Leaf 44. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Four elderly whist-players, broadly burlesqued. A grotesque woman (left), holding a hand of five low cards in all suits, exclaims (words below the title): "O Lor' Sir! I've | "Lost my Honor!"; she tilts her head so that the aigrette in her turban burns in a candle (unnoticed by the players). Her furious partner: "Then Ma'am You shou'dn't | "have played the Odd Trick. A dandy, warming his back at the fire (left), stares at the conflagration, and an amused footman capers off to the right, tilting a salver."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike, bearing the imprint of the 1827 reissue by Thomas McLean. For original issue of the plate, published ca. 1825 by George Hunt, see no. 15005 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10, Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 44 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26, Haymarket and Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Older people, Candles, Servants, Dandies, and British
Title from caption below image., Text below title begins: "Oh, Crikey, Bill, won't you catch it neither" ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 36 x 25 cm.
Title etched below image., 'Ego' is the pseudonym of M. Egerton. See British Museum catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sore throat., and 1 print : aquatint and etching ; plate mark 233 x 181 mm.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Throat, Diseases, Sick persons, Interiors, and Drinking vessels
Title etched below image., 'Ego' is the pseudonym of M. Egerton. See British Museum catalogue., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sore throat.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Topic):
Pain, Throat, Diseases, Sick persons, Interiors, and Drinking vessels
Title etched below image., Below title: Oh my poor head! How it does throb!!, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple, hand-colored ; sheet 246 x 187 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title etched below image., Below title: Oh my poor head! How it does throb!!, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Here's a precious day for hunting!!, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Yawns.
Title from caption below image., Text following title: There goes a flower of a youth!!, Plate from: Almack's: a novel., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Added in a contemporary hand at bottom right of sheet: George Coleman Junr. Esq. son of Mr. Coleman the theatrical licenser.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1825.
Publisher:
Pub. by Geo. Hunt, 18 Tavistock St., Covent Garden
