The caricaturist's apology [graphic]

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Title: The caricaturist's apology [graphic]
Creator: Grinagain, Giles, printmaker
Contributor: Grinagain, Giles, artist.
Howitt, Samuel, 1765?-1822, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 June 1802]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd June 1st, 1802 by S. Howitt, No. 6 Panton Street
Abstract: An large angry man holds up an image of himself entitled 'A great beast' and shakes his large stick at a small cowering man with a sharp chin and long nose, who kneels and clasps his hands emploringly. He says, "You Rascal! dare to say this is not like me, and I'll make you eat it." Behind the artist is a table loaded with sheets of drawings
Description: Title from item.
Giles Grinagain is a pseudonym.
Etched below the title 10 lines of verse in three columns: "He, that a fool doth very wisely hit, Doth very foolish, although he smart, Not to seem senceless of the bob. ..."
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Watermark: W Elgar 1797.
Provenance: Leverhulme-Auchincloss, vol. x.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 21.1 x 24 cm, on sheet 23 x 25 cm
Language: English

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1802
Etchings England London 1802
Watermarks (Paper) W Elgar 1797
Material: etching ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain
Subject (Topic): Caricature
Anger
Caricatures
Cartoonists
Subjects: Caricature > Great Britain > 19th century
Anger
Caricatures
Cartoonists
England > 1802
England > London > 1802
W Elgar > 1797

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