Francis Burdett._ Published by T. Tegg (15).--Sir Francis Burdett is
shown standing in the centre of the picture, a scarf thrown over his
shoulders is marked _Magna Charta_ and _Bills of Rights_; he holds
the Genius of _Honour_ and _Integrity_ firmly clasped by the hand,
and, pointing to _The Monster of Corruption_, observes: 'Look here
upon this picture, and on this, and then judge for yourselves.' The
persons of both patriot and monster are mapped out with inscriptions,
their several parts being typically labelled: '_The Genius of Honour_
rejoices in a sound mind;' 'An eye ever watchful to the welfare of
his fellow-citizens;' 'A tongue that never belied a good heart;'
'An upright breast and an honest heart;' 'A shoulder that never
shrinks in trouble;' 'A plain liver and a lover of peace and plenty;'
'Pockets ever open to the necessities of fellow-creatures;' 'A knee
to religion;' 'Legs ever steady in his country's cause;' and 'Feet
to crush tyranny;' while in his 'Hand of Justice' is displayed a
declaration of these principles: 'A staunch supporter of the Bill
of Rights; an advocate for a fair representation of the people, and
an enemy to bribery and corruption.' The attributes of the corrupt
candidate are less flattering. The head of the monster is marked
'Professions and promises;' his nose has 'a scent for Interest;' his
huge eye is devoted to Interest, and his mouth to Guile; he bears the
'Collar of Corruption;' 'a cringing soul,' 'a pampered appetite;'
'a rotten borough,' and 'secret service money' mark his trunk; his
'arms of power' end in 'hands of extortion,' which grasp 'pensions,
reversions, perquisites of office, and bags of bribery;' he is
supported on 'legs of luxury and feet of connivance.'
1819. _Who killed Cock Robin? A Satirical Tragedy, or Hieroglyphic
Prophecy on the Manchester Blot!!!_ (Pamphlet.) London: Printed and
published by John Cahnac, 8vo., p. 23. Plate of _Manchester Massacre_,
by T. Rowlandson.
1819. _Female Intrepidity, or the Heroic Maiden._ (Chap-book) With a
folding frontispiece by T. Rowlandson.
1820.
1820 (about). _Chemical Lectures._ Designed and published by T.
Rowlandson, 1 James Street, Adelphi.--Sir Humphrey Davy is exhibiting
experiments at the Royal Institution before a highly respectable
audience of visitors and members of both sexes. An antiquated fogey,
who has evidently no opinion of the brilliant young lecturer, is
snarling at the demonstrations. A treatise of the period, _Accum's
Lectures_, is shown in his coat-pocket.
1820. _Rowlandson's Characteristic Sketches of the Lower Orders,
intended as a companion to the New Picture of London. Consisting of
fifty-four plates, neatly coloured._ Printed for Samuel Leigh, 18
Strand, London.
'_Advertisement._--The British public must be already acquainted with
numerous productions from the inimitable pencil of Mr. Rowlandson, who
has particularly distinguished himself in this department.
'There is so much truth and genuine feeling in his delineations of
human character, that no one can inspect the present collection without
admiring his masterly style of drawing and admitting his just claim to
originality.
'The great variety of countenance, expression and situation, evince
an active and lively feeling, which he has so happily infused into
the drawings, as to divest them of that broad caricature which is too
conspicuous in the works of those artists who have followed his manner.
Indeed, we may venture to assert that, since the time of Hogarth,
no artist has appeared in this country who could be considered his
superior, or even his equal.'
Frontispiece.--Menagerie. A Beef-eater exhibiting the Royal Wild Beast
Show at the Tower.
Drayman.
Chairs to Mend.
Cherries.
Wine Cooper.
Cucumbers.
Singing Birds.
A Peep at the Comet.
Grinder.
Bagpipes.
Roasted Apples.
Distressed Sailors.
Sweeps.
Matches.
Coalheavers.
Oysters.
Cooper.
Sweet Lavender.
Last Dying Speech.
Old Clothes.
Curds and Whey.
'Pray remember the poor Sweeper.'
Butcher.
Itinerant Musicians.
Door Mats.
Earthenware.
Raree Show.
Images.
'All Hot.'
Strawberries.
Dog's Meat.
Rhubarb.
Baker.
Tinker.
Flounders.
Baskets.
Milk.
Hot Cross Buns.
Walnuts to Pickle.
Hackney Coachman.
'Buy my sweet Roses.'
Poodles.
Firemen.
Ballad Singer.
Shoeblack.
Placard. (Lottery Prizes.)
'Past One o'clock' (Watchman).
Postman.
_Billet-doux._
Bandboxes.
Great News.
Saloop. (Stall of Saloop-tea seller.)
1820. _The Second Tour of Doctor Syntax, in Search of Consolation._
Illustrated with twenty-four plates by T. Rowlandson. Royal 8vo.
Published by R. Ackermann, Repository of Arts. (See description of
_Doctor Syntax's Three Tours_, 1812.)
1821.
_May, 1821._ _A Smoky House and a Scolding Wife._ Published at 22
Marylebone Street, Portland Chapel.--A suffering mortal is seated at
an unfurnished dinner-table; the man's hands are clasped, his brows
are knit, and his lips tightly closed, in an effort to maintain
his patience and his temper under two exasperating provocatives to
violence. Placed before the bent-down martyr to domestic infirmities is
a phantom bone of mutton; presumably the husband has taken exception
both to the insufficiency of the joint and the superabundance of smoke,
which is eddying round in volumes, and is filling the apartment with
dense blackness; while his better half, sailing like a fury out of the
gloom, is an object to inspire terror in the boldest heart, and the
stings of the sharp tongue are apparently even more intimidating than
her nails or her knuckles, all of which weapons of offence are enlisted
against her pitiable helpmate.
1821. _Tricks on the Turf, or Settling how to Lose a Race._ Published
by T. Rowlandson.--A scene on a racecourse; the race-horses, led round
to be saddled, are seen in the background. A smart young jockey, with
his saddle strapped across his own back, and whip in hand, in readiness
to begin the race, is receiving the parting instructions of a wily
old turfite, who wears a cocked hat, a pigtail, a triple-caped coat,
top-boots and spurs. This shrewd trickster is evidently giving his
rider certain secret instructions which he would probably not like to
hear published abroad on his own authority. The subject of this satire,
together with the scandals about the Prince of Wales's horse _Escape_
and his jockey, prove that even in the early days of the Turf its
reputation was not immaculate nor its patrons above suspicion.
1821. _Journal of Sentimental Travels in the Southern Provinces of
France shortly before the Revolution, embellished with seventeen
coloured engravings from designs by T. Rowlandson, Esq._ London:
Published by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand.
'We travellers are in very hard circumstances. If we say nothing
but what has been said before us, we are dull and have observed
nothing. If we tell anything new, we are laughed at as fabulous and
romantic.'--_Lady M. W. Montague's Letters._
Frontispiece.--The Tribunal at Avignon.
_Table d'hôte._
Searched by Douaniers on the French Frontiers.
Consulting the Prophet.
The Prophet discovering himself and exposing the deception.
The Arrival in Paris. Offers of services.
Liberality to infirm Beggars on leaving Yvri.
Rural Happiness at Caverac.
Pleasures of a _poste aux Anes_.
The Embrace.
At Avignon. First Sight of Clara.
At the Tomb of Laura.
Auction of Relics at Avignon.
A Prisoner at Avignon.
Mistakes at Cavaillon.
A Tragic Story at Avignon.
The Sacred Page displayed.
The Inn at Marseilles.
_The Douaniers._--'No native of the German side of the Rhine can pass
from the territory of Baden to that of France without carrying along
with him a certain respect for his country, which he will act wisely
to conceal, like any other contraband commodity. This precaution I
impressed upon myself as soon as the four horses, whose neighing seemed
to express the same feeling, were put to the carriage at the last
post-station at Kehl.
'This little place, situated partly on one, and partly on the other
side of the Rhine, possesses an equivocal sort of character, which,
like the modest, innocent look of a frail fair one, is of great
advantage in the way of its trade.
'The reflections on that extraordinary genius Voltaire, whom the
mercantile spirit of Beaumarchais contrived to banish to this
intermediate spot between Germany and France--excited as I passed
the extensive printing office established here for promoting the
circulation of his works--were too multifarious for the shortest of all
stages; for the life of this extraordinary mortal would afford abundant
matter for contemplation during a tour round the globe, without being
even then exhausted. My mind standing before him, like a dwarf before
a colossus, was about to measure his greatness, when I was under the
disagreeable necessity of turning the looks of my admiration another
way, in order to cast them with contempt upon the most miserable of all
the _employés_ of the King, who waited my arrival at the barriers of
Strasburg. The postilion seemed to be thinking no more about them than
myself, but the cry of "Stop, scoundrel!" from the throats of ten of
these varlets suddenly arrested the smart trot at which he was about to
pass them. I was instantly surrounded by the rascals, who enquired what
I would give to save my baggage from examination. "Nothing! nothing!"
cried I, in a tone that would have scared the nymphs of the Rhine.
"Nothing?" re-bellowed the incorruptible agents of the Custom House.
"Nothing!" I reiterated. "I never make bargains with such fellows."
With a profusion of curses and oaths they fell to work upon my baggage,
which they ransacked with all the avidity of rats that have got scent
of a savoury piece of bacon.
[Illustration: SEARCHED BY DOUANIERS ON THE FRENCH FRONTIERS.]
'Indeed, a small bribe would have prevented all this, but I was too
much out of temper to submit to give alms to these beggars who had so
rudely disturbed my meditations; for this reason my obstinacy--why
should I not call the child by its right name?--had received a severe
reproof.'
1821. _Le Don Quichotte Romantique, ou Voyage du Docteur Syntaxe à
la Recherche du Pittoresque et Romantique._ 28 Illustrations drawn
on stone (after the designs of Rowlandson) by Malapeau. Lith. de G.
Engelmann. Paris. (See description of _The Three Tours of Doctor
Syntax_, 1812.)
1822.
1822. _The History of Johnny Quæ Genus; the little Foundling of the
late Doctor Syntax. A poem by the author of the Three Tours_ (William
Combe). Embellished with twenty-four coloured engravings by T.
Rowlandson. 8vo. London: Published by R. Ackermann, at the Repository
of Arts.
What various views of our uncertain state
These playful, unassuming rhymes relate!--ANON.
Introduction to the history of _Quæ Genus_.--'The favour which has
been bestowed on the different tours of Doctor Syntax has encouraged
the writer of them to give a "History of the Foundling," who has been
thought an interesting object in the latter of those volumes, and it is
written in the same style and manner, with a view to connect it with
them.
'This child of chance, it is presumed, is led through a track of life
not unsuited to the peculiarity of his condition and character, while
its varieties, as in the former works, are represented by the pencil of
Mr. Rowlandson with its accustomed characteristic felicity.
'The idea of an English _Gil Blas_ predominated through the whole of
this volume, which must be considered as fortunate in no common degree,
if its readers, in the course of their perusal, should be disposed to
acknowledge even a remote similitude to the incomparable works of Le
Sage.
'THE AUTHOR.
'_Johnny Quæ Genus!_ What a name
To offer to the voice of Fame!
* * * * *
But howsoe'er the thing we view,
Our little Johnny's title's new:
Or for the child, or for the man,
In an old phrase, 'tis _spick_ and _span_.
Besides, as most folks do agree,
To find a charm in novelty,
'Tis the first time that grammar rule,
Which makes boys tremble when at school,
Did with the name an union crave
Which at the font a sponsor gave.
But whether 'twas in hum'rous mood
Or by some classic whim pursued,
Or as, in Eton's Grammar known,
It bore relation to his own,
Syntax, it was at Whitsuntide,
And a short time before he died,
In pleasant humour, after dinner,
Surnam'd, in wine, the little sinner.
And thus, amid the table's roar,
Gave him, from good old Lilly's store,
A name which none e'er had before.'
This quotation from the opening of Combe's Hudibrastic narrative will
account for the originality of the hero's eccentric title.
Rowlandson's illustrations are as follows:--
_Quæ Genus_ on his Journey to London.
" in search of Service.
" relating his History to Sir Jeffery.
" at Oxford.
" Conflict with Lawyer Gripeall.
" with the Sheep-shearers.
" assisting a Traveller.
" in the Sports of the Kitchen.
" in the Service of Sir Jeffery Gourmand.
" with a Quack Doctor.
" with a Spendthrift.
" attending on a Sporting Finale.
" in the Service of a Miser.
" and the Money Lenders.
" officiating at a Gaming-table.
" with a Portrait Painter.
" gives a grand party.
" interrupts a _tête-à-tête_.
" committed, with a riotous dancing party, to the
Watchhouse.
" engaged with jovial friends, or who Sings best.
The party breaking up, and _Quæ Genus_ breaking down.
_Quæ Genus_ turned out of a House which he mistakes for his own.
" and Creditors.
" discovers his Father.
1822. _Rowlandson's Sketches from Nature._
A View near Richmond. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson. Stradler
aquatinta.
A View near Newport, Isle of Wight. Drawn and etched by
Rowlandson. Stradler aquatinta.
Temple at Strawberry Hill. Rowlandson del., 1822. Stradler
aquatinta.
Stamford, Lincolnshire. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson. Stradler
aquatinta.
Taunton Vale, Somersetshire. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson.
Stradler aquatinta.
The Seat of M. Mitchell Esq., Hengar, Cornwall. Drawn and etched
by Rowlandson. Stradler aquatinta.
West Loo, Cornwall. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson.
Village of St. Udy, Cornwall. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson.
Stradler aquatinta.
A view in Devonshire. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson. Stradler
aquatinta.
View near Bridport, Dorsetshire. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson.
Fowey, Cornwall. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson. Stradler
aquatinta.
View on the River Camel, Cornwall. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson.
A View in Camelford, Cornwall. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson.
Stradler aquatinta.
A Cottage in the Duchy of Cornwall. Drawn and etched by
Rowlandson. Stradler aquatinta.
View at Blisland, near Bodmin, Cornwall. Drawn and etched by
Rowlandson.
Clearing a Wreck on the north coast of Cornwall. Drawn and etched
by Rowlandson.
Rouler Moor, Cornwall. Drawn and etched by Rowlandson.
1822. _The Third Tour of Doctor Syntax. In Search of a Wife._ Royal
8vo., with 25 Illustrations by Thomas Rowlandson. Published by R.
Ackermann. (See description of _Doctor Syntax's Three Tours_, 1812.)
1822. _Die Reise des Doktor Syntax, um das Malerische aufzusuchen. Ein
Gedicht frei aus dem Englischen ins Deutsche übertragen._ Lith. v. F.
E. Rademacher, Berlin. (See description of _The Three Tours of Doctor
Syntax_, 1812.)
1822. _Crimes of the Clergy._ 8vo. Two plates by Thomas Rowlandson.
1823.
_June 13, 1823._ _Not at Home, or a Disappointed Dinner-hunter._
Published by John Fairburn. Broadway, Ludgate Hill.--The dinner-hunter,
evidently a well-to-do but miserly person, to whom avarice dictates
the pursuit of the victuals of his acquaintances, has called at the
well-appointed house of a friend at the exact dinner-hour, since a boy
from an adjacent public-house is handing in the beer; but the footman,
who recognises the visitor's object, is prepared with the chilling
information, 'Not at home.' On the opposite side of the street is
represented an _à la mode_ beef shop, to which sundry stout diners
are resorting. The execution of this plate is above the average, the
etching being worked out with both care and spirit. A companion print,
executed with similar finish, was issued by the same publisher.
_June 19, 1823._ _An Old Poacher Caught in a Snare._--The old poacher
has evidently come on a dangerous quest, and is fairly trapped.
The object of his snares, a handsome and elegantly-drawn lady, is
thrusting the old sinner, suddenly disturbed by the unexpected return
of the husband, into the embrasure of the fireplace, and endeavouring
to conceal the marauder with the board which was used to close the
chimneypiece. The injured spouse has evidently been out hunting, and
has purposely returned on a more particular quest; whip in hand, he
is bursting into the room. The hat and stick of the hoary poacher are
thrown to the ground, and the hunter's hounds are tearing in on a good
scent which promises fitting retribution to be dealt on the head of the
detected evil-doer.
1823. _Hot Goose, Cabbage, and Cucumbers._
_September 18, 1823._ _The Chance-seller of the Exchequer Putting
an Extinguisher on Lotteries._ Published by Tom Brown, Peter
Street, Westminster.--The Chancellor of the Exchequer is literally
extinguishing Fortune, who is represented as a comely and youthful
winged female holding a well-filled purse in one hand and a lottery
prize for 2,000_l._ in the other. At her feet are caskets of gems and
jewels; she is seated on well-filled sacks; behind her is the wheel
of fortune. A crowd of Bluecoat Boys are urging their entreaties.
'Come, madam,' cries the Chancellor, 'put on your nightcap.' A chorus
of cries of disappointment proceeds from a mob of persons in front.
One agonised lady of elegant exterior is praying: 'Stop; let me get a
prize first.' A laundress, pointing to the washing-tub, cries, 'Let
her alone; take off the soap tax.' 'Shut up the subscription houses,'
urges another. A cobbler shouts, 'Give us a lottery, and no leather
tax;' another cries out, 'No tax on tallow,' and a parson denounces
horse-racing. On the column behind Madame Fortune suggestive placards
are pasted: 'Races, King's Cup,' 'Reform Parliament, Public Morals,'
and '_Fudge: a Farce_.' Various Ministerial and Parliamentary critics
are discussing the new measure. One is saying, 'Little Van [Vansittart]
knew better than to abolish a voluntary tax;' another is pointing out,
'He's only a young Chancellor;' while a third, alluding to the popular
outcry in relation to existing imposts, remarks, 'Hear, hear! I knew
they'd grumble.' A less disinterested party is taking the opportunity
to secure prize bags, gold-dust 'pickings and fillings' from the upset
of Fortune's cornucopia; he cries, 'Persevere, and the saints shall
praise you.'
1823. _Third Tour of Doctor Syntax._ Royal 8vo.
1823. _The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax._ Pocket edition, 3 vols. 16mo.
(See description of _The Three Tours of Doctor Syntax_, 1812.)
1823. _Oliver Goldsmith. The Vicar of Wakefield._ 8vo. Illustrated with
24 plates by Thomas Rowlandson. (See 1817.)
1823. _C. M. Westmacott. The Spirit of the Public Journals for the
years 1823-4-5._ 3 vols. 8vo. (See 1825.)
1823. _The Toothache, or Torment and Torture._--The village
Jack-of-all-trades, a very imposing, grave, and learned professor in
appearance, is drawn in the exercise of one branch of his multifarious
vocations. A stout wench has called in to have an obstinate grinder
dragged out of her head; '_torment and torture_' are mild terms for
the operation. The patient is seated in the chair of agony. Factotum's
assistant, a lad whose offices seem as diversified as those of his
master, has brought an elegant pair of horse-pliers for the delicate
process of extraction. A dog is setting up a sympathetic howl;
this animal is one of the grotesque nondescripts which Rowlandson
delighted to depict after his own theories, careless whether literal
critics, unfamiliar with his admirable studies after nature, took upon
themselves to assert that he could not master the drawing of animals.
From the agonised expression which the artist has succeeded in throwing
into the canine features it would appear as if Toby was also a patient
attending the dentist's tender offices in his turn. An old country
dame who is also distracted with a raging molar is waiting without.
One branch of our friend's business is obviously flourishing. Although
the rustic practitioner does not display his diploma from the College
of Surgeons, or his licence to kill by authority, he has nailed up
a certificate with which, it is probable, he is equally satisfied:
'_Barnaby Factotum; Draws Teeth, Bleeds and Shaves; Wigs made here;
also Sausages. Wash Balls, Black Puddings, Scotch Pills, Powder for
the Itch, Red Herrings, Breeches Balls, and Small Beer by the Maker.
'In Utrumque Paratus.'_ There is an air of verisimilitude about this
advertisement which reads like an actual transcript.
[Illustration: THE TOOTHACHE, OR TORMENT AND TORTURE.]
1825.
1825. _Bernard Blackmantle. The Spirit of the Public Journals for
the Year 1824. With Explanatory Notes by C. M. Westmacott._ With
illustrations on wood by T. Rowlandson, R. and G. Cruikshank, Lane, and
Findlay. London: Published by Sherwood, Jones, & Co., Paternoster Row.
_Advertisement._--In the preliminary notice the editor, Mr. Westmacott,
specially alludes to the assistance given by our artist: 'It is with
some degree of pride the editor requests his reader's examination of
the illustrations to this volume, combining as they do specimens of
the first graphic humour of the time; not the least admirable of which
are eleven original designs by the veteran Rowlandson, whose facetious
pencil appears to acquire additional richness with his lengthened
years. For these the editor is more indebted to _personal friendship_
than _motives of interest_, and they are therefore in his estimation
doubly valuable.'
_Designs by T. Rowlandson._
Vignette to title.--A group of little Cupids, harnessed, and drawing a
car of classic shape, loaded with contributions from the newspapers--
The choicest fancies, grave and gay,
They register'd from day to day.
Mrs. Ramsbottom in the Packet. ('Mrs. Ramsbottom's Tour,' _John
Bull_.)
Ill-requited Love, or Miss Hannah Maria Juliana Shum. ('Sketches
at Bow Street,' _Herald_.)
Two at a Time, or Irish Accidents. ('Sketches at Bow Street,'
_Bell's Life in London_.)
The Petticoat Whip, or a Lift for Love. ('Sketches at Bow Street,'
_Bell's Life in London_.)
The Charley's Mistake, or Royalty Doubly Endangered. (_Bell's Life
in London._)
Teddy the Tailor, or a Troublesome Customer. ('Sketches at Bow
Street,' _Bell's Life in London_.)
The Man-of-War's Man, or Sketches of Society. ('Greenwich
Hospital,' _Literary Gazette_.)
The Mayor of Portsmouth and the Horse Witness.
The Bold Dragoon, or the Adventure of my Grandfather. ('Tales of a
Traveller,' _News of Literature and Fashion_.)
Sporting Extraordinary, or Cockney Comicalities. By Charley
Eastup. (_Annals of Sporting and Fashion._)
[Illustration: R.--A.--YS OF GENIUS REFLECTING ON THE TRUE LINE OF
BEAUTY]