V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in six compartments, arranged in two rows. [1] 'A Timber Merchant.' A ragged match-seller, with a basket slung from his shoulder and a bundle of matches in his hand, cries: "Buy my Matches." [2] 'A Turkey Merchant'. A poulterer (dressed like...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 1st, 1812, by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A companion plate to No. 11983. [1] 'Johnnys reception by "merry Tonkanoo at Negro Ball'. The ball is in an open shed with a black fiddler seated high on a hogshead; most of the guests watch Johnny, the only white, and 'Tonkanoo' bowing to each other...
An old maid with a large chin and lump in her neck kneels in prayer before a simple table as a man looks down at her from a gap in the rafters. On the wall hang two notices entitled "Cupid's revenge" and "Love in a village".
A poet sits at a table, pen in hand, posed to write on the sheet of paper before him. On the floor is a discarded piece of paper. His hat and coat hang from a peg on the wall beside the chimney above which is a shelf of books and a picture of a Greek...
Alternative Title:
Distressed poet
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Davison, Alnwick
Subject (Topic):
Attics, Interiors, Poets, Poor persons, and Writing
A dejected-looking man stands barefoot, his shirt open, next to a stump of a tree, pulling a louse from his chest. In the distance is a walled city with two church spires
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed and published by W. Duvison [that is, Davison], Alnwick
An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off th...
