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Public ordinary [graphic]

Creator:
Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
published as the act directs 1st. Jany. 1780.
Call Number:
780.01.01.03.2+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Men and women eating in the open air, at a table, some sitting, others standing. In the background are the tents of a camp; in the middle distance (right) eight men and women holding hands are dancing in a ring. A man of grotesque appearance, one eye covered with a circular patch, sits full-face, plying a knife and fork. Behind him stands Wilkes, who is chucking a pretty maid-servant under the chin so that she spills the wine which she has just poured out. This attracts the amused attention of a man standing behind Wilkes, and of one sitting at the table. The other figures are indicated only by their heads, which are perhaps portraits: there are two women of attractive appearance, one, whose high-dressed hair is decorated with feathers, the other with a hat trimmed with a cockade and feathers; a grotesque-looking old man with unkempt hair who is drinking wine; an old man with a grenadier's cap. A man seated on the bench shows only a wig and a broad back. On the bench is also a sucking-pig which a dog is seizing. On the ground are bottles, a pile of plates, and a brimming punch-bowl. Two cocks (right) are fighting. Beneath the title is engraved "Oh what a charming Thing is eating"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Ttrimmed within plate line on top and bottom.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Eating & drinking, Cockfighting, and Dance
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Public ordinary [graphic]

2.
The minogoat [graphic].

Creator:
Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before November 1780]
Call Number:
780.11.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a fruiterer's shop. Behind a counter sits a man (left) with long goat's horns and a goat's beard. He holds up his hand with an expression of dismay at a man who shows him a bust portrait of himself with horns and beard. The man, who wears a cockaded hat, is laughing. His arm is held by a man who stands behind him smiling and pointing a cane at the horned man, or 'Minogoat'. The latter's hand rests upon the counter on a sheaf of newspapers: 'Gazeter', 'London Spy', 'Morning Her[ald]', 'London Chronicle', 'London Gaz[ette]', A dwarfish newsboy stands in front of the counter blowing his horn, and offering him the 'Morning Post'. The boy is very bandy-legged; his cap is decorated with a leek, suggesting that it is St. David's day. On the ground (right) is a basket containing pottles of fruit which a goat is befouling. In what appears to be an inner room or recess (right) a table is laid with dishes of fruit, glasses, and an urn; four people are seated at it: a man and woman laughing and talking together in an absorbed way; a man who points out this couple to a companion. Wilkes (unmistakable from his squint) stands behind holding out his hat. Fruit hangs in the panes of the shop window which is immediately behind the Minogoat, who appears to be a Welsh shop-keeper. On the upper and lower margins of the print ten lines of verse are engraved".--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; trimmed to design line with loss of verse and title., Attributed to Austin in the British Museum catalogue., and Dated in ms. on verso 1756.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Cuckolds, Fruit, Newspapers, Goats, and Stores & shops
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The minogoat [graphic].

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