A line of men cross an underground river in Peak Cavern (in the heart of the Derbyshire Dales). Some of the men are riding on the backs of their companions while others lead the way holding lit candles in their hands or wearing them in their hats. Stalactites hang from the ceiling of the cave
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark., Numbered 'Plate 96' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Russell & Co. 1799.
Design in an oval. A head with lank, unkempt hair and melancholy, twisted features, mouthing grotesquely, appears to emerge from a tub; this is a section of a tub held by the performer on a table. Reference to G.A. Stevens's Lecture on Heads (1764).
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. October 10, 1793, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Design consists of three groups of figures in two rows, with lines of dialogue etched above each group, discussing the various kinds of accidents
Description:
Title from caption below image., Questionable attribution to I. Cruikshank from unverified data in local card catalog record., Publisher's advertisement following imprint: Folio's of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Restrike. Watermark: J. Whatman 1822.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 31, 1798, by S.W. Fores, No. 50, Piccadilly, corner of Sachville [sic] St.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below image: "During the endless time that you are kept waiting in a carriage while the ladies are shopping having your impatience soothed by the setting of a saw close at your ear.", Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.5 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., and Leaf 61 in volume 1.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched above image., Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below image: "During the endless time that you are kept waiting in a carriage while the ladies are shopping having your impatience soothed by the setting of a saw close at your ear.", Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Also issued separately., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark: Basted Mill.
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., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.7 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 45 in volume 4.
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.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fashionably dressed man (left) rises from his chair on which is a snarling cat with a kitten. A young woman sitting facing him throws up her arms; both scream. An old man (right) wearing a night-cap looks up from his book in anxious inquiry. A little boy falls on his back. A dog barks."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair
Description:
Title etched above image., One line of quoted text below image: "Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair!!", Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "237" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., and Watermark: Charles Wise.
V. 4. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A fashionably dressed man (left) rises from his chair on which is a snarling cat with a kitten. A young woman sitting facing him throws up her arms; both scream. An old man (right) wearing a night-cap looks up from his book in anxious inquiry. A little boy falls on his back. A dog barks."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair
Description:
Title etched above image., One line of quoted text below image: "Squatting plump on an unsuspected cat in your chair!!", Publisher and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "237" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4., Also issued separately., 1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.7 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 13 in volume 4.
