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 21, 1800._ _Scorn_, No. 15. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann.--'This passion is frequently brought
forward when a rich old dowager meets a poor relation.' A stout
citizeness is pouting her nether lip, and closing her eyes to the
pathetic appeals of a miserable-looking female, whose poverty and
leanness offer a striking contrast to the portly city dame, with
comfortable muff, resplendent in jewellery and brave apparel.
_January 21, 1800._ _Horror_, No. 16. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Terror_, No. 17. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Anger_, No. 18. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann.
_January 21, 1800._ _Despair_, No. 20. G. M. Woodward del., Rowlandson
fec. Published by R. Ackermann--'A disappointed old maid and a bachelor
are selected as proper subjects to represent the passion of despair.'
The old maid, who is far from an attractive example of her tribe, is
looking venom and acerbity personified. The old bachelor is also of a
flinty aspect, his hands are clasped, thumbs pressed together, and head
and eyes uplifted in pious abstraction and contemplation.
_February 14, 1800._ _Beef à la Mode._ Published by R. Ackermann,
101 Strand. Etched by Rowlandson (companion to _Collar'd Pork_).--A
veritable bovine specimen, a fine Alderney, dressed out in the reigning
mode. The fore part in female guise, on the head a gigantic hat of
the cart-wheel order, straw trimmed and garnished, huge ear-rings,
the extensive muslin 'choker,' a miniature of a bull round the cow's
neck, ladies' buckled shoes, and ribboned sandles on the fore legs,
and maccaroni's hessians and tassels on the hind ones; a lady's shawl
thrown over the shoulders, according to the fashionable costume worn at
the end of the eighteenth century.
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