V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"An elopement. A fat woman has fallen on her back from a ladder, knocking down her lover, who lies on his back beneath her. He wears military uniform. Both scream angrily, and a dog (left) barks at her. The ladder, one rung of which is broken, leans against a first-floor window (left) from which the husband looks out, holding a candle. Behind (right), a laughing postilion holds open the door of a post-chaise. A full moon with grinning features looks down from clouds. A lamp projects from the corner of the house."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later reissue, with beginning of imprint statement burnished from plate. For the original issue with the complete imprint "Pubd. Decer. 24, 1808, by Thos. Tegg, No. 11 [sic] Cheapside," see: Royal Collection Trust, RCIN 810732., Date of publication based on the suggested 1812 date for an intermediate state, which has the year crossed out in an otherwise complete imprint statement. Cf. No. 11974 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate numbered "289" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., and Temporary local subject terms: Locket -- Lamp -- Post chaise -- Ladder.
