Mother Wood the popular procuress! / [graphic]
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16816973
Description
- Title
- Mother Wood the popular procuress! / [graphic]
- Creator
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Contributor
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Cruikshank, George, 1792-1878, printmaker.
Humphrey, G. 1773-1831?, publisher. - Published / Created
- June 24th, 1820.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 27 St. James's St.
- Abstract
-
"Alderman Wood, dressed as an elderly woman (as in British Museum Satires No. 13858) in bonnet with a lace frill, worn over a cap, and tippet, comes out of his house in South Audley Street, grasping in a gloved hand a large bottle inscribed 'Popularity'. He stands, directed to the right, between the pillars of the porch; above the porch in large letters: 'Refuge for the Destitute'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Signed only with Robert Cruikshank's name, but a collaboration with George Cruikshank is noted in the British Museum catalogue.
Mounted on page 26 of: George Humphrey shop album. - Provenance
- Purchased from Andrew Edmunds; September 2014.
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 35.4 x 26 cm, on sheet 36.1 x 26 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H89 821 (Oversize)
- Collection Title
- Page 26. 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 1820
Etchings England London 1820
Annotations (Provenance) 19th century - Material
- etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821. - Subject (Topic)
-
Bonnets
Bottles
Porches
Columns - Subjects
-
Wood, Matthew, Sir, 1768-1843 > Caricatures and cartoons
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Bonnets
Bottles
Porches
Columns
England > 1820
England > London > 1820
19th century
Gee, Ernest R., 1878-1956 > Ownership
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898 > Ms. notes
Gladstone, Robertson, 1805-1875 > Ownership
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
- 13871551
- Object ID (OID)
- 16816973