Victorian Era Comedy

Colorful illustrations of comedic situations in Victorian life, often highlighting societal norms and character interactions.

House-Breakers August 1, 1791 Drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson Two men holding pistols look around a partly open door at a couple in a bedroom at night. Stepping from the bed, the man wears a night shirt and aims a blunderbuss at the burglars, as his wife kneels behind him. A candle burns on a table at left and there is an overturned chamber pot on the floor. Within a printed aquatint border.. House-Breakers. Drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). August 1, 1791. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. S. W. Fores (London). Prints

House-Breakers August 1, 1791 Drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson Two men holding pistols look around a partly open door at a couple in a bedroom at night. Stepping from the bed, the man wears a night shirt and aims a blunderbuss at the burglars, as his wife kneels behind him. A candle burns on a table at left and there is an overturned chamber pot on the floor. Within a printed aquatint border.. House-Breakers. Drawn and etched by Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). August 1, 1791. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. S. W. Fores (London). Prints

Miseries personal, 11 , Ship captains, Sick persons, Pain, Shaking hands. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Lami, Eugène (n.1800-01-12-D.1890-12-19), evening chats (registered title (letter)). Colored lithography, woven paper. Balzac house.

The wrong Prima Donna by Bäuerle Gallerie Droller Scenen for the theater newspaper, nd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

More miseries. Being persuaded to put your finger into the cage of a parrot... , Parrots, Bites & stings, Cats, Soldiers. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Pray Remember the Blind 1801 Thomas Rowlandson. Pray Remember the Blind. Cries of London. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1801. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Richard Newton, 1777-1798, British, An Old Maid, Treating a Favorite Cat to a Duck and Green Peas, 1792. Etching, hand-colored.

How to get rid of a troublesome customer , Fighting, Dogs. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Literary cabinet of artists gathered, courts' palace.

Cries of London, No. 2 : Buy my goose, my fat goose. , Pharmacists, Peddlers, Geese. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Road to Ruin 1785 Thomas Rowlandson. Road to Ruin. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1785. Hand-colored etching. Prints

An angel looks down in wonder at the noisy demons below Date: 1841

The corporal in good quarters , Soldiers, Fireplaces, Dogs, Cookery. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The nephew , ballet from Petit theatrical picture gallery for the theater newspaper, Jg, No, hooded out of love, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, Artist, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Artist

A cure for lying and a bad memory , Students, Quacks. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Gallery of the Royal Palace.

Friedrich Beckmann and two not mentioned actors in The Father of the Defective Agency costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Touch for touch : Or a female physician in full practice , Physicians, Sick persons, Money. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Scotch cleanliness ni vide cottagers of Glenburnie , Dwellings, Cats, Dogs, Accidents, Smoke, Fireplaces. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Mr The owner sends me to put his horses with you because it would be unfair, he says, "that these poor beasts are more exposed than other tenants. / (13)

Plate from Illustrations to Popular Songs. Henry Alken (English, 1785-1851); published by Thomas McLean (English, active 1790-1860). Date: 1822. Dimensions: 198 × 257 mm (image); 215 × 270 mm (plate); 245 × 340 mm (sheet). Soft ground etching with hand-coloring and aquatint on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

Who's Mistress Now. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 13 3/16 × 10 1/4 in. (33.5 × 26 cm). Published in: London. Publisher: William-Samuel Howitt (British, ca. 1756/57-1822/23 London). Date: June 25, 1802. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Quaker in Love 1815 () Thomas Rowlandson Text below this print associates the scene with Charles Dibdin's comic opera "The Quaker." The lines comes from a song used by the mian character uses to propose marriage. Rowlandson shows the main character outside a house placing his hand on the offered breast of a buxom young woman. Two women watch the scene from an open window above as a short, stocky man walks away at left near a sign lettered "Man traps placed in these grounds.". Quaker in Love. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1815 (). Hand-colored etching. Prints

Getting the Length of the Duchess's Foot, Isaac Cruikshank, 1756-1810, British, 1791, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 10 3/8 x 15 13/16in. (26.4 x 40.2cm)

'The Promenade at Carlisle House, 1780', (1920). Artist: JR Smith.

A stag at bay , Quarreling, Spouses. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The Lunch 1787-93 Louis Marin Bonnet. The Lunch. Louis Marin Bonnet (French, Paris 1736-1793 Saint-Mandé, Val-de-Marne). 1787-93. Stipple and wash manner. Prints

The Gull and the Rook April 1, 1799 Thomas Rowlandson. The Gull and the Rook. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). April 1, 1799. Hand-colored etching. Robert Hixon (British, active London, 1794-1817). Prints

The Duenna & Little Isaac April 1, 1784 William Paulet Carey. The Duenna & Little Isaac. William Paulet Carey (Irish, Dublin 1759-1839 Birmingham). April 1, 1784. Stipple engraving, printed in brown ink, and hand-colored. John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751-1812 Doncaster). Prints

Henry Bonaventure Monnier, Une Loge, lithograph.

As I complain! / N ° 7. (Registered title (letter)) | Medals or contrasts. (Title of all)

The suicide , Suicides, Loss of consciousness, Surprise. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Plate 50 from 'Caricaturana' (Les Robert Macaire). Published in le Charivari, May 28, 1837: Caricaturana (plate 50): Breach of Civil Code Article 24, 1837. Honoré Daumier (French, 1808-1879), Edouard Bouvenne (French). Lithograph hand-colored with watercolor by Edouard Bouvenne; sheet: 35.5 x 26.5 cm (14 x 10 7/16 in.); image: 24 x 23 cm (9 7/16 x 9 1/16 in.).

An old maid on a journey , Taverns Inns, Art collectors, Banks, Sarah Sophia, 1744-1818. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

So the jug with the water that finishes. (IT)

Illustrations from Mr. Lambkin, plate 9, Print made by George Cruikshank, 1792-1878, British, undated, Etching with hand coloring in watercolor on medium, slightly textured, cream wove paper

The Corporal in Good Quarters July 18, 1802 Thomas Rowlandson. The Corporal in Good Quarters. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). July 18, 1802. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Neighbourly Refreshment 1815 Thomas Rowlandson Two adjacent doors are halfway open with shutters, allowing a young couple to lean out and kiss one another. An elderly man wags his finger behind her at left, and an elderly woman recoils in horror behind him at right. A dog, cat, and rooster are in the foreground.. Neighbourly Refreshment. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1815. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Quae Genus with a Portrait Painter, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax" September 1, 1821 Thomas Rowlandson. Quae Genus with a Portrait Painter, from "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax". "The History of Johnny Quae Genus, The Little Foundling of the Late Doctor Syntax". Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). September 1, 1821. Hand-colored etching and aquatint. Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Prints

Monnier, Henry Bonaventure (N.1799-06-07-D.1877-01-03), Couture atmosphere-Gown Maker's Worom (Registered title (Letter)), 1827. Balzac house.

Four o'clock in town , Undressing, Soldiers, Women domestics, Beds, Spouses. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The Black Woman by Meisl Gallerie Drollerie Scenen for the theater newspaper, nd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

A Bait for Kiddies on the North Road. Or That's Your Sort Prime Bang up the Mark May 5, 1810, reprint Thomas Rowlandson A stout stage-coachman holds a bowl and stands by the door of an inn, holding the chin of the landlady.. A Bait for Kiddies on the North Road. Or That's Your Sort Prime Bang up the Mark. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 5, 1810, reprint. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Charles Williams, active 1796-1830, British, Conjugal Felicity in High Life, 1819. Hand-colored etching.

Grandville (Jean Ignace Isidore Gérard Dit, 1803-1847). "The metamorphoses of the day. So go you look for it like that with your sacred ... Face of a bit. Neat not!". Colored lithography. Paris, Balzac house. 34931-3 Woman, lithography colors, morality, personification, fish, fishnie, caricature

Theatrical Pleasures, Plate 4: Taken Places Occupied. Artist: Theodore Lane (British, Isleworth ca. 1800-1828 London). Dimensions: image: 8 7/8 x 7 3/16 in. (22.5 x 18.2 cm)plate: 10 7/8 x 8 7/8 in. (27.6 x 22.6 cm)sheet: 13 7/8 x 10 1/2 in. (35.2 x 26.6 cm). Publisher: Thomas McLean (British, active London 1788-1885). Date: ca. 1835. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The correct kind number 38: Pelisted visits The good kind number 38: Pelisted visits ". Anonymous engraving, 1809. Paris, Carnavalet museum.

Late Hours!. Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London); After George Moutard Woodward (British, ca. 1760-1809 London). Dimensions: Sheet: 11 7/8 × 9 1/2 in. (30.1 × 24.1 cm)Plate: 8 9/16 × 7 9/16 in. (21.8 × 19.2 cm). Publisher: Rudolph Ackermann, London (active 1794-1829). Series/Portfolio: Matrimonial Comforts. Date: October 1, 1799. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Louis-Gustave Thiebaut, La Vénus antique à sa toilette, first half 19th century, etching on paper.

Brabantse Boer en Boerin, Ludwig Gottlieb Portman, After Quirinus van Amelsfoort, 1803 - 1807 A farmer and farmer's wife from East Brabant at a signpost to Den Bosch and Tilburg. The girl is wearing a large basket on her arm, the boy a stick with a hare and knapsack. paper etching folk costume, regional costume. signpost Brabant

Le Supreme Bon Ton, 1800-1815, No. 18: ouf qu'il fait chaud. Two women and a man lie half past sofa on a couch. Around the corner a young man looks at the company. On the thick woman's skirt lies a dog with his tongue out of the mouth. According to the thermometer (and the caption) it is very hot in the room. Print from a series of 30 fashion prints, Le Suprême Bon Ton, Paris, 1800-1815.

Advantages of wearing muslin dresses! , Military officers, Dresses, Eating & drinking, Fires, Accidents. James Gillray (1756-1815). Prints and Drawings

Harp player and singer by anonymous, painting, Private Collection

The Tar and the Jordan!, Richard Newton, 1777-1798, British, c. 1797, Etching, hand-colored, Sheet: 8 7/8 x 13 3/8in. (22.5 x 34cm)

Set of eight (2): Cries of London, Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, 1799, Etching with aquatint, colored by hand, Sheet: 14 1/2 x 11 3/4in. (36.8 x 29.8cm)

Unknown, Garde à vous No. 1: Le sérail en boutique, series appeared 1802-1815, hand-colored etching on paper.

A Cully Pillag'd November 30, 1785 Thomas Rowlandson. A Cully Pillag'd. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). November 30, 1785. Etching. John Raphael Smith (British, baptized Derby 1751-1812 Doncaster). Prints

Failed and mat. (IT)

Thomas Rowlandson, 1756-1827, British, The Departure, 1805. Etching.

Coquetterie, 9, Plate. Scheffer, Jean Gabriel, 1797-1876. Prints. 1800 - 1899. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Dance , France, Caricatures and cartoons, Prints , 19th century

Coming out of the theatre , Arrivals & departures, Theaters. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Tight Lacing or Hold Fast Behind. Artist and publisher: Matthew Darly (British, ca. 1720-80 London) , London. Dimensions: plate: 13 3/4 x 9 11/16 in. (35 x 24.6 cm)sheet: 17 13/16 x 10 11/16 in. (45.2 x 27.2 cm). Date: March 1, 1777. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

The ruined gamester , Gamblers, Sadness. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

A scene from the Posse Salerl, the beautiful Viennese costume picture No, for the theater newspaper, Andreas Geiger -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

King Henry the fourth, by Shakespeare Gallerie Droller Scenen to the theater newspaper, rd year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Who's mistress now , Clothing & dress, Eavesdropping, Cats. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Man reads a woman in a toilet; Novel Reading in a Vault at BlackHeath. On a toilet, a man reads a woman's "Gothic Novel" The Monk, written by Matthew Lewis. A man peeks inside through a window.

Jakob in the Heymat, by Kringsteiner Gallerie Droller Scenen for the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

Thomas Rowlandson, Beauties, published 1792 Beauties

Nap in the country ; Nap in town. , Sleeping, Trees, Couches. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

or 'The Richest Commoner in England'; Sir Moses & Mr. Turnbull. Date: First published: 1858

Illustrations to a book , Dogs, Sadness. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

The Game of Moro, leaf from 'A Collection of Dresses by David Allan Mostly from Nature', David Allan (Alloa, Scotland, 1744 - 1796) 1776

Age and Youth. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Pencil, pen and brown ink and watercolour. 12.3 x 19.9cm.

Buck's Beauty and Rowlandson's Connoisseur January 1, 1800 Piercy Roberts British. Buck's Beauty and Rowlandson's Connoisseur 392495

Touch for Touch or a Female Physician in Full Practice May 1, 1811 Thomas Rowlandson A young courtesan leads an elderly gentleman out of a room, while taking the guineas he gives her in her right hand. Behind them is an elaborately furnished room with a framed painting of Danaë Receiving the Golden Rain above the fireplace.. Touch for Touch or a Female Physician in Full Practice. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). May 1, 1811. Hand-colored etching. Thomas Tegg (British, 1776-1846). Prints

Jean François Janinet after Nicolas Lavreince, L'Indiscretion, 1788 L'Indiscretion

ENGLISH OF THE HOLY FAMILY OF THE TUILERIES IN MONTMEDY Spanking of the Holy Family of the Tuileries in Montmedy (caricature on the leak in Varennes) ". Anonymous. Print.

Roderick's examination at Surgeons Hall : Hogarthian Novelist. Plate 3. , Physicians, Skulls, Quarreling. Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings

Scholz, Wenzel.

Richard Newton, 1777-1798, British, The Thieves detected at Last, or - a Wonderful Discovery at Windsor Farm, 1792. Etching, hand-colored.

The Lease Valentin by Gallerie Drolliger Scenen to the theater newspaper, st year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Copper Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -, artist

The Supplemental Magazine. Dated: 1786. Medium: hand-colored etching. Museum: National Gallery of Art, Washington DC. Author: Thomas Rowlandson.

's-Hertogenbosch, Lutkie & Cranenburg, Amsterdam, Numan, Hermanus, Hendrik, Heerneemt laat van vrouw en kind, s Hertogenbosch, verso - stamped, Sheet with large image of a man saying goodbye to his wife and son. Numbered top right: N. 90., print, prent, volksprent, prints, prenten, volksprenten, height 373 mm, width 312 mm, 1736-03-21 - 1788, print maker, prentmaker, 1848 - 1881, paper, papier, houtcut, kleuren, letterpress printing, boekdruk, 1744 - 1820-03-09, Publication (Event), Publicatie, Nederlands, publisher

Review of the year 1871 / Dzinn, Boum, Boum! ........

Les Graces - Inconveniences in Quadrille Dancing. George Cruikshank (English, 1792-1878); published by Hannah Humphrey (English, c. 1745-1818). Date: 1817. Dimensions: 205 × 255 mm (image); 213 × 265 mm (plate); 222 × 268 mm (sheet). Hand-colored etching and aquatint on paper. Origin: England. Museum: The Chicago Art Institute, Chicago, USA.

'...and she very imprudently married the Barber', c1885, (1934). Creator: Randolph Caldecott.

Slap-Bang Shop 1815 Thomas Rowlandson The interior of a restaurant, with a young woman at left delivering dishes to a customer. All of the male customers look towards her. A dog sits at right, looking around hungrily.. Slap-Bang Shop. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). 1815. Hand-colored etching. Prints

Englishmen in Paris gathered in Galignanis library, 1820. English gentlemen read books, newspapers and periodicals. Doctor Syntax discovered by his wife in a bookshop. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Charles Williams from Doctor Syntax in Paris; or a Tour in Search of the Grotesque, W. Wright, London, 1820.

Fra Diavolo or the robbers in Terracina, Opera after the French of Auber Gallerie Drollerie Scenen for theater management, th year, No, Johann Wenzel Zinke -, Engraver, after, Johann Christian Schoeller -,

The Dutch Apollo, 1814, Charles Williams, William Holland, 1814

The big ladies ... of Mabille.

News / The Torchen burns !!!!! / N ° 1

Egire (flight) in 1849 Sultan Muhammad Vasistas I (TI)

Rural Sports, or a Pleasant Way of Making Hay June 20, 1814 Thomas Rowlandson A scene in a hayfield, with two men and two girls romping on the ground, while two other girls prepare to smother them in hay. In the background at right, girls with pitchforks stand by a large wagon laden with hay.. Rural Sports, or a Pleasant Way of Making Hay. Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757-1827 London). June 20, 1814. Hand-colored etching. Prints

A Gathering in the Luxembourg Gardens, Year VIII, 1800. Fashionable people meeting under a statue in the Jardin du Luxembourg. Handcoloured lithograph by R.V. after an illustration by Francois Courboin from Octave Uzannes Fashion in Paris, William Heinemann, London, 1898.

Vertumnus, Roman goddess of the seasons. Handcoloured copperplate engraving engraved by Jacques Louis Constant Lacerf after illustrations by Leonard Defraine from "La Mythologie en Estampes" (Mythology in Prints, or Figures of Fabled Gods), Chez P. Blanchard, Paris, c.1820.

Do you know Louchard-Gros-bag .. [Plate # 3 (Title Title)

Thomas Rowlandson, First and Second Floor, published 1791 First and Second Floor

Hé c'est l'ami Carême!, Musée Grotesque No. 53 early 19th century Aaron Martinet French. Hé c'est l'ami Carême!, Musée Grotesque No. 53 398663

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