The Convention of Cintra a Portuguese gambol for the amusement of Iohn Bull / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The Convention of Cintra a Portuguese gambol for the amusement of Iohn Bull / [graphic]
- 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
- [3 February 1809]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. Feby. 3d, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Abstract
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"A sequence of seven designs of unequal size, divided by lines and arranged in two rows, four above and three below. The inscriptions parody 'The House that Jack built', cf. (e.g.) British Museum Satires No. 11414. [1] This is the City of Lisbon. A view of Lisbon with the Tagus in the foreground. [2] This is the Gold, that lay in the City of Lisbon. Four sacks heaped with coins, church plate, rosaries, &c. [3] These are the French who took the Gold, [. . . &c.]. Two French officers standing together, registering sly satisfaction. [4] This is Sir Arthur (whose Valour and skill, began so well, but ended so ill) who beat the French, [. . . &c.]. Wellesley stands in the foreground with drawn sword directing the battle; British soldiers pursue French troops. [5] This is the Convention that Nobody owns, that saved old Junots Baggage and Bones, altho' Sir Arthur [. . . &c.]. Junot sits complacently (right) while Wellesley signs the Convention, and Dalrymple and Burrard (not characterized) wait their turn. [6] These are the Ships that carried the spoil, that the French had plundered with so much toil, after the Convention which nobody [.. . &c.]. British men-of-war in full sail. [7] This is John Bull, in great dismay, at the sight of the Ships, which carried away, the gold and silver and all the spoil, the French [. . . &c.]. John, a fat 'cit', in profile to the left in his arm-chair, scowls with protruding underlip."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of variant state in the British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "270" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.
For a variant state lacking plate number, see no. 11215 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 49 in volume 4. - 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 24.6 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.4
- Collection Title
- V. 4. 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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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1809
Etchings England London 1809
Watermarks (Paper) 1817 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Junot, Jean Andoche, duc d'Abrantès, 1771-1813
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Dalrymple, Hew Whiteford, Sir, 1750-1830 - Subject (Topic)
- John Bull (Symbolic character)
- Subjects
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Junot, Jean Andoche, duc d'Abrantès, 1771-1813 > Caricatures and cartoons
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852 > Caricatures and cartoons
Dalrymple, Hew Whiteford, Sir, 1750-1830 > Caricatures and cartoons
John Bull (Symbolic character) > Caricatures and cartoons
England > 1809
England > London > 1809
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
- 12894722
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192474