Christmas gambols [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Christmas gambols [graphic].
- Contributor
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Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Collings, Samuel, artist.
M.S. Harrison & Co., publisher. - Published / Created
- Jany. 1, 1785.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published as the act directs by Harrison & Co.
- Abstract
-
"A party of revellers gathered in a cosy room by a fireplace, under the jolly gaze of the slightly grotesque hosts who sit grinning at centre, looking out to the viewer; the forfeit has just been announced that a young countryman ('Ralph Jones') should kiss the candlestick; a young woman stands holding a candle at left, impersonating the said object, while Ralph fervently kisses the actual candlestick at right, watched by a laughing young woman, a thin man wearing glasses and a young boy, who are standing around a table with glasses and punch-bowl; behind at left, the 'long-nosed clergyman' is locked in an embrace with the 'snub-nosed old maid'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Artist questionably identified as either G.M. Woodward or Samuel Collings in the British Museum online catalogue.
Listed without description with other prints from The wit's magazine. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6885.
Temporary local subject terms: Games: "Kiss the candlestick".
1 print : etching with stipple on laid paper ; plate mark 17.5 x 22.5 cm, on sheet 22 x 24 cm - Provenance
- H.W. Edwards; September 1958.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 16.8 x 20.7 cm, on sheet 19 x 23 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 61 W78 v. 1-2
- Collection Title
- volume 1, opposite page [441]
- Collection / Other Creator
- The Wit's magazine, or, Library of Momus.
- Collection Date
- London : Printed for Harrison and Co., 1784.
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1785
Periodical illustrations
Etchings England London 1785 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Bowls (Tableware)
Cats
Dogs
Fireplaces
Holidays
Kissing
Mirrors
Tables - Subjects
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Bowls (Tableware)
Cats
Dogs
Fireplaces
Holidays
Kissing
Mirrors
Tables
England > 1785
England > London > 1785
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
- 7685653
- Object ID (OID)
- 15808801