The bull and mouth [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[not before 24 December 1808]eng"An elderly ugly and obese 'cit', seated full face in an arm-chair, yawns cavernously, with closed eyes. He wears a nightcap. His comely and meretricious-looking young wife holds up her fingers above his head, to signify horns (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8809, &c), while she slips a letter into the hand of a handsome young military officer who stands in the doorway behind her, a finger on his nose."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier stateTitle etched below image.Later state; beginning of imprint statement has been burnished from plate.Date of publication based on imprint, complete apart from a crossed-out (but still legible) year, on earlier state: Pubd. December 24, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, No. 11 [sic] Cheapside. Cf. No. 11145 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.Plate might have been published, perhaps in an earlier state, on 24 December 1809. See: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 168.Plate numbered "290" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.Also issued separately.Temporary local subject terms: Yawns -- Cuckhold.