V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A beau in greeting a young lady accidentally bespatters her with mud
Alternative Title:
Treading in a beau trap while in the act of gaily advancing your foot ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of quoted text below image: "Treading in a beau trap while on the act of gaily advancing your "foot, to make a bow to some charming woman of your acquaintance ..., Printmaker identified as Isaac Cruikshank in the British Museum online catalogue; the same identification is made tentatively by Krumbhaar., Later state; imprint has been completely burnished from plate., Publisher from earlier state with the imprint: London, Pub. by T. Tegg, Feb. [...?]. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1991,0720.40., Approximate date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue. Krumbhaar suggests a date of 1821 for the print's publication in Caricature magazine., Plate numbered "264" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and Watermark: Charles Wise.
