Skimmington triumph [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Skimmington triumph [graphic].
- Contributor
- Bowles, John, 1701-1779, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1740?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
- Abstract
-
"Satire on marriage, illustrating a riotous scene in a country village where a shrewish wife and hen-pecked husband are mocked by their neighbours in procession. The couple ride on one horse, the man facing the tail, preceded by another man on horseback who throws grain from a pannier to the crowd. Further to the right, cuckold's horns in the form of a stag's head, a ram's head and a cow's head are held aloft, the latter attached to a woman's shift, and "rough music" is played on pots and pans. In the background, is a river and a similar procession takes place on the far bank.."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description
-
Title from text above image.
Undated later state, by a different publisher; see No.1703 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2.
Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Four columns of verse below image: First pans and kettles of all keys, from trebles, down to double bass ...
Temporary local subject terms: Fairs: "Horn Fair", Charlton, Kent -- Banners: Horns and women's undergarments used as banners on stick -- Kitchen utensils: pots as noisemakers -- Ladles -- Horns: stag's head and antlers on stick -- Ram's horns on stick -- Cow's horns on stick -- Grain -- Distaffs -- Processions: Skimmington -- Buildings: cottages -- Rowboats -- Alehouses -- Signs with horns -- Tubs on poles -- Matrimony -- Countrymen -- Swans -- Shrews -- Literature: verse purported to be from Hudibras by Samuel Butler, 1612-1680.
Watermark and countermark.
"Hudibras" at the end of verse erased from this impression.
Mounted to 36 x 51 cm. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. i, p. 36; May 1954;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 32 x 47 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 740.00.00.34++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1740
Engravings England London 1740
Etchings England London 1740 - Material
- etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Parades & processions
Spouses
Marriage
Dwellings
Dogs
Horses - Subjects
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Parades & processions
Spouses
Marriage
Dwellings
Dogs
Horses
England > 1740
England > London > 1740
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8996131
- Object ID (OID)
- 10700225