The odd-dealer sung by Mr. Grimaldi / [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The odd-dealer sung by Mr. Grimaldi / [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [12 October 1807]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. October 12th, 1807, by Thos. Teeg [sic], 111 Cheapside, London
- Abstract
-
"The dealer stands outside the door of his little shop (left), proclaiming his wares. Two comely young women listen to him, one leaning on a mop. On the right is a little boy with a kite slung from his shoulders. The sign is a frog smoking a pipe and a frying-pan. Some of his wares are on the pavement, others ranged on shelves within the door. St. Paul's and other buildings are in the background (right). ..."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Printmaker identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue.
Twenty seven lines of verse below title: I keep a snug little shop, none beat me at selling or buying can. In merry customers hop, t'is the sign of the frog and the frying pan ...
Plate numbered "W. 2" in upper left corner and "6" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1.
Also issued separately.
1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.6 x 21.4 cm, on sheet 41.8 x 25.6 cm.
Watermark: 1817.
Leaf 72 in volume 1. - 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 28.5 x 21.8 cm, on sheet 30 x 24 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.1
- Collection Title
- V. 1. 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 1807
Etchings England London 1807
Watermarks (Paper) J Whatman Turkey Mill 1830
Watermarks (Paper) 1817 - Material
- etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837.
- Subjects
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Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837
England > 1807
England > London > 1807
J Whatman Turkey Mill > 1830
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
- 8774688
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192686
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