A rider sits stiffly on a misshapen horse that wears blinkers. The rider's stirrups almost touch the ground, and his body and legs form a quasi-vertical line from head to heels. Above his hat is a dotted half circle labeled '90 degrees'. On the right in the middle distance another horse gallops out of control of its rider while further on top a hill in the distance is St. Paul's Cathedral and surrounding buildings
Description:
Title etched below image; series title etched above image., Date of publication from Grego., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a handsomely furnished dining-room, probably in a club. The table is close to the large fireplace (right). The diners, eight elderly men, rise from their chairs to gaze in angry dismay at a calamity caused by a dog who has tripped up a servant in the doorway, making him spill the contents of a dish, while the man immediately behind him lets the contents of a tureen pour out. A third (left), gaping at the accident while drawing the cork of a bottle of 'Spruce Beer', lets the contents squirt at his fellow servants. Two of the 'epicures' grasp knife and fork, two have napkins tucked under the chin, one is in military uniform, two seem to be parsons. The room is pillared, with a handsome moulded ceiling and elaborate hanging candelabrum. On the chimney-piece tankards and goblets flank the squatting figure of a Chinese glutton. Above it is a large mirror in a heavy carved frame. Over the door is a picture of gormandizing monks."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dissapointed epicures and Disappointed epicures
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "27" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 25 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene in a handsomely furnished dining-room, probably in a club. The table is close to the large fireplace (right). The diners, eight elderly men, rise from their chairs to gaze in angry dismay at a calamity caused by a dog who has tripped up a servant in the doorway, making him spill the contents of a dish, while the man immediately behind him lets the contents of a tureen pour out. A third (left), gaping at the accident while drawing the cork of a bottle of 'Spruce Beer', lets the contents squirt at his fellow servants. Two of the 'epicures' grasp knife and fork, two have napkins tucked under the chin, one is in military uniform, two seem to be parsons. The room is pillared, with a handsome moulded ceiling and elaborate hanging candelabrum. On the chimney-piece tankards and goblets flank the squatting figure of a Chinese glutton. Above it is a large mirror in a heavy carved frame. Over the door is a picture of gormandizing monks."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dissapointed epicures and Disappointed epicures
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "27" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., and Also issued separately.
"An obese old doctor sits between Mrs Clarke and a thin elderly officer (right), chapeau-bras, sitting grotesquely expectant on the edge of his Easy Chair. The doctor puts a money-bag inscribed 800 into the dress which Mrs. Clarke holds up to receive it, pointing to the officer, one Captain Tuck. From his pocket hangs a paper Doctor Doneover [Donovan] Agent to Old Nick-Deanery 2000, Commissary 1000, Majority 800 Mrs. Clarke (left) sits in a Ricketty Chair; its seat is Morocco Bottom [an allusion to Taylor, see No. 11218]; under her feet are three papers: My admirable angel My Dear dear pretty little darling; My Love my Life I cannot exist without you; Gazzette. She is one of Rowlandson's pretty meretricious women, and does not resemble Mrs. Clarke. Behind her is a curtained bed, its head inscribed Boudoir; above this hangs a bust profile portrait of Fredirick 2 beneath which a paper is pinned up: List of Candidates for Promotion Sums offered Clav . . . [Clavering, see No. 11247] 2000, Dow. [Dowler, see No 11253]-800, OM [O'Meara, see No. 11258] 300 .. . 200. Beside the bed is an ornate table with decanters and glass, and a paper: Rogues all sing tanta-ra-ra-Blood an Thunder when Whore and Rogue are rent asunder. On the floor is a book, Mrs Clarks Ledger, on which are papers spiked on a file: Promotions paid for. Two quotations from Gay's 'Beggars Opera' complete the design. Above the doctor's head, on a large scroll, are eight lines beginning:"Tis Woman that seduces all mankind, Under Tuck's chair is a paper: If you mention vice or bribe, Tis so pat to all the tribe-each cries that was levelled at me."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Industrious Mrs. Clarke winding up her accounts
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark on one side., and Mounted to 30 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. M. Febry. 15, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four ladies sit at a round table, two old and ugly, the others young and comely. The ugliest (left) peers through spectacles at a newspaper, screaming, "Mercy on us here is news!! They write from Hanover that when Boney part took possession of that country, he ravish'd all the Women!!" The other, holding up her fan, exclaims: "O! the Wretch". The two younger ladies (right) turn to each other, saying, "It is very true Ma'am it is only a word and a blow with him-Your Honour or your property", and "Well Ma'am if he should come here, at all events I will take care of my property". A young girl, sitting demurely at a little distance from the table, her wrists crossed on her lap, says: "So will I Mamma!" A butler with a tray of glasses enters the door, grinning."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; date appears to have been burnished from end of imprint statement., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate reissued in 1815; see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 289., Plate numbered "271" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., "Price one shilling coulered [sic].", and Leaf 50 in volume 4.
Title from caption above images., Four images on one plate, each separately titled with series titles and plates numbered. Also each image signed below with artist (left) and printmaker (right)., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from caption below item., Printmaker identified in the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on one side., Variant state with plate number of no. 11344 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires v. 8., Plate numbered "97" in upper left corner., Temporary local subject terms: Animals: crocodile -- Hell -- Scales -- Devil., and Mounted to 28 x 42 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. July 9, 1809 by Thos. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852. and Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833.
A series of six cartoons, with text parodying "The House that Jack Built", satirizing the scandal surrounding Mary Anne Clarke, former mistress of Frederick, duke of York, and her attempt to publish his love letters. In this print, the second in the series, Sir Francis Burnett, the Reverend O'Meara, William Dowler a witness in the trial, and the printer are all represented; the two other scenes depict the published volumes on the one hand and the destruction of the volumes in a fire
Description:
Title from from first of six boxed caricatures; series title from lower margin., Possibly by Rowlandson., Second of two plates., Numbered '89' in upper left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 26, 1809 by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Burdett, Francis, 1770-1844, Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Radnor, William Pleydell-Bouverie, Earl of, 1779-1869, O'Meara, Reverend, fl. 1809, and Dowler, William.
A series of six cartoons, with text parodying "The House that Jack Built", satirizing the scandal surrounding Mary Anne Clarke, former mistress of Frederick, duke of York, and her attempt to publish his love letters. This print, the first in the series, begins with a view of the house; an image of Mary Anne Clarke; an image of a bishop; an image of Cupid smiling over a pile of letters; an image of 'brave Wardle'; an image of Lord Folkstone
Description:
Title from caption in first image, upper left., Possibly by Rowlandson., Numbered '89' in upper left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Mounted to 28 x 43 cm., and Watermark: Ruse & Turners. 1805.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 28, 1809 by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Image upper left: A satirical view a shooting party with the man center holding out his wig to a group of three men with a dog who hold guns and look amused at his dismay. To the left two other huntres and their dog look on also amused, Image upper right: A woman in a bonnet and apron walks into a cottage holding a pitcher. One man (center) looks at her with surprise and horror. Another man sits at a table (left) and smiles at the scene. On the table are two cups and a pipe; behind the table, a tall clock. On the wall, a sporting calendar, Image lower left, Plate 1: A satirical view of a squire's housekeeper wearing the newest fashion. She is shown full-length from the back with her gown bunched up over her blue quilted petticoat, splashed with mud, and short enough to show thick legs. The gown is decorated with a large sunflower, tight waist, and elbow-sleeves with ruffles. Her bonnet over her cap complete the contrast with contemporary, fashionable dress. See British Museum catalogue, and Image lower right, Plate 2: A woman stands under a tree talking to a yokel in a smock. She wears a red cloak and high pattens
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four images on one plate, each separately titled or captioned. Series title and numbering etched above lower two image., Artist, printmaker, and imprint from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.