V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene at a conjurer's. A man covered with a shaggy skin, with bull's horns, stands in a circle, impersonating the Devil. A butcher cheers on his dog who is worrying the pseudo-Devil, while the conjurer (left), wearing robes and a fur cap, stands behind, in angry alarm. A stuffed crocodile, celestial globe, &c, decorate the room. An inscription relates at length that the butcher has gone to consult the conjurer about some lost sheep, when his dog springs at the 'Devil', thinking it is a bull; he detects the cheat and refuses to call off his dog. The prose narrative ends: 'so Dog against Devil, for what sum you please!'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dog and the devil
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Twelve lines of text below title: A butcher once had lost some sheep, & to discover the thief, went to a reputed conjurer ..., Plate numbered "Z 2" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., "Price one shilling.", 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 21.4 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 25.6 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 73 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Butchers, Crocodiles, Devil, Dogs, Globes, and Magicians
Tom Nero's body is laid out on a round table in a dissecting theatre. In niches on either side are two skeletons labeled "Gentn: Harry" and "Macleane" after two recently hanged criminals. Three doctors work on dissecting Tom's body as a dog feeds on his entrails. The room is filled with doctors reading and discussing, the whole presided over by the chief surgeon in a large chair emblazoned with the arms of the Royal College of Physicians
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Final print in a series of four: The four stages of cruelty., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 1, page 199., Copy of an engraving by Hogarth that was published in 1751. Cf. No. 3166 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 3. See also: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 190., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Anatomy theatres -- Prevention of cruelty to animals -- Company of Surgeons -- Surgeon's Hall -- Freke, John (1688-1756).
Publisher:
Published by Longman, Hurst, Rees, & Orme
Subject (Topic):
Dissection, Anatomy, Criminals, Dogs, Dissections, Medical education, Physicians, and Skeletons