The Harmonic Society : The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other, and slander of the absent ; the meetings of men by noise, inebriety, and wrangling

The Harmonic Society

Item Information

Title:
The Harmonic Society : The assemblies of women are too frequently marked by malice to each other, and slander of the absent ; the meetings of men by noise, inebriety, and wrangling
Description:
The direst disorder, according to the plate, is proceeding around on all sides : the conflict of fists, aided by such aggressive articles as bottles, the fireirons, and any offensive weapon that may come to hand, is raging free and furious. The president of this harmonic meeting is very naturally employing his hammer to bring the turbulent to order, by using it as an instrument to knock down his opponents. Wigs are sent flying through space, chairs are wrecked ; decanters, spirit-bottles, punchbowls, and such frail objects as tumblers, rummers, and wine-glasses, are involved in universal destruction. One elated youthful hero has jumped on the table in a tipsy frolic; he is promoting the further confusion which darkness will entail by deliberately smashing up the candles, and battering the sconces of the chandelier with the assistance of a punch-ladle.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson Del 1811
Date:
1811
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. 5
Subjects:
Fighting
Organizations
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57ph786
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London, No. 111 Cheapside : Thomas Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115, 195
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
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. 5," the fifth volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all. Companion scene to "The Breaking Up of a Blue Stocking Club."
Identifier:
18_03_000524
Barcode:
36666003262967