V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An old military officer wearing a high cocked hat sits in a handsome room, relating his adventures to a pretty young woman (left). He has lost both arms, and both legs from the knee; she holds the end of one of his stumps. A large pier-glass hangs on the pilastered wall. Decanter, glass, pipe, and tobacco-box are on a small table (right). ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., "Sir E. Bunbury" may refer to the artist H.W. Bunbury. See British Museum catalogue., Nine lines of quotation excerpted from Shakespeare's Othello below title: "She swore in faith 'twas strange, 'twas passing strange, "'twas pitiful, 'twas wondrous pitiful ..., Plate numbered "S. 2" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
