Rowlandson has put his own name to the print as the 'inventor;' the satire is very unsparing, and the squalor he has attributed to his professional brother is of the direst and most ludicrous description, but the figure of the painter is marked with vigorous characteristics, and the outline of the face which he has bestowed on his erratic genius, designedly or not, bears a suggestive resemblance to his own strongly-defined features.
_April 4, 1812._ _In the Dog Days._ Published by T. Rowlandson, 1 James Street, Adelphi.
Now the weather's sultry grown, Sweating late and early. Better far to lay alone-- Oh! we swelter rarely!
The representation of an extravagantly corpulent couple, whose rest is apparently fitful; the lines attached to the plate, which is not remarkable for refinement, form its best description.
_April 12, 1812._ _The Ducking Stool._ Republished. (See April 12, 1803.)
[Illustration: ITALIAN PICTURE-DEALERS HUMBUGGING MY LORD ANGLAISE.]
_May 30, 1812._ _Italian Picture Dealers Humbugging my Lord Anglaise._ Published by T. Rowlandson, 1 James Street, Adelphi.--'Milord' is a very dandified young sprig of nobility, who is an evident _macaroni_, with the ambition to shine as a man of taste. A 'foreign nobleman'--that is to say, according to English views at the period--a 'speculative Count,' who is very splendid in exterior, is evidently a confederate of his countryman, the _Italian picture dealer_, and has accompanied the noble incipient collector as a decoy to puff the wares, and if need be to offer fictitious sums in opposition to 'Milord' and spur his enthusiasm for the fine arts, which are respectably represented around, as far as good names go. A sensuous Magdalen, attributed to Guido, is exciting the admiration of the party and employing the wily dealer's eloquence. Around are supposititious examples of Rubens, Carracci, Titian, Teniers, Salvator Rosa, and other 'undoubted originals,' the major part of which in all probability owe their well-disguised paternity to the versatile 'Van Daub.'
_May 30, 1812._ _A Brace of Blackguards._ Published by T. Rowlandson, St. James Street, Adelphi.--It has been mentioned in respect to this eccentric production that the figures of the two gentlemen to whom this dubious compliment is rendered are intended to represent those of Rowlandson, the caricaturist, in the boxing attitude, and his friend George Morland, the painter, seated in the chair.