V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Marie Louise, a handsome and buxom young termagant, has seized the imperial crown and sceptre, and threatens Napoleon (left) who crouches behind the smaller of two Chairs of State on the seat of which is his tricorne hat. She looks towards him, one toe resting on the seat of the chair, the crown raised as if she was about to hurl it; she declaims: "By the Head of Jove, I hate him worse than Famine or Diseases, Perish his Family, let inveterate Hate Commence between our Houses from this Moment, And meeting never let them bloodless part." The sceptre she holds out above the head of Talleyrand (right) who has fallen on his back and raises his hands to protect his head, shouting, "Be gar she will give us all de finishing Stroke". He is unrecognizable except for his crutch and his lame leg with its surgical shoe. Across his breeches are the words 'I shall never rise again'. Napoleon exclaims distractedly: "Oh Tally Tally rise and rally". Behind is a tall ghost-like figure (? Louis XVI) clutching a sheet round his curiously drawn form, and shouting "Marblue--Vat a Crown Cracker she be". Behind the Empress is the 'Coronation Chair', surmounted by a battered crown from which flies off a cock inscribed 'Gallic Cock Roupee'. In the foreground lie heaped-up crowns, including two imperial crowns, a Papal tiara (cf. British Museum Satires no. 11360), the iron crown of Italy (as in British Museum Satires no. 10432), and a laurel wreath."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Great little emperor playing at bo-peep
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., "Price one shilling coloured.", and Leaf 16 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 15th, 1810, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821, Marie Louise, Empress, consort of Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1791-1847, Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de, prince de Bénévent, 1754-1838, and Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
"In the centre of the design a double pillory is raised on a post, the feet of two victims resting on a beam inscribed 'Medical Board'. Both are confined at neck and wrists; a broad scroll inscribed 'Look Ass Peeps' [Lucas Pepys] hangs between them; one (left), in quasi-military dress, is evidently Thomas Keate, the Surgeon-General; the other, dressed as an old-fashioned physician, is Pepys. Below the pillory is a man on a braying ass, looking up triumphantly at its occupants; he is 'A Jacks-son', evidently Robert Jackson, M.D. In the foreground are four dead or dying soldiers (in neat and spotless uniform), 'Sent home for Inspection'; a man supports the head of one, another clutches a bundle inscribed '48 Regiment'. The flat grass on which they lie is flanked by medical stores, &c. On the left the gable-end of a rustic inn projects into the design with a sign on which is a goose [Chatham, see British Museum Satires Nos. 11549, 11564]; over the door is a placard: 'A Goose Cured here'. Beside it are a cask of 'Porter' and a large chest marked with a broad arrow and inscribed 'Medical Store[s] Inspectors Hospital Walcheren'; on this stand a basket of 'Surgeons Instruments' and a canister of 'Vitriol'; beside it is a canister inscribed 'Powder of Rotten Post'. Other stores are: bales of 'Cobwebs' and 'Oak Bark'; a cask inscribed 'Tincture of Arsenic Walcheren'; an open medicine-chest inscribed 'Candle Snuff & Cobwebs, charms for the Cure of Agues'; bottles of 'Gin'; a jar of 'James's Powder', and a bowl of 'Opium'. On the opposite side of the design are many closely stacked barrels, all inscribed 'TK' [Thomas Keate], of 'Port', 'Claret', and 'Burgundy', inscribed 'For the Hospital', 'For Home Consumption', and 'York Hospital'. In front of these is a large 'Champaign Chest' inscribed 'Chelsea Hospita[l]', and a turtle inscribed 'T K'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., Publisher from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medical boards -- Drugs -- Dr. James' Fever Powder -- Chelsea Hospital -- Walcheren Campaign., and With contemporary annotation in ink at bottom of image: Price one shilling cold.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a large theatrical tent with a raised stage, flats, and a well-drawn and realistic background, and (apparently) a door giving on to the stage. A large, fierce tiger bursts through the flimsy canvas wall, the audience flee in wild confusion or fall to the ground, three men add to the confusion by carrying off sturdy women. On the stage a warrior with a drawn sword staggers back in terror; a shield with a Gorgon's head has fallen from the stage. There is a background of battlements and a bridge."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Probably a reissue; first half of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., First series statement appears above image; second series statement appears below image., "Price one shilling coloured.", and Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
V. 1. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The interior of a large theatrical tent with a raised stage, flats, and a well-drawn and realistic background, and (apparently) a door giving on to the stage. A large, fierce tiger bursts through the flimsy canvas wall, the audience flee in wild confusion or fall to the ground, three men add to the confusion by carrying off sturdy women. On the stage a warrior with a drawn sword staggers back in terror; a shield with a Gorgon's head has fallen from the stage. There is a background of battlements and a bridge."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Probably a reissue; first half of imprint statement has been burnished from plate., First series statement appears above image; second series statement appears below image., "Price one shilling coloured.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 25 x 35 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 38 in volume 1.
A wretchedly clothed soldier with a peg-leg leans heavily on a crutch under his left arm, With a pitiful, pleading expression on his face, he holds out his tattered hat in both hands, a walking stick clutched in his right hand, as he gazes up at an unseen figure
Description:
Title from item., Based on Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated, first published in 1773. Tim Bobbin is the pseudonym of John Collier., Dedication page to a series of at least 25 plates based on Tim Bobbin's Human passions delineated: Respectfully inscribed to the noblemen, gentlemen, and tradesmen of Lancashire, more particularly of Manchester by the publisher., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. June 4, 1810, by Edwd. Orme, London
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Charity, Disabled veterans, Peg legs, Poverty, and Soldiers
A scene of a house burglary: A mother sleeps on a sofa with her child asleep on her lap as one burglar removes her necklace while a second removes items from a trunk. A third man, armed with a pistol peaks out the front door where armed men with a large dog have gathered. A frightened woman looks in the window over the sofa
Description:
Title from ms. annotation below image., Printmaker and date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Annotation in pencil along lower edge of print.
A scene of a house burglary: A mother sleeps on a sofa with her child asleep on her lap as one burglar removes her necklace while a second removes items from a trunk. A third man, armed with a pistol peaks out the front door where armed men with a large dog have gathered. A frightened woman looks in the window over the sofa
Description:
Title from ms. annotation below image., Printmaker and date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print on wove paper : etching with stipple ; plate mark 25.1 x 35.4 cm, on sheet 27 x 38 cm., and Annotation in pencil along lower edge of print.
