The caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror by G.M. Woodward, Esqr., author of Eccentric excursions. Vol. I / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror by G.M. Woodward, Esqr., author of Eccentric excursions. Vol. I / [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Hudibrastic mirror
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
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Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher. - Published / Created
- [1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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"The ... inscription, but not the signatures, is on a conventional curtain symmetrically arranged across the design, centred by a laughing mask of John Bull type. The design is flanked by a woman (left) and a man (right) seated and laughing, both ugly and elderly, both holding a print in which their heads and shoulders are reflected as if in a mirror. The curtain drops on each side of the central mask to disclose caricature heads, closely grouped, as if in the gallery of a theatre. Those on the left are directed to the right, those on the right to the left; a few are women. Most are amused, some scowl, one sleeps, one yawns. On the lower edge of the design, below the feet of the couple holding the prints, are burlesque 'Lilliputian' figures, characteristic of Woodward, see British Museum Satires no. 9635, &c. They diminish in scale from right and left towards the centre, where the curtain touches the base of the design. The two exterior figures (right and left) are zanies or pierrots. A man stands chapeau-bras looking through his glass at tiny figures at his feet."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from text in image.
Date from British Museum catalogue.
Title page to: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Text below imprint: Quid rides? Mutato nomine de te fabula narratur. Horace Sat. Lib. I.
Mounted on laid paper backing.
Title page to volume 1. - Provenance
- Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 42 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
- 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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Title pages
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807 - Material
- etching ; 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
- 12835905
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192391