<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Every one his hobby. [graphic]. Plate 1st</dc:title><dc:creator>Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker</dc:creator><dc:date>[24 April 1819]</dc:date><dc:language>eng</dc:language><dc:description>"A procession of characters riding fantastic velocipedes (see British Museum Satires No. 13399), in profile to the right, each an isolated figure, arranged in two rows divided by a horizontal line. Each machine is an appropriate object mounted on two wheels. [1] 'The Princes Hobby'. The Regent, with elegantly pointed toe, rides a cask inscribed 'Punch Princes Mixture'. [2] 'The Dukes Hobby'. The Duke of York, dressed as a field-marshal, bestrides a large green bag, inscribed '£10.000 for Visiting the Sick' [see British Museum Satires No. 13214, &amp;c.]. [3] 'The Judges Hobby'. A judge in wig and gown rides a gibbet, the upright placed horizontally, the cross-bar connected with the steering gear, and inscribed 'Invented by the Bank'; a noose hangs behind [see British Museum Satires No. 13198, &amp;c.]. [4] 'Wellingtons Hobby', he rides a cannon, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13385. [5] 'The Lawyers Hobby'. A barrister in wig and gown rides a long cylinder inscribed 'Brief'. [6] 'The Tailors Hobby'. A tailor, wearing a flowered dressing-gown, cap, ungartered stockings, and slippers, rides a goose. [7] 'The Parsons Hobby'. A fat parson rides a 'Bible', resting vertically on tiny wheels. [8] 'The Fishmongers Hobby'. He rides a fish."--British Museum online catalogue</dc:description><dc:description>Title etched below image.</dc:description><dc:description>Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate numbered "345" in upper right corner.</dc:description><dc:description>Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5.</dc:description><dc:description>Watermark: 1817.</dc:description><dc:description>Leaf 56 in volume 5.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>