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- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 March 1819]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
- Collection Title:
- V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man in old-fashioned (gold-laced) dress rides a velocipede in front of which on the pole is a seat with arms, for a passenger, occupied by an elderly woman with a cat on her knee. Behind her sits a monkey who stretches backwards to clutch the man by the nose, while a second monkey perched on the back of the machine tugs at his pigtail, and waves his victim's laced cocked hat. From the front of the pole, under the woman's seat, hangs a cage containing a parrot. A lap-dog tied to the back of the machine is dragged along in the dust. There is a landscape background. The woman is the typical old maid of caricature. The rider is probably her footman or coachman."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Family party taking an airing
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "334" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 39 in volume 5.
- Publisher:
- Pub. March 24th, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A family party takeing an airing [graphic].