[Mrs. Anna Davis] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[Mrs. Anna Davis] [graphic].
Alternative Title
To Mr. Holland
Contributor
Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created
[7 July 1791]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. July 7th, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
Abstract

"Heading to a set of verses printed in two columns, and purporting to be a song made formerly by the boys of Westminster School on an application from 'Mrs Anna Davis' to Dr. Smith (see BMSat 4921, &c.) 'to whip Master Lloyd and some other boys who kept bantam fowls in a yard adjoining her house and disturbed her much . . .'. An ugly old maid in a half-tester bed sits up and frowns angrily at a grinning schoolboy (left) who stands just within the open door holding a cock. On a chair by her bed is a lighted candle, 'Ovid's Art of Love', and a pair of spectacles. Her stays and shoes lie on the floor. The verses are directed 'to Mr Holland' by 'Pedagogue' on the occasion of Mrs. Davis's death: they relate that Mrs. Anna Davis, an elderly prude, had amorous desires towards 'charming Jacky Lloyd'."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from British Museum online catalogue.
Illustration to verse To Mr. Holland, printed below the plate and purporting to be a song written by the boys of Westminster school upon the death of Anna Davis.
Publisher's advertisement at bottom of sheet: In Holland's exhibition rooms may be seen the largest collection of caricatures in Europe, admittance one shilling.
Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: bedroom -- Furniture: beds -- Chairs -- Lighting: candlesticks -- Furnishings: chamber pots -- Women: old maids -- Schoolboys -- Birds: cockrels -- Spectacles -- Images amplifying subject: Ovid's Art of Love -- Female costume: stays.
Provenance
Walter Schatzki ; Feb. 1961 ;
Extent
1 print : plate mark 20.3 x 25.1 cm, on sheet 43 x 26 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
791.07.07.01+

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1791
Etchings England London 1791
Publishers' advertisements England London 1791
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Davis, Anna, d.1791
Subjects
Davis, Anna, d.1791 > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1791
England > London > 1791

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
7774621
Object ID (OID)
10732605

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