A hunting piece on a new construction [graphic]

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Title
A hunting piece on a new construction [graphic]
Creator
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Contributor
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Fores, S. W., publisher.
Published / Created
[8 March 1798]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pub. March 8th, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
Abstract

"Eight scenes arranged in two rows. An elderly man riding Pegasus pursues Fame, who beckons to him; he despairs of overtaking her, even "if my Pegasus was as fleet as the wind". Two cronies concur in "hunting the bottle". An old military officer pursues a pretty young woman. Two bailiff's men with bludgeons pursue a debtor. A solitary man has been fruitlessly "hunting after money the whole day". A young and handsome fortune-hunter kneels to an elderly harridan. A hunter after company invites himself to crack a bottle with another man. A fat parson, eyes closed, at a table with punch-bowl, glasses, &c, the second chair being empty, says: "My worthy friend the Vicar and myself have just killed old care and I am very happy Doctor, to welcome you in at the death". Perhaps belongs to a set, see BMSat 8541, &c. c.1800"--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from caption below image.
Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening.
Design consists of seven scenes arranged in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above the figures in the scenes.
Watermark: E & P 1794.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. vii, 1796.
Extent
1 print : plate mark 35.1 x 49 cm, on sheet 40 x 52 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
798.03.08.01++

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Watermarks (Paper)
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1798
England > London > 1798

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9788561
Object ID (OID)
10941134

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