The universal cosmetic by George Colman the Younger / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The universal cosmetic by George Colman the Younger / [graphic]
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
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Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher. - Published / Created
- [18 November 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Novr. 18th, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
-
"A hideous man, hunch-backed and with a grotesque nose, has just mounted his horse outside a wine-shop. He chucks under the chin a fat ugly woman (right) who stands at her door, holding a handful of guineas, while a buxom young woman (left) helps his right. foot into the stirrup. The sign is that of a mermaid combing her hair with the inscription 'Lovegold from Windsor'. A bunch of grapes hangs over the door, with the word 'Win[es]'. In the panes of the projecting window are bottles of cordials, punch-bowls, &c. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Twenty-four lines of verse below title: A traveller stopt at a widow's gate, she kept an inn, and he wanted to bait, but the landlady slighted her guest ...
Plate numbered "Y 2" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Also issued separately. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, Vol. XII.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27.8 x 21.7 cm, on sheet 29 x 23 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 807.11.18.01
- Collection Title
- V. 1. 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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Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1807
England > London > 1807
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
- 8781460
- Object ID (OID)
- 15814060