Irish roads, or, Lifes finger post finem respice / [graphic]

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16192538

Description

Title
Irish roads, or, Lifes finger post finem respice / [graphic]
Alternative Title
Lifes finger post
Creator
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Contributor
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
Published / Created
[1813?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, N. 111 Cheapside, London
Abstract

"An elaborate sign-post on a pillar, with five arms topped by a fool's cap, stands in the centre of a landscape. The directions are: 'To Love--you are requested not to pluck the Roses till they fall off. To Prison. NB The Courts of Law will shew the way, and take care of your Luggage. To Honour carry Arms with you as you will not get through without a Duel. To Matrimony Caution--Travel this road in boots and wear gloves it being overrun with Nettles. To the Undertakers Observe--the nearest way through the Apothecary Shop.' On the column: 'If you cannot read you must take your Chance.' A well-dressed English traveller (left) addresses a sturdy Irishman (right): "Why Pat! you have a variety of curious Roads here, but hav'nt you any Road to Preferment?" Pat answers: "Arrah my Jewel, but that Road has been removed to England ever since the Union; you pass through it to the Kings Palace and I['m] tould it's the dirtiest Road in Great Britain!"."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Four lines of quoted text following title: "Howe'er 'tis well, that while mankind "through lifes perverse meanders errs, "some can imagin'd pleasures find, "to combat against real cares. Prior.
Plate numbered "313" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 11 in volume 5.
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 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Collection / Other Creator
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809.

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Satires (Visual works) England 1813
Etchings England London 1813
Watermarks (Paper) 1817
Material
etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > 1813
England > London > 1813
1817
Johnstone, Henry Arthur > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12898431
Object ID (OID)
16192538

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