Research Catalog

Title

Prints depicting snuff-taking and related subjects [graphic]

Publication

[17---185-?]

Details

Additional Authors

• Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811.
• Gillray, James, 1756-1815.
• Maunder, Samuel, 1785-1849.
• Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834.
• Bowles & Carver. pbl
• Moon, Boys, and Graves. pbl

Description

<20> prints ; drypoint, engraving, etching, lithograph, mezzotint, wood engraving, some col.; sheet 43 x 34 cm. or smaller.

Summary

Prints include caricatures and illustrations depicting snuff-taking by various persons, from ladies and gentlemen to a group in French liberty caps ("The National Assembly"), sedan-chair carriers and a South African wagon driver. People are shown offering snuff, sneezing from using snff, having snuff blown into their faces and stealing snuff. Also includes an image titled "Scaramouche's last pinch," showing the fictitious character detained by an angry gentleman; and people engaged in other activities including sleeping, using a spy glass and sitting in a garden.

Subjects

• Tobacco dealers (Retail trade)
• Wood-engraving
• Prints > German
• Prints > French
• Prints > English
• Mezzotints
• Lithographs
• Etchings
• Engravings
• Drypoints
• Caricatures
• France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
• Women > Tobacco use
• Winds
• Tobacco pipes
• Theft
• Snuff
• Sneezing
• Smoking in art
• Sleep
• Sedan chairs
• Scots
• Scaramouche (Fictitious character)
• Pets
• People with disabilities
• Gardens
• Gambling
• Eating & drinking
• Couples
• Cigars
• Africans

Genre/Form

• Caricatures.
• Drypoints.
• Engravings.
• Etchings.
• Lithographs.
• Mezzotints.
• Prints – English.
• Prints – French.
• Prints – German.
• Wood-engraving.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Prints made or published by Bowles & Carver, Isaac Cruikshank, James Gillray, Samuel Maunder, Moon, Boys, and Graves, John Nixon, and others, some after works by Thomas Stothard.
• Plate marks, when present, range in size from 13 x 18.5 to 41 x 28 cm.
• Titles and legends in English, French, and German.

Access (note)

• Admission granted through application to the Office of Special Collections.
• Restricted access;

Indexes/Finding Aids (note)

• Detailed finding aid available

Call Number

Arents Prints 96-342

OCLC

NYPG96-F128

Title

Prints depicting snuff-taking and related subjects [graphic]

Imprint

[17---185-?]

Access

Admission granted through application to the Office of Special Collections.

Restricted Access

Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.

Indexes

Detailed finding aid available: item level control.

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Local Subject

Tobacco dealers (Retail trade)

Added Author

Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811. Etcher

Gillray, James, 1756-1815. Etcher

Maunder, Samuel, 1785-1849. Publisher

Stothard, Thomas, 1755-1834. Artist

Bowles & Carver. Publisher

Moon, Boys, and Graves. Publisher

Research Call Number

Arents Prints 96-342