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1. The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus [graphic]
- Creator:
- Grinagain, Giles, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [25 July 1802]
- Call Number:
- 802.07.25.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A man in ragged but quasi-fashionable dress rides (right to left) an ass through a river which flows past a steep mountain. The animal jibs, with ears set back; the rider raises a whip in each hand. He wears, and uses, three pairs of spurs, and attached to his shoulders and to the ass is a monstrous pile of bladders inscribed respectively 'Repartee', 'Nonsensical Verses', 'Catastrophe', 'Sentiment', 'Blasphemies', 'Puns', 'Duels', 'Double Entendres', 'Metaphors', 'Ghosts', 'Melting Speeches', 'Squibs', 'Dialogue', 'Daggers Poisons'."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state.*
- Alternative Title:
- Dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Giles Grinagain is possibly a pseudonym of Samuel Howitt. See British Museum online catalogue., Plate reissued by S.W. Fores in 1804. Cf. No. 10334 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Pub. July 25, 1802, by S. Howitt, Panton Street
- Subject (Topic):
- Authors, British, Donkeys, Literature, and Spurs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The restive Pegasus, or, The dramatic author foiled in his attempt to ascend Parnassus [graphic]
