Title etched below image., Publication date from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Two women stand on either side of a male figure who stands on a small stool, his head obscured in the mouth of the one on the right. The woman on the left exclaims: I have lost him forever I shall never see the dear little creature more
Description:
Title from item., Plate is numbered 'No. 137' in the upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title devised by cataloger., Publication date and printmaker from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 41 x 36 cm.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[approximately 1805]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 42 Box D215
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A countryman, with companion horse and dog, stands outside of a city gate pleading with two guardsmen to permit him entry. His plea begins, "Hollo! you Master Whiskers don't keep me here in the cold all night. If you want to know who I am I tell you I am an Elector for Middlesex!" One guard responds, "Elector of Middlesex!! I never heard of that elector before, he must be a great man, open the gates immediately."
Description:
Title and date devised by cataloger. and Artist's signature inscribed in black ink in the artist's hand below image.
