Winding up to a pitch" the automaton scaramouch, or, Harlequin courier's delight [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Winding up to a pitch" the automaton scaramouch, or, Harlequin courier's delight [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Harlequin courier's delight
- Creator
- Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
- Published / Created
- Feb. 17, 1821.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
- Abstract
-
"Bergami, moustachioed, whiskered, and alluring, in a tight-fitting harlequin's suit over which is a short gold-laced jacket, sits on a tall stool, holding up a life-like puppet representing the Queen. He grasps it by the waist, and pulls a ribbon, making arms and legs fly up. She smiles delightedly down at him, her ringlets flying. She wears the décolletée over-dress of British Museum Satires No. 14103, open to show frilled and spotted drawers. Bergami, part courier, part Harlequin, has a heavy queue of hair hanging from his black curls, and wears a peaked cap with a big gold tassel. A heavy postilion's whip projects from his pocket. He is directed to the left, towards an open French window and a vine trellis, with a view of Lake Como (see British Museum Satires No. 13857). He raises his right leg, looking over his left shoulder, away from his puppet. On the floor are the courier's discarded pistol, powder-flask, holster, and saddle; behind his chair are portmanteaus, one inscribed 'B B'. A large book propped against a decanter inscribed 'A Boire' is: 'Hop Step and Jump, or, every man his own Courier. List of Postes on the high road from Dunghill, to Barona' [see British Museum Satires No. 14119]. A partly dropped curtain (right) reveals two figurines embracing below a shelf of books. The carpet is patterned with hearts."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Variant state lacking "London" at beginning of imprint statement. Cf. No. 14120 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Mounted on page 6 of: George Humphrey shop album. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 29.1 x 21.8 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 6. George Humphrey shop album.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Humphrey, G., 1773-1831?, collector.
- Collection Date
- [London], [not after 1821]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821 - Material
- etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron - Subject (Topic)
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Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Adultery
Fools & jesters
Puppets
Whips - Subjects
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Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Harlequin (Fictitious character)
Adultery
Fools & jesters
Puppets
Whips
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > 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
- 13851080
- Object ID (OID)
- 16816909