Leaf 76. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Visit to the camp ; Recruits
Description:
Titles etched below images., Two images on one plate, each with a separate title and signature., Attributed to Rowlandson in the Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog., Restrike. For an earlier issue of the plate, published ca. 1811, see Metropolitan Museum of Art online catalog, accession no.: 59.533.1801., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Top image is a reduced copy of no. 6727 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., Bottom image is a reduced copy of no. 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 214., and On leaf 76 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is being shaved outside a tent as the group looks on.
Description:
Title from captions below images., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from description in Grego of design on lower half of plate., Plate measurement from later impression in bound volume., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], 1836?], page 76., Reduced copies of nos. 6727 and 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, v. 4., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 17.9 x 25.3 cm., Imperfect; lower half of sheet trimmed away, leaving only the upper design of two printed from the same plate., and Artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas
British soldiers showing a party of civilians around their tents erected in an open space. A black boy in livery carries a folded umbrella as he walks behind two gentleman and a tall, long-chinned lady who carries her umbrella open. A soldier is being shaved outside a tent as the group looks on.
Description:
Title from captions below images., Two designs on one plate, each individually titled., Printmaker and questionable date of publication from description in Grego of design on lower half of plate., Plate measurement from later impression in bound volume., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], 1836?], page 76., Reduced copies of nos. 6727 and 4766 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, v. 4., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 17.4 x 24.4 cm., Imperfect; upper half of sheet trimmed away, leaving only the lower design of two printed from the same plate., and Artist's signature erased from lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Equipment, Military camps, Military uniforms, British, Riding habits, Soldiers, Tents, and Umbrellas