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- Creator:
- Austin, William, 1721-1820, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not before November 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.11.00.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The interior of a fruiterer's shop. Behind a counter sits a man (left) with long goat's horns and a goat's beard. He holds up his hand with an expression of dismay at a man who shows him a bust portrait of himself with horns and beard. The man, who wears a cockaded hat, is laughing. His arm is held by a man who stands behind him smiling and pointing a cane at the horned man, or 'Minogoat'. The latter's hand rests upon the counter on a sheaf of newspapers: 'Gazeter', 'London Spy', 'Morning Her[ald]', 'London Chronicle', 'London Gaz[ette]', A dwarfish newsboy stands in front of the counter blowing his horn, and offering him the 'Morning Post'. The boy is very bandy-legged; his cap is decorated with a leek, suggesting that it is St. David's day. On the ground (right) is a basket containing pottles of fruit which a goat is befouling. In what appears to be an inner room or recess (right) a table is laid with dishes of fruit, glasses, and an urn; four people are seated at it: a man and woman laughing and talking together in an absorbed way; a man who points out this couple to a companion. Wilkes (unmistakable from his squint) stands behind holding out his hat. Fruit hangs in the panes of the shop window which is immediately behind the Minogoat, who appears to be a Welsh shop-keeper. On the upper and lower margins of the print ten lines of verse are engraved".--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; trimmed to design line with loss of verse and title., Attributed to Austin in the British Museum catalogue., and Dated in ms. on verso 1756.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
- Subject (Topic):
- Cuckolds, Fruit, Newspapers, Goats, and Stores & shops
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The minogoat [graphic].