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1. Old maids in the next world changed into post horses with old bachelors driving them [graphic].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1800.
- Call Number:
- 800.03.20.01+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Well-known men ride (left to right) horses with the heads of old women which they scourge mercilessly. There is a background of craggy mountains silhouetted against flames in which demons fly. The central and most prominent figure is Fox, before him rides Pitt, and on the extreme right is the Duke of Bedford wearing a star. In the foreground (left) is George Hanger with his club, whose mount has fallen and looks round at him despairingly. Behind him is the Duke of Queensberry wearing a star; on the extreme left is the stiff Lord Moira."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Woodward in the British Museum catalogue., Companion print: Old bachelors in the next world chang'd into post horses ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides., and Watermark: J Whatman.
- Publisher:
- Pub by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
- Subject (Topic):
- Demons and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Old maids in the next world changed into post horses with old bachelors driving them [graphic].
2. Old maids in the next world changed into post horses with old bachelors driving them [graphic].
- Creator:
- Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- March 20, 1800.
- Call Number:
- 800.03.20.01+ Impression 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Well-known men ride (left to right) horses with the heads of old women which they scourge mercilessly. There is a background of craggy mountains silhouetted against flames in which demons fly. The central and most prominent figure is Fox, before him rides Pitt, and on the extreme right is the Duke of Bedford wearing a star. In the foreground (left) is George Hanger with his club, whose mount has fallen and looks round at him despairingly. Behind him is the Duke of Queensberry wearing a star; on the extreme left is the stiff Lord Moira."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from item., Attributed to Woodward in the British Museum catalogue., Companion print: Old bachelors in the next world chang'd into post horses ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top and sides., and 1 print : aquatint, soft ground etching & etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 33 x 46.2 cm, on sheet 35 x 48 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub by William Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
- Subject (Name):
- Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Bedford, Francis Russell, Duke of, 1765-1802, Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Hastings, Francis Rawdon-Hastings, Marquess of, 1754-1826
- Subject (Topic):
- Demons and Whips
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Old maids in the next world changed into post horses with old bachelors driving them [graphic].
