"Scene at a conjurer's. A man covered with a shaggy skin, with bull's horns, stands in a circle, impersonating the Devil. A butcher cheers on his dog who is worrying the pseudo-Devil, while the conjurer (left), wearing robes and a fur cap, stands behind, in angry alarm. A stuffed crocodile, celestial globe, &c, decorate the room. An inscription relates at length that the butcher has gone to consult the conjurer about some lost sheep, when his dog springs at the 'Devil', thinking it is a bull; he detects the cheat and refuses to call off his dog. The prose narrative ends: 'so Dog against Devil, for what sum you please!'."--British Museum online catalogue.
Alternative Title:
Dog and the devil
Description:
"Price one shilling.", Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 1., Plate numbered "Z 2" in upper right corner., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Title etched below image., and Twelve lines of text below title: A butcher once had lost some sheep, & to discover the thief, went to a reputed conjurer ...
Publisher:
Pub. by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside,
Subject (Name):
Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley--Ownership., Harvey, Francis--Ownership., Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership., Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher., and Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Subject (Topic):
Butchers., Crocodiles., Devil., Dogs., Globes., and Magicians.
From Coronelli's Corso geografico universale., Globe gores for small celestial and terrestrial globes by Vincenzo Coronelli., The terrestrial globe gore map has "345" in upper right corner and is signed "Aut. il. P. Cosmografo Coronelli in Venetia 1693.", Title devised by cataloger., and Watermark.
Subject (Name):
Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718. Corso geografico universale.
Subject (Topic):
Celestial globes--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles. and Globes.
