The Covent Garden night mare [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The Covent Garden night mare [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Covent Garden nightmare
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, William, approximately 1740-approximately 1810, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 20 April 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by W. Humphrey, No. 227 Strand
- Abstract
-
A parody of The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli in which a naked Fox lies prone on a bed with a demon on his chest. Behind them a horse with bulging eyes pokes his head through the bedcurtains. On a table in the foreground are a pair of dice and dice-box
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark.
Mounted to 29 x 39 cm. - Provenance
- Alfred Bowditch Collection; Dec. 1966;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 26 x 36 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 784.04.20.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784.
Great Britain. Parliament - Subject (Topic)
- Elections, 1784
- Subjects
-
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Great Britain. Parliament, 1783-1784
Great Britain. Parliament > Elections, 1784
England > 1784
England > London > 1784
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
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
- 7649891
- Object ID (OID)
- 10724749