Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[15 May 1800] and [printed approximately 1821]
Call Number:
800.05.15.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Eight pairs of people, arranged in two rows, misunderstand each other owing to mispronunciation, &c. 'I Suit'. A master tells a man-servant: "... you will not shoot me." '2 Heat.' A mistress tells her maid the soup is cold, and desires her to eat it directly. '3 Sue.' A man wearing tattered shoes says he will be "shoed". '4 Martyr.' A fat 'cit' tells a grenadier he has been "a Marcher to the cause". '5 Air.' A fat man tells a sporting friend he will "take the Hare". '6 Rise.' One man says "That it was - which gave Rise to it." The other answers ". . . Rice is a very good substitute" (i.e. for flour, cf. BMSat 9545, &c). '7 Chart.' A man desires a yokel to bring the "Cart" into the parlour. '8.' An elderly courtier tells his loutish footman to say he is "gone to Court". The man answers ". . . why the girls will laugh at you." Similar in character to BMSat 8541, &c, and perhaps belonging to the same set."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Restrike. Date of printing based on watermark., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Design consists of eight pairs of figures in two rows, with a caption and lines of dialogue etched above each pair., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1821.
Publisher:
Pub. May 15, 1800, by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
