A virtuoso and a fly
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Description
- Title
- A virtuoso and a fly
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
-
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Allen, Michael, active 1795-1817, publisher. - Published / Created
- December 3, 1796.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
- Abstract
-
"A lean and ugly old man sits in profile to the right, bending forward towards an immense volume which lies open on a table in front of an open sash-window (right). On the page is a fly at which he gesticulates. He wears a night-cap and a loose robe over an old-fashioned laced waistcoat, short breeches, and high-quartered shoes. Above his head hangs a large stuffed crocodile, and in a frame on the wall are butterflies and insects. The 'virtuoso' (? naturalist) is examining the works of Linnaeus 'for a description of an uncommon species of insect'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched above image.
Numbered 'Plate 41' in upper left corner.
Plate from: Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance Character & Country in ... England & South Wales, by G.M. Woodward, 1796.
Variant state with title. Cf. No. 8968 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7
Temporary local subject terms: Virtuosi -- Allusion to Linnaeus -- Collections: insects -- Taxodermy: crocodile -- Male dress: dressing gown -- Male dress: nightcap -- Eyeglasses. - Provenance
- Sanders.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 25.8 x 20 cm, on sheet 27 x 21 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 796.12.03.02
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1796
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1796 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1796
England > London > 1796
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
- 8110068
- Object ID (OID)
- 11105997