The Como-cal hobby [graphic].

Description

Title: The Como-cal hobby [graphic].
Creator: Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker
Contributor: Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher.
Published / Created: April 20, 1821.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
Abstract: "Bergami, very swarthy, dressed as a courier, rides (right to left) a galloping she-goat with the head of Queen Caroline. She smiles, holding the rein in her mouth. Both look to the picture plane, the Queen pleased, Bergami complacent. He flourishes a heavy postilion's whip with a long curling lash. Behind are trees, Lake Como, and Villa d'Este, inscribed 'Licenced Temple of Fancy'. Figures posture on the roof, as if dancing, as in British Museum Satires No. 14189. In the middle distance a man brandishing a whip is carried on the shoulders of a woman."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum catalogue.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Text below title: Set a courier on goat-back and he'll ride to the Devil.
Mounted on page 7 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Provenance: Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 27 x 23 cm
Language: English

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1821
Etchings England London 1821
Material: etching with stipple ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Como, Lake (Italy),
Subject (Name): Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron
Villa d'Este, Spa,
Subject (Topic): Adultery
Riding
Goats
Whips
Subjects: Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821 > Caricatures and cartoons
Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami, Baron > Caricatures and cartoons
Como, Lake (Italy)
Villa d'Este, Spa
Adultery
Riding
Goats
Whips
England > 1821
England > London > 1821
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831? > Ownership

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