Comedy in the country Tragedy in London / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Comedy in the country Tragedy in London / [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [not before 29 May 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 29th by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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"Two designs on one plate. Above, two rows of burlesqued yokels (with two comely women, and an ugly old one), seated behind the orchestra and backed by a rough brick wall, register intense amusement. A fiddler stands up to snuff a single wall-candle. Below, three members of the orchestra play, grotesquely weeping; behind them are the pittites, also burlesqued, except for a good-looking young couple. A woman tries to revive a fat and fainting man with a smelling-bottle. Above their heads is a gallery, with two footmen in livery, two ladies, and an elderly parson. All shed tears, or otherwise express their grief."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Titles etched below images.
Later state; former plate number "20" has been replaced with a new number, and the year of publication has been burnished from imprint statement, leaving a gap between "Pub'd May 29th" and "by Thos. Tegg ..."
Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. May 29th, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.05.29.01.1.
Plate numbered "172" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3.
Also issued separately.
"One shilling colour'd."--Following imprint.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 35.5 x 24.5 cm.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left and right edges.
Mounted on leaf 56 of volume 8 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 : plate mark 35 x 25 cm, on sheet 41.8 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. 8
- Collection Title
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman 1812 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Manners & customs
City & town life
Theater audiences - Subjects
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Manners & customs
City & town life
Theater audiences
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
J. Whatman > 1812
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > 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
- Orbis Record
- 12853874
- Object ID (OID)
- 11791935
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