A couple stand in their nightclothes in horror as they look on their bed which is in flames. An overturned table with a lit candle appears to be the cause of the fire, the other contents, a book, a rosary, a watch and chain, and spectacles are also on the floor. To the right is a dressing table with a mirror, scissors and comb; above, hangs a framed painting
Description:
Title and series title from caption below image., "Pl. 9"--Upper right corner., Ninth plate in a series of 12 prints., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 19 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, Repository of Wit & Humour, 26 Haymarket
Title from caption below image., Tentatively attributed to G. M. Woodward in unverified card catalog record., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark., The Lewis Walpole Library Impression 1: Mounted on verso of Lot 18. Part of the Townland of Annaghcorbib. The estate of Mrs. Eliza Felicia West, situate in the County of Galway. Ordnance sheet 100 made by order of the Commissioners for the Sale of Incumbered Estates in Ireland, by Hodges & Smith, 104 Grafton Street, Dublin, [n.d.]., Companion print: A man and his wife!!, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress: hats -- Shoes: pattens -- Pets: small poodle?, and Mounted to 38 x 31 cm.
A very fat gentleman on the left paying court to an ugly old lady on the right; both are seated with the gentleman with a small dog beneath his chair and a cat near his feet; the lady is holding a fan and wearing the towering hairstyle of the period. Behind them draperies are pulled aside revealing shelves of books
Description:
Title etched below image., Place of publication follows publisher's street address., Numbered in lower left of plate: 382., Variant of George 4557, without verses below design, but with imprint date present., and Contemporary pencil ms. notation identifying subjects: Mr. Mason & Mrs. Montague.
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles ... No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Montague, Elizabeth Robinson, 1720-1800. and Mason, William, 1725-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, Couples, Interiors, Bookcases, Dogs, and Cats
A young couple face each other as they begin to dance in a hall lighted by a wall sconce with a mirror and a chandelier. Behind them an older woman looks on.
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publication information from unverified data from local card catalog record., Four lines of verse below title: "While graceful Marian leads the gay Quadrille", "What new sensations Henry's boson fill," "An introduction gained, the youth advances" "And hope she's disengaged the two next dances.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bowing, Clothing & dress, Couples, Dance parties, and Etiquette
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a rustic bedroom, a pretty, buxom young woman kneels before an open chest in which is hidden a handsome young soldier. As she holds open the lid of the trunk the two kiss, unaware that an ugly old man glares at them through a open, casement window and unaware that she has upset the full chamber pot at her feet. Beside the trunk are a hat filled with fruit, a bottle of eau de vie, and a mouse in a trap
Alternative Title:
Corporal Casey got into the wrong box
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. Novr. 30, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11642 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., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 194-5., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 22 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a rustic bedroom, a pretty, buxom young woman kneels before an open chest in which is hidden a handsome young soldier. As she holds open the lid of the trunk the two kiss, unaware that an ugly old man glares at them through a open, casement window and unaware that she has upset the full chamber pot at her feet. Beside the trunk are a hat filled with fruit, a bottle of eau de vie, and a mouse in a trap
Alternative Title:
Corporal Casey got into the wrong box
Description:
Title etched below image., Reissue; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. Novr. 30, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11642 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., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 194-5.
"In the centre of the design is an open grave from which a hand raises a wand topped by miniature antlers. It divides Lady Graves (left), youthful and handsome, from Cumberland, in the uniform of the Royal Horse Guards (Blues). They advance towards each other, he with arms outstretched. The title (her words) continues: 'Then come my love TO TIHS' [sic] (his words)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Alas there is no happiness on this side the grave!!! : - Then come my love to this and Resurrectionist
Description:
Title etched below image; alternative title etched above image: The resurrectionist., Later state, with text added above image; for an earlier state lacking this text, see no. 16012 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 11., Imprint continues: ... sole pub. of W. Heaths etching., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 1st, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket ...
Subject (Name):
Graves, Mary Paget, Lady, 1783-1835 and Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover, 1771-1851
An angry wife (left) with her hair tied up in a kerchief throws the contents of a chamber pot in her husbands face as she hammers him on the head with a small pick. The rotund husband with breeches untied winces in pain; in his left hand is a large stick. The cat clinges to his leg in terror. On the wall hangs a picture of "Patient Grin[?]".
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Woodward. Cf. Labourers in the vineyard!! / Woodward del., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Reissue of no. 12138 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9; originally published Apr. 28, 1813, by H. Humphrey., Temporary local subject terms: Election balls -- Lighting: Chandeliers., and Numbered in ms. at top of sheet: 67.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Ballrooms, Balls (Parties), Chandeliers, Couples, Dance, and Musicians