Leaf 46. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Two Thames watermen stand on the river bank gaping at the explosion of a steam packet-boat, whose stern is inscribed 'For Richmond'. Wreckage flies into the air carrying with it a number of passengers, men and women, who are flung about in a dense cloud of steam high above the boat. A lady falls near an elegant wooden seat, a boy sits astride a funnel. Against the bank lies the watermen's wherry, the carved back behind the cushioned seat is inscribed: 'The Swiftsure T. Tugg Lambeth'. One says: "My Eye Ned there they go!!" The other: "Aye and a going rather out of the Road! d--ce they are got into Ayrshire insead [sic] of Surry!!""--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Travelling by steam
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 12920 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 9., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Plate originally published in 1817; see British Museum catalogue., and On leaf 46 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
