"A lean and ugly old man sits in profile to the right, bending forward towards an immense volume which lies open on a table in front of an open sash-window (right). On the page is a fly at which he gesticulates. He wears a night-cap and a loose robe over an old-fashioned laced waistcoat, short breeches, and high-quartered shoes. Above his head hangs a large stuffed crocodile, and in a frame on the wall are butterflies and insects. The 'virtuoso' (? naturalist) is examining the works of Linnaeus 'for a description of an uncommon species of insect'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Numbered 'Plate 41' in upper left corner., Plate from: Eccentric Excursions, or, Literary & Pictorial Sketches of Countenance Character & Country in ... England & South Wales, by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Variant state with title. Cf. No. 8968 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, and Temporary local subject terms: Virtuosi -- Allusion to Linnaeus -- Collections: insects -- Taxodermy: crocodile -- Male dress: dressing gown -- Male dress: nightcap -- Eyeglasses.
Title from engraved text above image., Imprint from British Museum online catalogue., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Numbered 'Plate 42' in upper left corner., 'Page'--Upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward. 1796., Temporary local subject terms: Coats of arms: burlesque arms -- clergy: monks -- Emblems: man on an eagle -- Scrolls -- Executions -- Military uniforms: Hussars' uniform -- Brazen Head -- Reference to Katterfelto -- Weapons: bows -- Literature: R.E. Raspe's Baron Munchausen's Narrative of his marvellous travels ..., 1786., and Plate numbering and placement instructions erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Allen & West, 15, Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Munchausen, Karl Friedrich Hieronymus, Freiherr von, 1720-1797
Title from item,, Numbered 'Plate 44' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 107' in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Women -- Itinerant pedlars -- Dishes: Dunstable ware -- Walking staves.
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Numbered 'Plate 16' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 37' in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodwad, G.M. Eccentric excursions, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Sergeants at law -- Legal wigs.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 10, 1796, by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
"A coach without passengers or driver proceeds (right to left) with the wheels sunk in sand (resembling water). Beside it trudge the driver (left), the guard with his blunderbuss, and two men passengers. On a bank above the road, two ladies and two men run in the same direction. On the roof of the coach are band-boxes and a turtle; on the door a swan with two necks (sign of the famous coaching-inn in Lad Lane)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on left and right sides., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance, character & country in different parts of England & South Wales. London : Published by Allen & West, 15, Paternoster Row, 1796., "Plate 45" etched in upper left; "Page 109" etched in upper right., Printed on paper watermarked "1813". Window mounted to 44 x 28 cm., and Mounted opposite page 18 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Lysons, D. Magna Britannia. London : T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of plate number and placing instructions., "Plate no. 18.", Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Old Bailey -- Symbols: figure of Justice.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Topic):
Judges, Juries, Lawyers, Spectators, and Witnesses
"Plate 58 to 'Eccentric Excursions, or. Literary & Pictorial sketches of Countenance, Character and Country, in ..... England & South Wales'. A ranting, unkempt preacher bends in profile to the right over a reading-desk on which lies an open book, to which he points. He stands on tiptoe, shouting "You'll all go to the Devil!!" He wears old-fashioned dress with clerical bands. Cf. British Museum Satires no. 9121. Both sermons are quoted and both are on the dangers of pleasure, in contrasted terms, but 'equally ridiculous in the eyes of true religion and philosophy (pp. 130-2)."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and artist from British Museum catalogue., State with imprint. Cf. No. 9122 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and sides resulting in loss of plate number., Plate no. 58., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales, 1796., and Temporary local subject terms: Furniture: reading desk.
Title from item., Artist and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left and to plate mark at bottom., Numbered 'Plate 57' in upper left of plate., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., State with plate number. Cf. No. 9121 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Architectural details: pulpit -- Lighting: candle holders -- Furnishings: pulpit cushion -- Emblems: Holy Spirit.
Title from item., Two images on one plate. Upper image: Compartment 1st. Lower image: Compt. 2d., Numbered 'Plate V' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 19' in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., State with title on plate. Cf. No. 8934 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Tea gardens -- Tea drinking -- Middle class: 'cits' -- Bayswater.
Publisher:
Published Aug. 1, 1796, by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Title from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom and left., Numbered 'Plate. 38' in upper left corner., 'Page 99' in upper right corner., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward. 1796., Temporary local subject terms: Innkeepers -- Male dress: apron -- Smoking., and Watermark: R & E 1799.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 19, 1796, by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
