Catching an elephant [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Catching an elephant [graphic]
- Creator
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [not before 1 March 1812]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- By Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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"Two handsome young courtesans coax an enormously obese and carbuncled 'cit' towards the door of a bagnio (right). One (right) takes him by the wrist, throwing back a cloak to reveal her charms; he leers hideously at her. The other takes him by the shoulders and chin. Above the door are the words 'Warm Bath'. A placard beside it: 'Restorative Drops -Old Age Debility of ever so long standing quickly restored to Youth and Vigour - Prepar'd & Sold by the . . .' They are under an archway inscribed 'Bagnio Court' in an arcade, suggesting Covent Garden."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Later state, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate.
Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: Pubd. March 1st, 1812, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside. Cf No. 11957 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.
Plate numbered "146" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3.
Also issued separately.
"Price one shilling coloured."--Lower right corner of design.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left edge.
Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 226.
Temporary local subject terms: Bagnio -- Lighting -- Carbuncle.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 35.2 x 25 cm, on sheet 36.5 x 25.9 cm.
Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill.
Mounted on leaf 7 of volume 12 of 14 volumes. - Provenance
- From a collection in fourteen volumes compiled by Francis Harvey and dispersed at auction, Sotheby, London, June 1900. Sold at Sotheby, London, 12 March 1919. Bequest of Hugh Dudley Auchincloss to Yale University Library, 1981. Bound by Riviere & Son in three-quarters red morocco with gold tooling and gold lettering on spine.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35 x 24.8 cm, on sheet 37 x 25 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
- Call Number
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 12
- Collection Title
- V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Satires (Visual works) England 1812
Etchings England London 1812
Watermarks (Paper) J. Whatman Turkey Mill - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1812
England > London > 1812
J. Whatman Turkey Mill
Riviere & Son > Binding
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley > Ownership
Harvey, Francis > Ownership
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > 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
- 8163477
- Object ID (OID)
- 11794951
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