Title
The commercial dandy & his sleeping partners [graphic] / Dr. E.D. fect.
Publication
London : Pubd. Novr. 1st, 1821 by G. Humprey [sic] 27 St. James's St., [1 November 1821]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 25 x 35 cm
Local Notes
Temporary local subject terms: Costume: male, female, 1821 -- Furniture: round table -- Divan -- Food: pineapple, fruit -- Decanters -- Lighting: candlestick -- Mythology: Mercury -- Rakes -- Mrs. "Mother" Wood, fl. 1821.
Notes
Title from caption below image.
"Dr. E.D." pseudonym of George Cruikshank?
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Exhibited: "Artist/Rebel/Dandy: Men in Fashion," at The Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, April - August 2013.
Summary
"Thomas Raikes sits on a divan between two courtesans, his head in profile to the right. On the right is a round table spread with a luxurious dessert, pine-apple, peaches, decanters, &c. The centre-piece is a figure of Mercury (cf. British Museum Satires No. 7592) poised on a globe and holding up a second globe, perhaps a lamp. A long bill hangs from the table . . . Dr to Mrs Wood--Bed--10-- Brandy 5--coffee 1--Eggs--Brandy 2--Oysters 1--Eggs--20, 0 Ham--10-- Coffee 11--Beds 5--Brandy 2--Bed 1-- to show that the establishment is a brothel run by Mrs. ('Mother') Wood (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13734). On the wall are two pairs of crossed rakes tied with ribbons, and pictures, with punning titles: Siege of Belle Lisle, Wood Deamon [cf. British Museum Satires No. 10796], Babes in ye Wood, The Rakes Progress, Burn em Wood, Deity of the Woods, Wood Pigeon Wood Cock."--British Museum online catalogue.
Variant and related titles
The commercial dandy and his sleeping partners
Added to Catalog
April 22, 2010
References
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, no. 14273
Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1821.
Etchings - England - London - 1821.
Watermarks (Paper)