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Billinsgate [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 4 February 1786]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 1
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "A sketch of fish-wives with their baskets ranged on the pavement (left); behind are the masts and sails of vessels in Billingsgate dock. Facing them is an irate customer with a gouty leg, a fish-wife (right) fastens a flat fish to his wig, while a small urchin tugs at his coat-tails. He clenches his fist and waves his stick, shouting with indignation. Of the women opposite, one holds out a fish towards him, shouting, another laughs with hands on hips, a third lies on the ground drunkenly vomiting, the contents of her basket spilling. Behind stands a woman drinking from a bottle. All are gross and fat, their breasts bare."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: Billingsgate
Description:: Title etched below image., Reissue, with imprint burnished from plate; traces of imprint still visible below title., Date of publication based on earlier state with the imprint "Pubd. Feby. 4, 1786, by E. Jackson, N. 14 Mary le bone Strt., Golden Square." Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: G,10.29., and Formerly mounted on leaf 30 of volume 1 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Billingsgate Ward (London, England),
Subject (Topic):: Gout, Fishmongers, Women, Obesity, Piers & wharves, Alcoholic beverages, Intoxication, and Vomiting
Found in:: Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Billinsgate [graphic]

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Procession of the cod company from St. Giles's to Billingsgate [graphic]

Creator:: Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 18 September 1810]
Call Number:: Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 11
Collection Title:: V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Seven enormously fat and brawny Irishwomen approach (right to left) the quayside at Billingsgate, below which are fishing-smacks. All carry baskets on their heads, two smoke pipes. An eighth woman, also smoking, sits on a low stool on the extreme left, with cod and lobsters spread out for sale. In the background (right) an open pent-house attached to the large houses flanking the dock is filled by tiny figures with baskets of fish; a man ascends a ladder towards it from the water with a basket on his head. One of the pent-house stalls is placarded 'Salt Cod Bar . . Ling Pilcha[rds]'. In the background larger vessels lie at anchor against buildings on the south side of the Thames."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:: Title etched below image., Reissue, with first half of imprint statement burnished from plate., Date of publication based on earlier state with the complete imprint "Pubd. Septr. 18th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside." Cf. No. 11626 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., "Price one shilling coloured.", Plate numbered "11" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 190., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 23 x 33.3 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of plate number., and Mounted on leaf 11 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
Publisher:: Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Topic):: Baskets, Fish, Fishing boats, Fishmongers, Piers & wharves, and Street vendors
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