A parody on Milton! [graphic]

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Title
A parody on Milton! [graphic]
Creator
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Contributor
Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created
15 Dec. 1807.
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Abstract

A parody on Book 8, lines 487-9 of John Milton's Paradise lost. A lean, spectacled man stands by a bed as he welcomes a drunken trollope who staggers into the room holding a glass and a bottle labelled Geneva (gin). He exclaims, parodying Milton, "On she came-such ad I saw her in my dream, Geneva was in all her steps --Geneva in her hand and every gesture-reeling ripe for fun!" Outside on the landing, a pretty young woman looks on with amusement

Description
Title from item.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate numbered '33' in upper left corner.
"Price one shilling col[oure]d."
Quotation from Milton's Paradise Lost, below title: On she came-such ad I saw her in my dream, grace was in all her steps-Heaven in her eye in every gesture-dignity and love.
Cf. No. 11142, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8 for description of variant state.
Temporary local subject terms: Spectacles.
Watermark: J Whatman.
Provenance
Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. xiii.
Extent
1 print : sheet 24.7 x 33.9 cm
Edition
[State with plate no. "33" and date present in imprint].
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
807.12.15.01.1

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
J Whatman

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
8782525
Object ID (OID)
15814066

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