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1.
Anti-dandy infantry triumphant, or, The velocipede cavalry unhobby'd [graphic].

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1819]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Scene on a high-road passing through a village. Those who see their livelihood threatened by mechanical transport (cf. British Museum Satires No. 13427) attack the riders of velocipedes (see British Museum Satires No. 13399). In the foreground a dismounted dandy lies on his back, while a fat veterinary surgeon stands with one foot on his chest, squirting a syringe into his mouth. A stalwart blacksmith is breaking the machine into small pieces. The dandy, who is very thin, with a wasp waist, exclaims: "I swear by my stays [cf. British Museum Satires No. 13394], I never will mount a Hobby again! don't now you'll take all the stiffening out of my collar and frill." The man answers: "I'll only give you a dose to make you remember! and if ever I catch you again you shall swallow all the contents of my shop!" The smith says: "That's right Doctor! if we don't exterminate these Hobbies, you'll never have to bleed or drench or I to shoe." Behind him (left) are houses bordering a village street. The mistress and maid of an inn, with 'Man and Horse taken in' over the gate, watch delightedly. Next door is a smithy: 'Anvil Smith and Farrier &c.', adjoining the thatched and gabled cottage of 'Drench Veterinary Surgeon Cows Asses & Dogs cured'. In the middle distance an ostler prises a dandy out of his seat with a pitchfork; he shouts: "D-n you but I'll spoil your sitting! if the Doctor can't get horses to dose he shall have asses to plaster! D-n me! I shall never have an opportunity of cheating a horse of his corn any more if these Hobbies come in Use." The road curves to the left and recedes in perspective, a sign-post pointing 'To Coventry'. A man eggs on a dog to attack a retreating hobby-rider; and a tiny fugitive in the distance shouts: "Dick! steer clear of the Blacksmiths in the next village and put up your Hobby where there is no stabling."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Velocipede cavalry unhobby'd
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Five lines of quoted text following title: "Then beware hobby horsemen, beware of yr. fate, "dismount from your hobbies before t'is too late ..., Plate numbered "353" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 34.9 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 66 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. 1819 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Bicycles & tricycles, Blacksmiths, Dandies, and Veterinary medicine
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Anti-dandy infantry triumphant, or, The velocipede cavalry unhobby'd [graphic].

2.
Every one his hobby. [graphic]. Plate 1st

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
[24 April 1819]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A procession of characters riding fantastic velocipedes (see British Museum Satires No. 13399), in profile to the right, each an isolated figure, arranged in two rows divided by a horizontal line. Each machine is an appropriate object mounted on two wheels. [1] 'The Princes Hobby'. The Regent, with elegantly pointed toe, rides a cask inscribed 'Punch Princes Mixture'. [2] 'The Dukes Hobby'. The Duke of York, dressed as a field-marshal, bestrides a large green bag, inscribed '£10.000 for Visiting the Sick' [see British Museum Satires No. 13214, &c.]. [3] 'The Judges Hobby'. A judge in wig and gown rides a gibbet, the upright placed horizontally, the cross-bar connected with the steering gear, and inscribed 'Invented by the Bank'; a noose hangs behind [see British Museum Satires No. 13198, &c.]. [4] 'Wellingtons Hobby', he rides a cannon, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13385. [5] 'The Lawyers Hobby'. A barrister in wig and gown rides a long cylinder inscribed 'Brief'. [6] 'The Tailors Hobby'. A tailor, wearing a flowered dressing-gown, cap, ungartered stockings, and slippers, rides a goose. [7] 'The Parsons Hobby'. A fat parson rides a 'Bible', resting vertically on tiny wheels. [8] 'The Fishmongers Hobby'. He rides a fish."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Everyone his hobby
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "345" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 56 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pub. April 24, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Bicycles & tricycles, Clergy, England, Fishmongers, Hobbyists, Judges, Lawyers, and Tailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Every one his hobby. [graphic]. Plate 1st

3.
Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

Published / Created:
[17 April 1819]
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A horse and rider race a bicyclist as spectators cheer
Alternative Title:
Wood beats blood and bone
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: This famous hobby was bred in Germany, after winning every thing there was shiped [sic] for Long Acre, patronized by the dandies and is now expected to out run all the first blood on the turf., Plate numbered "344" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on bottom edge., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 55 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pub. April 17, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Bicycles & tricycles, Horse racing, Horses, Racing, and Spectators
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Match against time, or, Wood beats blood and bone [graphic].

4.
The Epping hunt, or, Hobbies in an uproar [graphic].

Creator:
Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 4th, 1819.
Call Number:
Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
Collection Title:
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"All hunt on velocipedes; they advance (left to right) in two streams on each side of a grass plot, while in the background the huntsmen are just behind the dogs, chasing (right to left) the stag. A dandy, his machine in the air, falls head first on a woman who also obstructs a lean tailor, with shears and card of patterns in his pocket. A bare-legged chimneysweeper follows, his brush tied to the back of his machine. A lean barber and a grotesquely fat butcher follow, with a man in a smock. On the extreme left a dustman in fan-tailed hat rides with a woman seated behind him and ringing his bell. The figures in the second column are on a small scale but well characterized. Accidents and collisions occur. Two dandies (right) in the middle distance (right) are turning to follow the hounds."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hobbies in an uproar
Description:
Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "338" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Temporary local subject terms: Male costume, 1819 -- Female costume, 1819 -- Chimney-sweeps -- Domestic service: Dustmen -- Dustman's bells., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.8 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 48 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Published by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):
Barbers, Butchers, Bicycles & tricycles, Dandies, British, Hobbyists, and Tailors
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The Epping hunt, or, Hobbies in an uproar [graphic].