New reading, or, Shakspeare improved humbly dedicated to the keen critic of Drury Lane by a poor author. [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- New reading, or, Shakspeare improved humbly dedicated to the keen critic of Drury Lane by a poor author. [graphic]
- Alternative Title
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New reading, or, Shakespeare improved
Shakspeare improved
Shakespeare improved - Creator
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
- Contributor
- Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1846, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [1819]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside, London
- Abstract
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"Kean as Richard III, in the usual costume of the part, see British Museum Satires No. 12325, &c., postures on Bosworth Field with drawn sword and declaims: "Methins [sic] there be six Richmonds in the field; five have I kill'd to day instead of him;!!! A Hobby! A Hobby my Kingdom for A Hobby!!!" Behind him (right) is a knight (? Catesby) holding erect a velocipede or hobbyhorse (see British Museum Satires No. 13399, &c.). He says: "Here my Liege! Here's a swift Hobby will convey you from the feild as fast as your legs will permit." He wears a helmet with horse's tail, corslet, trunk-hose, and flat strapped shoes. In the distance (left) the battle rages; men fight or flee on velocipedes. The ground is strewn with shattered velocipedes and the debris of battle."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "347" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5.
Also issued separately.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on two sides.
Temporary local subject terms: Hobbies -- Reference to: Richmond, John Plantagenet, Earl of, 1340-1372.
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm.
Leaf 58 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 : sheet 25 x 38 cm
- Language
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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
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1819
Etchings England London 1819 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833
Bucke, Charles, 1781-1846.
Richard II, King of England, 1367-140. - Subject (Topic)
- Bicycles & tricycles
- Subjects
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Kean, Edmund, 1787-1833 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bucke, Charles, 1781-1846
Richard II, King of England, 1367-140
Bicycles & tricycles
England > 1819
England > London > 1819
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
- 9257847
- Object ID (OID)
- 16192837
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