Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Musical trio with harp, bass and violin -- Dancers -- Couples -- Ballrooms.
Six couples, some awkwardly matched, dance with varying skill in a ballroom
Description:
Title etched below image, above a poem in letterpress, four stanzas in two columns., First line of the poem: Whilst Wellington, with patriot zeal, devotes himself from morn till night ..., Sheet trimmed mostly to plate mark along the top and sides., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Ill-matched couples dance facing each other; all are burlesqued. On the right a very tall man watches the assembly. The room is decorated with two sets of curtains and a large wall sconce lit with candles
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in local card catalog record., Later state; former plate number "394" has been replaced with a new plate number, and imprint statement has been completely burnished from plate., Publication information inferred from earlier state with the imprint: Pub. June 8, 1817, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 817.06.08.01+., Plate numbered "189" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 43 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Thomas Tegg
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dance, Dandies, British, and Waltz
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., In lower right corner: Price 1., and Temporary local subject terms: Waltzing.
Publisher:
Pub. Dec. 1812 by S. W. Fores. 50 Piccadilly & 312 Oxford Street
Ill-matched couples dance facing each other: all are burlesqued. On the right a very tall man watches the assembly. The room is decorated with two sets of curtains and a large wall sconce lti with candles
Description:
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Plate numbered "394" in upper right corner., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. June 8, 1817 by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Couples, Dance, Dandies, British, and Waltz
Title engraved below image., Four stanzas of verse in letterpress below title: Whilst Wellington, with patriot zeal, devotes himself from morn till night ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman.
Caption title below woodcut., In verse., Text in two columns. First line: About five hundred years ago, there lived (at least folks tell us so) one Wanki Fongo ..., A comic folk song about the wedding of Wanki Fongo Chi Chou Chu, Chief of the Yankee Doodles., Imperfect; printing flaw with loss of bottom two lines of text in left-hand column and most of imprint., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed by T. Birt, wholesale and retail, 10, Great St. Andrew-Street, Seven Dials, London
Title from caption below image., Imprint statement from stamp near lower edge of sheet., Publication date from local card catalog record., and Three lines of dialogue below title: I want to 'prentice my son sir, what will you teach him? Teach him! Why to be up, down, fly & awake to everything, & be his own lawyer ...