineation of the Old Beau and the Sleeping Lady.' A fair
young female, fashionably attired, has dropped asleep in an inviting
attitude, leaning on a cushion, an old buck, spyglass in hand, is
ogling the unconscious beauty.
_January 21, 1800._ _Joy with Tranquillity_, No. 8. G. M. Woodward
del., Rowlandson fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Laughter_, No. 9. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Acute Pain_, No. 10. Woodward del., Rowlandson
sculp.--'The curious observer of the passions has only to get a
careless servant to pour some hot water on his foot, in a case of the
gout, and he will soon know the nature of Acute Pain.'
_January 21, 1800._ _Acute Pain_ (2nd plate), No. 19. G. M. Woodward
del., Rowlandson fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Simple Bodily Pain_, No. 11. G. M. Woodward del.,
Rowlandson fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Sadness_, No. 12. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann.--'This passion is represented by an
old maid, who is rendered completely miserable by the death of her
favourite lapdog.' A 'serious footman' is gravely contemplating the
body of a deceased puppy, extended on a velvet cushion, while an
antiquated spinster, his mistress, who is smartened up with bows and
ribbons, is in the depths of despair.
_January 21, 1800._ _Weeping_, No. 13. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Compassion_, No. 14. G. M. Woodward del.,
Rowlandson fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
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