A visit to cockney farm viewing the grounds &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A visit to cockney farm viewing the grounds &c. &c. &c. / [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker
- Contributor
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Marryat, Frederick, 1792-1848, artist.
Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher. - Published / Created
- [25 May 1819]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. May 25th, 1819 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Strt
- Abstract
-
"Below the title: '(i e) Being dragg'd through mud & Mire by your Cockney friend, (who has lately taken-- a -- seat in the Country) to show the improvements! & his ignorance in Farming.' The fat 'cit', wearing top-boots, stands deep in mire, his hand resting on a heap of straw and dung (left); he turns to a file of agonized visitors who are picking their way on stones, saying, "Here's a charming lot of dung for you -- Now tho' you would not think it I made every bit of this dung myself since I came here! & you know that's not long!" A little boy, standing on the heap with a pitchfork, points to a pool, saying, "Yes & that pond was'nt there when papa first came; Papa made all that water too, all himself!" The foremost visitor registers astonishment; the other three are concerned only with the mud. A frightened boy watches the procession. On the right a woman tries to help her husband, a dandy, from mire that is sucking off his boot, and who holds by the hand (but disregards) a small child who has fallen deep in the muck, terrified at the onset of a menacing duck followed by ducklings. The fat hostess, standing before an unmistakable garden-latrine (right), takes his shoulder, saying, "Never mind my husbands nasty dung--come this way Mr B, & I'll show you my Grotto & Waterfall!" She points to water gushing into a pool from a tiny artificial cave on which stands a Venus pudica. This is flanked by little arbours (each surmounted by a flower-pot which indicates the scale) and each containing a seat. A dove-cot is surmounted by the figure of Harlequin or Mercury holding a purse. Behind are small trees, a haystack, and the roof of the house."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from caption below image.
An anchor is the symbol of artist Captain Frederick Marryat.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Lines of text below title: (ie) being dragg'd through mud & mire ...
Temporary local subject terms: Chickens -- Farms -- Obesity. - Provenance
- Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xvi, p. 6.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 25 x 36 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 819.05.25.01+
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1819
Etchings England London 1819
Artists' devices - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1819
England > London > 1819
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
- 9304214
- Object ID (OID)
- 10968910