Peter Plumb's diary

Peter Plumb's diary

Item Information

Title:
Peter Plumb's diary
Description:
The picture represents the drawing-room of a 'warm citizen,' evidently 'worth a plum.' The corpulent master of the house and the no less well-favoured partner of his bosom are seated before a capital fire ; the comfortable couple have drunk their port and supped their punch, of which a capacious bowl is ready to hand on a table between them ; the host has smoked a whiff of ' Turkey' and then dropped off to sleep in his armchair ; his wife has followed his example ; and a fat poodle, snugly laid on a soft cushion before the fender, is dozing luxuriously ; the motto of the house is written over the mantel : 'Eating, drinking, and sleeping, with the generality of people, form the three important articles of life.' The blooming daughter, a melting young damsel, has her own creed on the subject. An opportunity is offered for a little flirtation ; a gallant and good-looking young buck is saluting her with a tender embrace ; the pair have sat down to perform duetto prestissimo, but the swain's flute is discarded, and the fair pianist is negligently touching the keyboard to a lively air, Lucys Delight, while the flirtation is proceeding undisturbed by the presence of the slumbering parents.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson Del.
Date:
May 20, 1810
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2
Subjects:
Sleeping
Kissing
Dogs
Fireplaces
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
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Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : T. Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115, 187-8
On item: Tegg's Caricatures No. 18
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 2," the second volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000392
Barcode:
36666003262587