Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [graphic].
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Lewis Walpole Library > Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [graphic].
Description
- Title
- Hospitality kicking avarice out of doors, or, New tenants at a mansion house [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- New tenants at a mansion house
- Contributor
- Nixon, John, -1818, artist.
- Published / Created
- Novr. 9, 1799.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Sold by all the printsellers in London
- Abstract
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A caricature of the new Lord Mayor of London: Harvey Combe stands centered in a hall, surrounded by a desperate looking group of people both rich and poor, who kneel and beg. A skeletal man (butcher?) holds a knife in one hand and a scroll in the other inscribed with a large order for meat: "12 haundres venison, 6 necks do., 8 turtles, 20 brace partridges, 20 pheasants, 20 brace woodcocks, 16 sirloins beef". In the foreground lies another sheet which reads "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. The two cats on the left and the dog following the butcher are also thin from malnutrition. Two large spiders have spun large webs below the archway on the left below are two cupids holding a heart molded above the archway
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Engraved after a signed drawing by John Nixon in The Lewis Walpole Library.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Also with newspaper clippings mounted on sheet. - Provenance
- Jarndyce; November 2018
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 29.8 x 44 cm, on sheet 34.5 x 48 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 799.11.09.02++
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1799
Aquatints England London 1799
Etchings England London 1799 - Material
- aquatint with etching ; 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
Avarice
Pleading (Begging)
Butchers
Kicking
Poor persons
Interiors
Cats
Dogs
Putti
Spiders - Subjects
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Combe, Harvey Christian, 1752-1818 > Caricatures and cartoons
Glyn, Richard Carr, Sir, 1755-1838 > Caricatures and cartoons
Politicians > England
Avarice
Pleading (Begging)
Butchers
Kicking
Poor persons
Interiors
Cats
Dogs
Putti
Spiders
England > 1799
England > London > 1799
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
- 13881064
- Object ID (OID)
- 16706458