[A frolic in high life, or, A visit to Billingsgate] [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > [A frolic in high life, or, A visit to Billingsgate] [graphic].
Description
- Title
- [A frolic in high life, or, A visit to Billingsgate] [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Visit to Billingsgate
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Contributor
- Sherwood, Jones, and Co., publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1824]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by Sherwood, Jones & Co.
- Abstract
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The fishwives stalls are in the foreground with the masts of ship vessels behind, and among them one tall smoking funnel. The market buildings are on the right. The foreground is more crowded than in other Billingsgate prints. The chief feature is an irate woman seated on an upturned tub beside her stall, berating a lady in a riding-habit who holds a huge fish's head. Beside the latter is another lady, disconcerted. Two liveried servants are among the crowd. Lady Caroline Lamb and a young marchioness, both 'in disguise', go to the market to hear the traditional language of the fishwives, this Lady Caroline provokes by disparaging a fish. On the left is a fashionably dressed young man, resembling Robert Cruikshank. On the left, a drunken woman sits with her glass raised. From British Museum catalogue
- Description
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Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state.
Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826.
For published state see: No. 14941 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 342, vol. 1. Watermark: Warranted not bleached. - Provenance
- With a stamp on verso: From the collection of Maxine and Joel Spitz, "Trail-Tree" Glencoe. Item no. 44. Marlborough Rare Books; April 2016.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 15.7 x 25 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 30 cm
- Edition
- [Proof before aquatint and lettering].
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 C9 824 no. 6
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Trial proofs
Satires (Visual works) England 1824
Etchings England London 1824
Watermarks (Paper) - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Billingsgate Ward (London, England)
- Subject (Name)
-
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856
Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828 - Subject (Topic)
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Crowds
Fishmongers
Intoxication
Riding habits
Servants
Ships
Street vendors - Subjects
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Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856 > Caricatures and cartoons
Lamb, Caroline, Lady, 1785-1828 > Caricatures and cartoons
Billingsgate Ward (London, England)
Crowds
Fishmongers
Intoxication
Riding habits
Servants
Ships
Street vendors
England > 1824
England > London > 1824
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
- 12873546
- Object ID (OID)
- 15959179