V. 3. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A design in six compartments, arranged in two rows. [1] 'A Timber Merchant.' A ragged match-seller, with a basket slung from his shoulder and a bundle of matches in his hand, cries: "Buy my Matches." [2] 'A Turkey Merchant'. A poulterer (dressed like a butcher) sits on a stool beside his stall (right) from which hang two turkeys. A dog takes offal from the table in front of it. (Horne Tooke, according to Rogers, said his father, a poulterer, was a Turkey Merchant, i.e. a member of the Levant or Turkey Company, incorporated in 1579.) [3] 'A Man of Letters'. A man collecting letters hurries along, ringing his bell; he holds a post-bag inscribed 'G. R.' A maidservant stands at a door holding out a letter for his bag. [4] 'A Banker'. A grave-digger stands in a grave piling earth against a tombstone in a country church-yard. [5] 'A Merchant Taylor'. A bearded Jew buying old clothes stands with his sack across his shoulder, two hats on his head and two in his hand. He shouts "Any old Cloaths to shell." A maidservant stands in a doorway (right) holding a coat. [6] 'Master of the Mint'. A gardener, spade in hand, points to his pot-plants. On the right are a frame and the corner of a green-house."--British museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "171" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 3., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Grave digger -- Greenhouse -- Timber merchant -- Poulterer., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. October 1st, 1812, by Thomas Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
