A new cock wanted, or, Work for the plumber [graphic].

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16192633

Description

Title
A new cock wanted, or, Work for the plumber [graphic].
Alternative Title
Work for the plumber
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created
[not before 20 April 1810]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Abstract

"The interior of an old-fashioned kitchen with raftered roof. A buxom maidservant with an alluring glance shows a handsome young plumber that the tap over the sink (left) needs renewing, since the water splashes widely. He carries a coil of lead piping, a new tap, tools, and a ladle for melting lead. Behind them (right) an irate old man wearing a dressing-gown advances upon the unconscious pair. Above the sink is a stone panel inscribed 'Anno Domini 1730 George II Rex'. Dishes are ranged on and under a dresser (right) on which sits a cat beside a bottle of 'Gin'. Hams hang from the roof and a bird is in a cage high on the wall."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state

Description
Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Later state, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate.
Date of publication based on complete imprint from earlier state: Pubd. April 20th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf. No. 11618 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
"Price one shilling coloured."
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 182.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 82 in 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 34.9 x 25 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 26 cm.
Language
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
Satires (Visual works) England 1810
Etchings England London 1810
Watermarks (Paper) 1817
Material
etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1810
England > London > 1810
1817
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12850330
Object ID (OID)
16192633

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