V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A rotund clergyman stands (center) in his pulpit preaching from a book set on a plush pillow while the congregation sleeps below him. All the figures are highly caricatured except for a pretty young woman in the right foreground and a young man who is handsome but very large like most of the congregation
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; date has been burnished from imprint statement, leaving a gap between "Pubd." and "by Thos. Tegg ..." in which only a lightly printed "181" is still visible., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35 x 24.7 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 25.6 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 72 in volume 2.
V. 2. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A rotund clergyman stands (center) in his pulpit preaching from a book set on a plush pillow while the congregation sleeps below him. All the figures are highly caricatured except for a pretty young woman in the right foreground and a young man who is handsome but very large like most of the congregation
Description:
Title etched below image., Probably a later state; date has been burnished from imprint statement, leaving a gap between "Pubd." and "by Thos. Tegg ..." in which only a lightly printed "181" is still visible., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue and Grego., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2., Also issued separately., "Price one shilling coloured.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A view of the interior of a church where the congregation (right) sleeps as the clergyman in his pulpit reads from the gospel (Matthew); below him the clerk eyes the exposed bosom of a young woman asleep on the left; above the stained-glass windows a cupid hovers with his bow. After Hogarth
Description:
Title from caption below image., State with the cherub roughly sketched in and no text in the banner that he holds., and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures, Cherubs, Clergy, Churches, Obesity, Pews, Preaching, Religious services, and Sleeping
A view of the interior of a church where the congregation (right) sleeps as the clergyman in his pulpit reads from the gospel (Matthew); below him the clerk eyes the exposed bosom of a young woman asleep on the left; above the stained-glass windows a cupid hovers with his bow. After Hogarth
Description:
Title from caption below image., State with the cherub fully formed with aquatint and text in the banner that he holds "Dieu et mon"., and Publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures, Cherubs, Clergy, Churches, Obesity, Pews, Preaching, Religious services, and Sleeping