Reform advised. Reform begun. Reform compleat [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Reform advised. Reform begun. Reform compleat [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Reform begun
Reform compleat - Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Brown, John, active 1793, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [8 January 1793]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pulished [sic] as the act directs, Jany. 8th, 1793, by Jno. Brown, No. 2 Adelphi
- Abstract
-
"A design in three compartments, each with its title. [1] John Bull (left), very corpulent, a frothing tankard in his hand, sits in an arm-chair beside a table loaded with beef, pudding, and 'Home Brew'd'; he is approached by three famished Frenchmen, who lean eagerly towards him, cap in hand. He points to the table, saying: "The blessed effects of a good Constitution." The three say: "I am your Friend John Bull you want a Reform"; "My Honble Friend speaks my Sentiments"; "John Bull you are too Fat." Below: [2] The three Frenchmen, ragged, bare-legged, and fierce-looking, two with bludgeons and one with a dagger, advance menacingly to John Bull, who holds out a frog, saying: "A Pretty Reform indeed you have deprived me of my Leg and given me nothing but Frogs to eat I shall be Starved I am no Frenchman." He has a wooden leg, is less stout than in [1], and his clothes are ragged. The Frenchmen say: "Eat it you Dog & hold your Tongue you are very happy"; "Thats right my friend we will make him Happier still" (his cap is inscribed 'Ca ira'); "He is a little leaner now." Below: [3] John Bull lies prostrate screaming "O - H - O - H"; two frantic Frenchmen holding firebrands trample fiercely on him. One (left) says: "now he is quite happy I will have a Jump"; the other adds, "Oh Delightfull you may thank me you Dog for sparing your Life - thank me I say."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from text etched above each image.
Attributed to Rowlandson by the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Temporary local subject terms: Food: roast beef -- Beverages -- Dishes: tankards -- Jugs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Wooden legs -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Frenchmen.
1 print : etching on wove paper ; sheet 43.1 x 26.5 cm.
Date written in ink in the bottom right corner of sheet, possibly in contemporary hand: Jan. 8, 1793.
Mounted on leaf 54 of volume 4 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 42 x 26 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1793
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Etchings England London 1793 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- France
- Subject (Topic)
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History
Foreign public opinion, British
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Ethnic stereotypes
Obesity
Meat
Beer
Pitchers
Daggers & swords
Frogs
Peg legs - Subjects
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France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799 > Foreign public opinion, British
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
Ethnic stereotypes
Obesity
Meat
Beer
Pitchers
Daggers & swords
Frogs
Peg legs
England > 1793
18th century
England > London > 1793
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Catalog Record
- 7939011
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791653