V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design with much-burlesqued 'Lilliputian' figures with large heads, as British Museum Satires No. 9635, &c, but grotesquely elongated as in British Museum Satires No. 10604, &c. In the foreground (left) are four card-players at a round table lit by two candles. One man (left) is in military uniform, with a pigtail, trousers and tied shoes; he and his partner (right) are pleased: she says: "I lead trump"; he says: "A charming hand this time however". A man in back view wears an enormous bag-wig, the bag covering the back of his chair; he says: "Worse and worse". His melancholy partner says: "I never held such cards in my Life." Behind the lady on the right stands a footman holding a salver with three tall glasses of wine; he yawns cavernously: "Ya, ha!" In the middle distance (right) an bows to a lady who curtseys; he says: "I never saw your Ladyship look more beautiful will you take cards or dance." She answers: "Neither my Lord at Present." A cut-glass chandelier with four tall candles hangs above their heads. Behind is an ornate archway through which is seen a ball-room with a musicians' gallery and grotesque dancers. On the extreme right is a side-table with decanters, candles, a stand of jelly-glasses."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate etched by both Isaac and George Cruikshank; the small background figures and the table, with the inscriptions, were etched by George. See British Museum catalogue., Later state; plate number has been added in upper right, and date has been burnished from end of imprint statement., Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, Sepr. 26, 1806. Cf. No. 10663 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate numbered "119" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., and Leaf 58 in volume 2.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered in upper right corner: No. 12., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Dance parties -- Beauty -- Caricatured figures (large head, small bodies) -- Minuets., and Final digit in year "1807" in imprint statement has been altered from "7" to "6" in ink.
Title from caption etched below images on second and third sheets., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: ... where may be had Chesterfields principles of politeness, sellected [sic] from the Earls letters, the best engraved print ever published of this kind., Sixteen designs on four plates, each with a caption etched above., Sheets trimmed within plate mark on one or more sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Gossips -- Authors -- Clergy: Parson -- Eye patches -- snuff boxes -- New Year's resolutions -- Gout -- Countrymen -- Preachers -- Drunkards -- Literature: Allusion to Principles of politeness by Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th earl of, 1694-1773., Printseller's stamp in lower right corner of fourth sheet: S.W.F., and Watermark: I. Taylor.
Publisher:
Pub. January 2, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly ...
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Country seats: Gibside, Durham -- Sarah Hussey Delaval, Countess of Tyrconnel, 1763-1800 -- Pimping -- Allusion to Lord Tyrconnel -- Window treatments -- Furniture: sofa -- Watches -- Dishes: salt-cellar -- Food: lamb chops -- Luncheon tables -- Domestic service: grooms., Watermark: I Taylor., and Translation of title in contemporary hand below the plate.
Publisher:
Pub. April 26, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Title from item., Printmaker identified in British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Bill of Rights -- Bills: Convention Bill -- Newspapers: Telegraph -- Justices of the Peace -- Acts: Riot Act -- Sedition -- Dishes: punch bowl -- Dog muzzles -- John Bull as a dog -- William Pitt as a dog., and Watermark: (countermark) E & P.
Publisher:
Pub. No. 17, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sackville Street
Title from item., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '172' in lower left corner., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., One line of text below title: "The end of these things is death.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Old women -- Earrings -- Miniature portraits as jewelry -- Female dress: masquerade costume -- Tickets: masquerade tickets -- Pictures amplifying subjects: portrait of Cleopatra -- Pulley-stiles -- Parasols -- Furniture -- Powder puffs -- Domestic servants: lady's maid -- Furnishings: window curtain tassels.
Publisher:
Published 15th Septr. 1796 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Older people, Women, Headdresses, Clocks & watches, Jewelry, Dressing tables, Umbrellas, and Women domestics
"A 'cit' smokes angrily over his glass, tilting his chair, while his pretty young wife sits with folded arms. A handsome young officer opens the door, apparently unseen by both. Below the design: 'Husband. - What makes you look so thoughtful my Love, what are you puzzling your Dear Head about now." Wife - Why you said last Night at Supper, that you knew every one in our Street were Cuckolds but one, - And I have been Puzzling Myself ever since to find out who that one could be." - "Husband.-" Oh! Oh! Very well, I have done."'"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '202' in lower right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Cuckolds -- Furnishings -- Furniture.
Publisher:
Published 10th October 1797 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Women, Military officers, Adultery, Mirrors, Pipes (Smoking), and Chairs
Title from item., Number 284 in the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Three lines of caption below title: (A polite bow from both parties) Lord. "Sir your face is quite familiar to me, I must have seen you somewhere before, will you do me the honor to tell me your name.", Plate numbered '284' in lower left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Margate -- Bathing Machine -- Fan -- Parasol -- Pantaloons.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 1st, 1803 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Title from caption etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Creditors -- Debts: George IV's debts -- Hats: calash -- Courtesans -- Bawds -- Glasses: jelly-glass -- Gout -- Birch-rods -- Male dress, 1795: spencers -- Ballads -- Allusion to 'The Black Joke.', and Watermark: Strasburg bend.
Publisher:
Pub. April 3, 1795, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly