Right: EXHIBITION STARE CASE - One of the finest of Rowlandson's compositions, the original is unusually large—about double his usual scale. Perhaps this is just another way of asking which figures, out of all those in our rich cul­tural heritage, have remained most alive.

This hallmarked nude cigarette case is fitted with a hallmarked push fit catch, which when released reveals two hinged compartments.But his closest pals were Jack Bannister, whose father was a well‑known actor, and Henry Angelo, son of the Royal Fencing Master. To enable personalized advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. Left: THE OLD MAN - One of Rowlandson's favorite domestic subjects is the act of cuckolding, with the victim usually suffering, in addition, the pains of gout. He may have gambled this away along with other inheritances, yet when he died, he left over three thousand pounds to his housekeeper--no small sum in those days.

The anterior cover is embellished with an impressive enamel panel depicting a nude female character cautiously stepping across a small stream amidst trees and foliage, with a meadow in the background. These flags represent the individual letters 'S', 'R' and 'J'; their combined definition is untraced.

This hinged push fit cover is ornamented with an impressive erotica hand-painted enamel scene depicting five fully-nude female figures, posing and interacting together amongst a lake background.

This antique Edwardian enamel cigarette case is an exceptional gauge of silver, exceptional quality and in exceptional presentation condition.The sailor is dressed in costume familiar from scenes of the War of 1812, Rowlandson having published the print some three years later. The Pearl: A Journal of Facetiae and Voluptuous Reading was a pornographic magazine published in London in the Victorian era. The point is that although Grego's publication is in two volumes and contains well over eight hundred pages, it fails to provide a solid foundation upon which further studies of Rowlandson or of his period could be based: an accurate and honest catalogue raisonné as complete as possible. A touch of humor is also present in the apparent attempt of the figures in the painting be­hind the four gentlemen to look over their shoulders, while the maiden—with a delicate twist—in so doing bares her own charms. Personalised advertising may be considered a “sale” or “sharing” of information under California and other state privacy laws, and you may have a right to opt out.