A riddle expounded, or, The dignity of a parsons horse [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- A riddle expounded, or, The dignity of a parsons horse [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Dignity of a parsons horse
- Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
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Woodward, G. M. approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher. - Published / Created
- [not before 6 July 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
-
"A jovial countryman leans on a rustic railing nailed to a tree, to address a fat elderly parson on horseback (right). He asks "Ha! Ha - the knaust Doctor I be a rum fellow, - Canst thee tell me - why - a Parsons Horse be like a King?" The parson answers with a grin: "Why you rogue, because it is guided by a Minister." He is drink-blotched and prosperous-looking; in his pocket is a 'Sermon to beprea[ched] ...'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Later state; date has been burnished from imprint statement.
Date of publication based on complete imprint on earlier state: London, Pubd. July 6th, 1807, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 807.07.06.01.1.
Plate numbered "136" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2.
"Price 1 sh. collored [sic]."
Leaf 70 in volume 2. - Provenance
- Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left. Myers; May 1942.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 24.5 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 42 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.2
- Collection Title
- V. 2. 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 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) 1817 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subjects
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England > 1807
England > London > 1807
1817
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
- 12858160
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192440
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