Dark lanthern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Dark lanthern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend [graphic].
- Alternative Title
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Dark lantern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend
Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend - Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [24 April 1784]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pub. April 24th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
- Abstract
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A night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a bare breast and holding a lantern. She tells the prim young man "Vote for whom you please but kiss before you poll." He answers, "Tis too much neighbor! I could not go through with it." On the left behind the couple is Mrs. Hobart who holds her lantern to see an old Chelsea pensioner and a negro supported on stumps and crutches. She says to them, "D-m the Duchess, she got all the young voters."
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark.
Mounted to 29 x 38 cm. - Provenance
- Peter Murray Hill, February 1959;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 27 x 34 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 784.04.24.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1784
Etchings England London 1784
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Name)
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Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Covent Garden (London, England) - Subject (Topic)
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Brothels
Lanterns
Lighting
People with disabilities
Political elections
Prostitutes - Subjects
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Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816 > Caricatures and cartoons
Covent Garden (London, England)
Brothels
Lanterns
Lighting
People with disabilities
Political elections > Great Britain
Prostitutes
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
- 7653306
- Object ID (OID)
- 10727798