Old maids in the next world changed into post horses with old bachelors driving them [graphic].

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Title: Old maids in the next world changed into post horses with old bachelors driving them [graphic].
Creator: Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
Contributor: Holland, William, active 1782-1817, publisher.
Published / Created: March 20, 1800.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pub by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Abstract: "Well-known men ride (left to right) horses with the heads of old women which they scourge mercilessly. There is a background of craggy mountains silhouetted against flames in which demons fly. The central and most prominent figure is Fox, before him rides Pitt, and on the extreme right is the Duke of Bedford wearing a star. In the foreground (left) is George Hanger with his club, whose mount has fallen and looks round at him despairingly. Behind him is the Duke of Queensberry wearing a star; on the extreme left is the stiff Lord Moira."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title from item.
Attributed to Woodward in the British Museum catalogue.
Companion print: Old bachelors in the next world chang'd into post horses ...
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides.
1 print : aquatint, soft ground etching & etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 33 x 46.2 cm, on sheet 35 x 48 cm.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss; May 1954;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 33 x 46.7 cm, on sheet 34 x 46.7 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1800
Aquatints England London 1800
Etchings England London 1800
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Watermarks (Paper) Turkey Mill J Whatman
Material: aquatint, soft ground etching & etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806
Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
Subject (Topic): Demons
Whips
Subjects: Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Pitt, William, 1759-1806 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802 > Caricatures and cartoons
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hanger, George, 1751?-1824 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826 > Caricatures and cartoons
Demons
Whips
England > 1800
England > London > 1800
J Whatman
Turkey Mill J Whatman

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