The head of the family in good humour [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scut.

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Title
The head of the family in good humour [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Rowlandson scut.
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Contributor
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Copyright Date
[15 January 1809]
Abstract

"John Bull, a hideously carbuncled 'cit', looks down grinning at a semicircle of men on a much smaller scale who surround his half-length figure. They are (left to right) Napoleon, wearing a huge bicorne, who looks up to say 'Ships. Colonies and Commerce'. A man in military uniform, quite unlike Alexander, his back to Napoleon, says: "Russian Vengeance attend John Bull. A fat Dutch burgher puffs smoke towards John, saying, III eternally smoke him". A scowling man in civilian dress with tousled hair says: "Let him tremble at the name of America". Prussia, a handsome military officer in place of the damaged soldier who after Tilsit represented Frederick William III in English caricature, says: "Beware of Prussia". A similar officer (Francis I) says: "Austria will never Pardon him". A Spaniard wearing a cocked hat says: "Spanish Fury overtake him". A scowling face says: "Let him beware of Denmark". John says: "Dont make such a riot you little noisy Brats, all your bustle to me is no more than a storm in a Chamber pot"."--British Museum online catalogue.

Description
Also issued separately.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.
Plate numbered "131" in upper right corner.
Probably a later state; first half of imprint appears to have been burnished from plate.
Temporary local subject terms: Prussia -- America.
Title etched below image.
Extent
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 36 x 24.2 cm
Extent of Digitization
This object has been completely digitized.
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
Call Number
Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 10

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Format
still image
Genre
Annotations (Provenance)--19th century.--CtY-BR
Etchings--England--London--1809.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1809.
Subject (Name)
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership.
Harvey, Francis--Ownership.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Napoleon--I,--Emperor of the French,--1769-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic)
John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.

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Citation
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11213
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 130

Identifiers

Orbis Record
9157631
Object ID (OID)
11792912

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