Military tactics for Continental service a hint to corpulent officers. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Military tactics for Continental service a hint to corpulent officers. [graphic]
- Creator
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, attributed name
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [not before September 1810]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Thomas Tegg
- Abstract
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Political satire on the British military action in Spain during the Peninsular War: Lieutenant-General Arthur Wellesley expresses surprise to an overweight soldier, sweating after fleeing from the French, that is was able to re-join the rest of the army
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Probably etched by William Heath. See British Museum satire 11361 for similarity of style.
Lettered with the series statement and speech balloons.
Later state; imprint has been burnished from plate.
Publication information based on imprint on earlier state: Pubd. Septr. 1820 by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.765.
Plate also in: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v.1.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 33 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 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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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1810
Etchings England London 1810
Watermarks (Paper) 1817 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic)
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Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Obesity
Soldiers
British - Subjects
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Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Peninsular War, 1807-1814
Obesity
Soldiers > British
England > 1810
England > London > 1810
1817
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
- 12845999
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192644
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