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1. Every one his hobby. [graphic]. Plate 1st
- Creator:
- Heath, William, 1795-1840, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [24 April 1819]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 W87 807 v.5
- Collection Title:
- V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A procession of characters riding fantastic velocipedes (see British Museum Satires No. 13399), in profile to the right, each an isolated figure, arranged in two rows divided by a horizontal line. Each machine is an appropriate object mounted on two wheels. [1] 'The Princes Hobby'. The Regent, with elegantly pointed toe, rides a cask inscribed 'Punch Princes Mixture'. [2] 'The Dukes Hobby'. The Duke of York, dressed as a field-marshal, bestrides a large green bag, inscribed '£10.000 for Visiting the Sick' [see British Museum Satires No. 13214, &c.]. [3] 'The Judges Hobby'. A judge in wig and gown rides a gibbet, the upright placed horizontally, the cross-bar connected with the steering gear, and inscribed 'Invented by the Bank'; a noose hangs behind [see British Museum Satires No. 13198, &c.]. [4] 'Wellingtons Hobby', he rides a cannon, cf. British Museum Satires No. 13385. [5] 'The Lawyers Hobby'. A barrister in wig and gown rides a long cylinder inscribed 'Brief'. [6] 'The Tailors Hobby'. A tailor, wearing a flowered dressing-gown, cap, ungartered stockings, and slippers, rides a goose. [7] 'The Parsons Hobby'. A fat parson rides a 'Bible', resting vertically on tiny wheels. [8] 'The Fishmongers Hobby'. He rides a fish."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Everyone his hobby
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Questionably attributed to William Heath in the British Museum catalogue., Plate numbered "345" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 56 in volume 5.
- Publisher:
- Pub. April 24, 1819, by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside
- Subject (Name):
- George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, and Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
- Subject (Topic):
- Bicycles & tricycles, Clergy, England, Fishmongers, Hobbyists, Judges, Lawyers, and Tailors
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Every one his hobby. [graphic]. Plate 1st
