"The Devil flying off a hill surrounded by a cloud; two cattle in foreground at left and a flock of sheep below at centre; dome of a building and spires on the horizon."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a proof state
Description:
Title from first line of verse below image., Verse continues: ... he rambled and over the plain; and backwards and forwards he switched his long tail, as a gentleman switches his cane., Plate from: Landseer, T. Ten etchings, illustrative of The devil's walk. London : F.G. Harding, 1831., and For a proof state of this plate, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1892,0714.43.
Publisher:
Published Jany. 1st, 1831, by F.G. Harding, 24 Cornhill
Title in top margin., Date and publisher from copy in British Museum, museum number 2003,0531.43., Description from British Museum: Satire on ballooning: an office of 'Bureau de Diligences' takes names of passengers who fly away to the left carried by farts induced by air blown into their backsides., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Clysters., Trimmed within plate except bottom., and Discolored. Center crease.
Publisher:
André Basset
Subject (Topic):
Enema, Ballooning, Flatulence, Flying, Medical equipment & supplies, and Barrels
Lord Westmorland shown in profile flies to the left, clutching a closed green umbrella. Spiky, umbrella-like wings are strapped to his shoulders. From between his legs a large (gold and onyx) seal, labeled Privy Seal, falls to the ground. His profile and dress (top-hat, leather breeches, and top-boots) are copied from Dighton's portrait (BM Satires 14265). At the base of the design and backed by trees are the heads and shoulders of two men and a woman gazing up. One man wearing a top hat scowls, holding his nose with a gloved hand and says "What is that?"; another man, says "There he goes!" An amused woman exclaims: "Ha! Ha! Oh! My!"
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Humphrey, 24 St. Jamees's [sic] St.
Subject (Name):
Westmorland, John Fane, Earl of, 1784-1859 and Great Britain. Privy Council.
