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Iohn Bull and his friends commemorating the peace
Title
Iohn Bull and his friends commemorating the peace [graphic] / Woodward delin. ; etchd. by Roberts.
Publication
[London] : [Thomas Tegg?], [ca. 1807?]
Physical Description
1 print : etching ; sheet 26.6 x 34.9 cm
Medium
wove paper
Notes
Title etched below image.
Probably a reissue by Tegg, published ca. 1807 for Caricature magazine, of a print originally issued in 1802(?) with the imprint: London, Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-Row, Holborn. See page 600 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
For earlier state with Roberts's imprint and without plate number, see no. 9850 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8.
Plate numbered "239" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.
Also issued separately?
Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of imprint from bottom edge.
Provenance
Bound in the set of five volumes, formerly owned by Henry Arthur Johnstone. Binding: red morocco with his initials stamped in gold on the front cover in a shield with crossed swords and three floral stamps above and one below; also four floral stamps on spine with volume number and spine title in gold: The caricature magazine. Leather endpapers with his ex libris blind stamped on front flyleaf -- a boat with large sail, with a cutout in the shape of the sun in upper left.
Southeby's Lot 238 [Car. II] to Seven Gables for W.S. Lewis; July 1968.
Summary
"John Bull capers on one leg, arms raised, looking down delightedly at little capering creatures at his feet whose bodies are composed of food or drink. These have human arms and legs (as in British Museum Satires no. 9851) and are flanked by two similar figures on a larger scale: a joint of beef (left), inscribed 'Sir Loin for ever' and decorated with sprigs of holly, sits on a flight of steps holding 'O the roast Beef of Old England', the tune to which they dance. On the extreme right sack inscribed 'Genuine Flour, No Adulteration' dances with heavy dignity. Two musicians are on the left: a frothing tankard of 'Old Stout', decorated with the Royal Arms as in BMSat 9851, plays a fiddle; a loaf of 'The Best Wheaten Bread' plays a pipe. The dancers are: 'Mutton 3d 1/2 Pr Pound'; 'Prime Hops, no Quashee'; 'Double Gloucester'; 'Jamaica Rum'; 'Old Port', and 'Coniac'. On a smaller scale in the foreground are 'Peace and Mealy Potatoes' and 'Excellent Fresh Butter', the last like a ballerina with petticoats extended."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state.
Variant and related titles
John Bull and his friends commemorating the peace
Format
Images
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 27, 2008
Subjects
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Genre/Form
Satires (Visual works) - England - 1802.
Etchings - England - London - 1807.
Watermarks (Paper) - Smith & Allnutt - 1819.
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