The wooden leg -, or, Careful landlady [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The wooden leg -, or, Careful landlady [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Careful landlady
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher. - Published / Created
- [not before 10 May 1809]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May [10th, 1809, by] Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
-
"Two men lie in the small truckle-beds (i.e., trundle bed) of a cheap lodging-house, one (left) asleep. An old woman holding a candle kneels at the foot of the other bed, and tugs at the wooden leg of its occupant. She says: "There is nothing like looking after Servants I always like to see that my lodgers are comfortable. --Aye here's a pretty careless trick--the warming pan left in the gentleman's bed I declare". Its owner, an angry sailor, shouts: "Hollo --Avast heaving Zounds dont pull off my timber--I went to bed half seas over and forgot to stow it alongside the hammock"."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Rowlandson and artist questionably identified as Woodward in the British Museum catalogue.
Reissue of a print apparently first published 10 May 1809; in this reissued state, the day and year of publication in imprint are heavily scored through but still legible. For a later state with beginning of imprint burnished from plate, see no. 11466 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Plate numbered "300" in upper right corner. - Provenance
- Print Shop; November 1958;
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.8 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 26 x 42 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 809.05.10.01.1+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
- Peg legs
- Subjects
-
Peg legs
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
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
- 9150809
- Object ID (OID)
- 10964586