Comfort to the corns

Comfort to the corns

Item Information

Title:
Comfort to the corns
Description:
An old hag sits in a carved chair with a gothic back by a vast open fire-place (right), with sticks blazing on the hearth. She uses a large knife to slice at one of her distorted toes. Beside her are a tub and scrubbing-brush and a large cat (BM). / An excellent example of Gillray's best attempts at the burlesque (Wright/Evans).
Artist:
Gillray, James, 1756-1815
Name on Item:
Js. Gillray Invt.
Date:
February 6, 1800
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Satires (Visual works)
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 1
Subjects:
Rural women
Fireplaces
Grooming
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 39 x 26 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/2z111m63d
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : Thomas Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
BM Satires 9585; Wright/Evans 486
On item: 134.
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from Wright/Evans.
Reproduction. Date indicated is Gillray's original publication date.
Notes (citation):
Stephens, Frederic George, George, Mary Dorothy. "Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum." British Museum Press, 1870, London.
Wright, Thomas, R. H. Evans. "Historical and descriptive account of the caricatures of James Gillray." Benjamin Blom, 1968, New York.
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 1," the first volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000322
Barcode:
36666003258916