print;
satirical print
- Museum number
- 1935,0522.7.12
- Title
- Object: Luxury or the Comforts of a Rumpford
- Description
-
A companion pl. to BMSat 9813. A pretty young woman wearing a décolleté négligé, stands with her back to the fire, her gown raised to leave her posterior naked. She holds a book: 'The Monk - a Novel by M' ['G. Lewis', cf. BMSat 9932]; another is open on the floor: 'Œconomy of Love by Dr Arm[strong', 1736]. A cat rolls on its back. On a table are a decanter of 'Creme de Noyau', and an open book: 'The Kisses'. On the mantelpiece are flowers and an ornate clock with embracing cupids. A picture partly covered by a curtain represents Danaë receiving the golden shower. The room, apparently that of a courtesan, is luxuriously furnished. 26 February 1801
Hand-coloured etching
- Production date
- 1801
- Dimensions
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Height: 340 millimetres
-
Width: 235 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Curator's comments
- (Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VIII, 1947)
A parody of Gillray's 'The Comforts of a Rumford Stove', see BMSat 9565.
'Caricatures', vii. 12.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
-
2014-5 Oct-Jan, London, British Library, 'Terror and Wonder'
- Acquisition date
- 1935
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Registration number
- 1935,0522.7.12
