V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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"Two demons (right) hold up a long scroll headed ' A Suit in Chancery'; the rolled end rests on the ground. Five lawyers (left) jostle each other to get places for the race towards it. The foremost presses the others back, saying, "Start fair Gentleme...
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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"John Bull sits holding against his knee Napoleon, an elongated puppet, in the position of a bass viol (viol da gamba). His left hand holds the elongated neck; in his right. is a sword, which he draws like a bow across his instrument's body. Napoleon ...
Alternative Title:
John Bull playing on the base villain
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Janry. 1, 1807, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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"A sturdy bull-dog, its padlocked collar inscribed 'Iohn Bull', mauls a lean dog with the head and collar of Bonaparte. The latter lies prostrate, his head in profile to the left, mouth wide open, under the paws of John Bull, who savagely bites his ba...
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"The small, nimble Napoleon plays leap-frog with the larger and more solid personifications of Holland, Spain, and Hanover, who stand with bent backs and hands on knees. Having leapt over the bent backs of a fat Dutchman (left) and then a Spanish don ...
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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"Irishmen in volunteer uniform are mounted on galloping bulls; each faces the animal's tail. They hold shillelaghs, wear pouches inscribed 'Potatoes', and fling potatoes towards a small band of ragged sansculottes (right) from whom they are galloping ...
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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"Two sailors ride (left to right) bare-back on two galloping horses, one half a length behind. The horses are rough and clumsy, with blinkers and horse-collars. One sailor (left), whose hat flies off, shouts to the other: "Hollo' you Swab, lay too a b...
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"A sailor stands by the head of a saddled horse, looking knowingly at a smart ostler (left). The horse is clumsy and misshapen with shaggy fetlocks; it urinates against a stone wall (right). The ostler says, with a superior grin, "I tell you Master Bo...
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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"Napoleon bestraddles the globe, seated at the Pole, about half of it being between his legs; countries are marked, but without regard to geography. A little figure looks from behind the globe (right) below the conqueror's left toe; his left hand is p...
Description:
Title etched below image; lowercase letter "a" preceding "stride" is etched backwards.
