V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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1
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still image
Abstract:
"Joanna Southcott and Tozer drive before them a crowd of fat bishops, who flee to the right in wild confusion. She uses a birch-rod, he wields a flail, inscribed 'Revd Roger Towser's Flail'. Joanna holds by the toe the hindmost bishop, who wears a papal tiara. One has fallen to the ground, losing wig and crosier, another escapes over the former's body; two wear mitres. Several turn round to shriek defiance; one kicks out at Tozer, and uses his crosier as a weapon, another brandishes his wig. Joanna is plainly dressed, and wears a cap and spectacles; from her neck hangs a medallion inscribed 'I C' between two stars, with the words 'A Fac Simili of Joannas Seal'. Drapery streams behind her inscribed 'Elijah's Mantle' and 'Mohair'. Demons and serpents fly round the angry pair. She screams: "Lay it on hip and thigh Brave Towzer Smite the unbelievers--I put no more trust in Bishops as men, than I do in their Chariots and Horses, but my trust is in the Lord of Hosts." He shouts: "I'll well Dust their Woolsacks and make them drunk in my fury, I will bring down their strength to the earth." Behind them (left) is a chest (as in British Museum Satires No. 12333) inscribed 'Contents of the Sealing. The Sealed of the Lord--The Elect--To inherit the Tree of Life. To be made Heirs of God and Joint Heirs of [sic] with Jesus Christ--Joanna Southcott.' Beside it lie a goblet and 'Salver'. At her feet is an open book: 'Third Book of Wonders'. A serpent darts from left to right over the bishops."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text below title: Know I told thee I should begin at the sanctuary I will cutt them all off, having already cutt off four bishops for refusing to hear her visitation., Plate numbered "341" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., and Leaf 51 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 20th, 1814, by T. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814 and Tozer, William, approximately 1770-1828
Subject (Topic):
Women prophets, Prophets, Bishops, Crosiers, Miters, Medals, Chalices, Boxes, Wigs, Beating, Whipping, Whips, and Demons
Title from item., The National Portrait Gallery, London, holds what appears to be an untrimmed version, NPG D29217. The publisher is given as James Caulfield. Below title: Publish'd Novr. 1st.1794 by Cauldfield & Harding., Sheet trimmed., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Cauldfield & Harding
Subject (Name):
Hatfield, Martha, 1640-.
Subject (Topic):
Women prophets, Catatonia, and Mentally ill persons
Title and date from item., Below title: From an Original Picture in the Possession of Ralph Ouseley Esqr., Published: Kirby's Wonderful and Scientific Museum, Vol. 2, London: R.S. Kirby, 1804., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Pubd. April 30 1804 by R. S. Kirby London House Yard & J. Scott 447, Strand
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561. (Ursula),
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from language of text., Trimmed sheet., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Shipton, Mother approximately 1488-1561, (Ursula),
Subject (Topic):
Women prophets, Prophecy, Women, and Drinking vessels
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
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1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A scene outside Bethlehem Hospital (Bedlam). Joanna Southcott, grotesquely pregnant, bestrides a dog wearing clerical gown and bands, its collar inscribed 'Tozer'. She and the dog advance menacingly towards a preaching boot-maker (left), who rants, standing on a stool. The dog barks savagely: "Bow woo woo"; she flourishes a broom and an open book: 'The Propheci[es] of Johanna Southcote', saying, "Begone Satan, or I shall Lay Thee." She is pushed forward by a dwarfish and hideous artisan, who has a pair of large snuffers thrust through his ragged coat. The bootmaker yells with outspread arms: "I say, your prophecies are d--d lies & Old Touzler the father of 'em I'll expose you I will you Old Brimstone you're a Cheat!--& a faggot! & a bag of Deceit! Out upon you! out upon you! you Blasphemous old Hag." A pair of Hessian boots dangles from his waist; he wears misshapen boots of similar type; a hammer is thrust through the belt of his leather apron, and he wears clerical bands and wide-brimmed hat. A little chimney-sweep cheers on the dog: "Well done Tozer." A grinning bystander shouts "well done Boots! close in upon her." A crowd of grinning spectators is freely sketched. On the extreme right three doctors stand in consultation, alarmed for their professional reputations. One, probably Reece, holding his cane to his face, says: "I'll pledge my reputation on her being so." Another, holding behind his back a bag of obstetrical instruments, says: "I think 'tis a cancer." He is Dr. John Sims, 'an accoucheur of great eminence'. The third asks: "Have you touch'd her Doctor." A fashionably dressed man watches them through an eye-glass, saying, "What crotchet have the Doctors got now!!!?" In the background is the façade of the rebuilt hospital, inscribed 'New Bethlehem 1814'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Obstetric dispute
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Text after curly bracket following title: Vide Johanna Southcote and the public disputations., Plate numbered "338" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Watermark: 1817., and Leaf 47 in volume 5.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1814 by T. Tegg, 111 Cheapside, London
Subject (Name):
Southcott, Joanna, 1750-1814, Reece, Richard, 1775-1831, and Sims, John, 1749-1831
