Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]
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Description
- Title
- Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [art original]
- Alternative Title
- New tenants at a mansion house
- Creator
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist
- Published / Created
- [1799]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centerd in the a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (buthcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other enscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres vension, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef bacon(?) &"". In the foreground lies another sheet which readss "Tripe Soup. Liver & Crow. Fried Tripe. Bill of Fare for 8 Novr." The outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir Richard Glyn, who was notoriously spendthrift during his period in office, is seen being kicked out of the Mansion House holding large money bag with the word "Saving" written on it. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnorishment. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below a two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
- Description
-
Title written below image.
Signed with initials and dated by the artist in lower left corner.
"Sold by all the printsellers in London, Nov. 9, 1799"--Written in above title.
Original design for a print published 9 November 1799. - Provenance
- Purchased from Jarndyce, November 2018.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : sheet 30 x 41 cm, mounted to 50.5 x 69 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Drawings N736 no. 8 Box D305
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Ink drawings British 19th century
Wash drawings British 19th century - Material
- pen and ink and wash ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- England.
- Subject (Name)
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Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818
Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838 - Subject (Topic)
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Politicians
Pleading (Begging)
Kicking
Poor persons
Interiors
Cats
Dogs - Subjects
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Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Pleading (Begging)
Kicking
Poor persons
Interiors
Cats
Dogs
England > 1799
British > 19th century
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.
- Citation
- John Nixon, Hospitality Kicking Avarice out of Doors, or, New tenants at a Mansion House. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 13858258
- Object ID (OID)
- 16706457