Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
A maiden aunt smelling fire.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 11/Normal/Prints/Titles La-Mi GA 2014.00344
Identifier
ark:/88435/mk61rr05m
Publisher
[London] : [s.n.], 1812/05/01.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1812
Extent
1 item ; sheet 22.6 x 18 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 58
See call no. R1785e, vol. 2
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: An old Tabitha, who is appropriately surrounded by her feline friends, has been disturbed from her slumbers by various suspicious nocturnal sounds, and has appeared, candle in hand, and in a very incomplete toilette, to fathom the mystery, of the source of which she has evidently some shrewd suspicion. Since she is hastening to the first floor to her niece's apartment. Above the balustrade stands the guilty damsel, who has had sufficient warning, as her lover, carrying his garments in his hand, for expedition, is making his way from the niece's room under the cover of an ambuscade. While the lady is leaning over the staircase railings, with an air of startled innocence assumed to carry off the contretemps.
Signed in plate, lower left: "Rowlandson 1812".

Discovery Information

Subject
Caricature
Sexual attraction—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Single women—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Night—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Pets—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Cats—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

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