[Joseph Ritson] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Joseph Ritson] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Impiger iracundus, inexorabilis acer
- Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823, printmaker
- Contributor
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
- Published / Created
- 22d March 1803.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published by H. Humphrey
- Abstract
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"Ritson stands at a desk in profile to the Ieft, writing in a large book, both pages headed 'Common Place'. His finger- and toe-nails are talons; he dips his pen in an ink-stand inscribed 'Gall', and has written: 'Moses an Impostor the prophets old Cloaths Men of Judæa Warburton a fool Dr Percy a Liar Warton an infamous Liar a pipeer [Ritson adopted a system of spelling chiefly characterized by a duplication of the letter e. 'D.N.B.'] better than a parson'. He wears a tightly buttoned overcoat and a top-hat; his toes project through broken shoes. From his pocket projects a pamphlet: 'The Atheist's pocket Companion.' He stands on a slab of (damaged) papers headed 'Dr Percy's Antient Balla[ds]'. his feet is a large open book; on one page is a half length portrait of Thomas Warton stabbed through with a knife and fork; on the other, 'History of English Poetry'. The room is filled with heavy folio volumes and vegetable products; there is a small window with cracked panes. A cow (head only visible) munches at a basket of large leaves beside a paper: 'Bill of Fare \ Nettle Soup \ Sour Crout \ Horse Beans \ Onions Leeks'. On a top shelf an emaciated cat, heavily chained, strains in vain towards two rats who nibble a bunch of candles; beside it is an open book: 'Abstinence from animal Food a moral duty'. Below, 'The Bible' slants across a gap in the book-shelf labelled 'Old Romances'. On Ritson's desk (left) is a pile of books on which squats a frog; on it vegetables are heaped."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title from British Museum catalogue.
Signed with the initials of James Sayers.
One line of Latin verse below image: Impiger iracundus, inexorabilis acer [Horace, Ars Poetica].
One line of Greek text below Latin verse.
Four lines of English text above imprint: Fierce meagre pale no commentator's friend. Purs. Lit. Let his portion be with the beasts in the grass of the Earth ...
Temporary local subject terms: Ink well -- 'Common Place' -- Iron gall ink.
1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; plate mark 26.6 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 28.3 x 21.3 cm.
Mounted on leaf 80 of James Sayers's Folio album of 144 caricatures. - Provenance
- Bequeathed by James Sayers to his sister and later given to Lord Eldon. Purchased from Christie's sale of Fine Books and Manuscripts, lot 305, 19 June 2012, with Lord Eldon's notebook (now LWL Mss Vol. 202).
- Extent
- 1 print : plate mark 27 x 21 cm, on sheet 40 x 31 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 Sa85 810
- Collection Title
- Leaf 80. Folio album of 144 caricatures.
- Collection / Other Creator
- Sayers, James, 1748-1823.
- Collection Date
- [London], [between 1782 and 1810]
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1803
Etchings England London 1803
Aquatints England London 1803 - Material
- etching and aquatint ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803
- Subject (Topic)
-
Desks
Writing materials
Books
Vegetables
Cows
Cats
Rats
Frogs
Vegetarians
British - Subjects
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Ritson, Joseph, 1752-1803 > Caricatures and cartoons
Desks
Writing materials
Books
Vegetables
Cows
Cats
Rats
Frogs
Vegetarians > British
England > 1803
England > London > 1803
Eldon, John Scott, Earl of, 1751-1838 > Ownership
Sayers, James, 1748-1823 > 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
- 8393675
- Object ID (OID)
- 16819393