Looking at the comet till you get a criek [sic] in the neck [graphic]Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker[not before 20 September 1811]eng"An ugly old man wearing night-cap, dressing-gown, and slippers stands at an open window gazing up through a spy-glass at a comet shaped like a large shuttle-cock. Keys hang from his waist. Behind him (left) sits a pretty young woman, turning her head to look at the comet, but giving her right hand to a young man who kneels beside her, while she presses her foot on his. She wears a long fur boa over her evening dress."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier stateTitle etched below image.Reissue, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate.Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. Septr. 20th, 1811, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11810 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9.Plate numbered "91" in upper right corner.Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 2."Price one shilling colour'd."Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 210-11.Temporary local subject terms: Comet -- Spy glass -- curtains.