Washing day [graphic] / Woodward del. ; etchd. by Rowlandson.

Published/Created:

[London]
Pub. 1 Oct. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand
[1 October 1799]

Copyright Date:

[1 October 1799]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 21.5 x 19.3 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Series title and number etched above image.
Earlier state with date in imprint. Cf. No. 9626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7.
Earlier state of the print described in: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 16.
Old Print Shop; 1959.

Abstract:

"A man in hat, long coat, and boots (and wearing spectacles), grasps his friend's hand with a smile. The host, ugly and angry, says: "Ah! my old Friend I wish you had called at some more convenient time but this is washing day - I have nothing to give you but cold Fish, cold tripe & cold potatoes - you may smell soap suds a mile! Ah Jack - Jack you dont know these Comforts! you are a Bachelor!" Behind (left), two women stand at a wash-tub"--British Museum online catalogue.

Variant Titles:

Matrimonial comforts ; sketch 7

Associated Names:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Printmaker]
Ackermann, Rudolph, 1764-1834 [Publisher]
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809 [Artist]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Bachelors
Eyeglasses
Harvey, Francis
Laundresses
Riviere & Son
Spouses
Wash tubs

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1799
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1799
Watermarks (Paper)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

799.10.01.09

Orbis Record:

8203120

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr09575

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10952720

PID:

digcoll:951049