The minogoat [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The minogoat [graphic].
- Creator
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [not before November 1780]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
"The interior of a fruiterer's shop. Behind a counter sits a man (left) with long goat's horns and a goat's beard. He holds up his hand with an expression of dismay at a man who shows him a bust portrait of himself with horns and beard. The man, who wears a cockaded hat, is laughing. His arm is held by a man who stands behind him smiling and pointing a cane at the horned man, or 'Minogoat'. The latter's hand rests upon the counter on a sheaf of newspapers: 'Gazeter', 'London Spy', 'Morning Her[ald]', 'London Chronicle', 'London Gaz[ette]', A dwarfish newsboy stands in front of the counter blowing his horn, and offering him the 'Morning Post'. The boy is very bandy-legged; his cap is decorated with a leek, suggesting that it is St. David's day. On the ground (right) is a basket containing pottles of fruit which a goat is befouling. In what appears to be an inner room or recess (right) a table is laid with dishes of fruit, glasses, and an urn; four people are seated at it: a man and woman laughing and talking together in an absorbed way; a man who points out this couple to a companion. Wilkes (unmistakable from his squint) stands behind holding out his hat. Fruit hangs in the panes of the shop window which is immediately behind the Minogoat, who appears to be a Welsh shop-keeper. On the upper and lower margins of the print ten lines of verse are engraved".--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue.
Imperfect; trimmed to design line with loss of verse and title.
Attributed to Austin in the British Museum catalogue.
Dated in ms. on verso 1756. - Extent
- 1 print : sheet 23 x 35 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 780.11.00.02+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Etchings England London 1780 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
- Subject (Topic)
-
Cuckolds
Fruit
Newspapers
Goats
Stores & shops - Subjects
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Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Cuckolds
Fruit
Newspapers
Goats
Stores & shops
England > 1780
England > London > 1780
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
- 6710200
- Object ID (OID)
- 10723331