The head of the family in good humour

The head of the family in good humour

Item Information

Title:
The head of the family in good humour
Description:
John Bull is surrounded by the heads of the different states, who are all hurling out threats against his chances of peace. Napoleon is thundering for Ships, Colonies, and Commerce, The Muscovite is denouncing : 'Russian vengeance attend John Bull.' Holland is blustering : 'I'll eternally smoke him.' Tom Paine is offering this warning : 'Let him tremble at the name of America.' The other potentates are following up these threats with valedictions of their own
Artist:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809
Etcher:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Woodward del. Rowlandson scut.
Date:
January 15, 1809
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
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:
Quarreling
John Bull (Symbolic character)
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821
Frederick William III, King of Prussia, 1770-1840
Francis I, Emperor of Austria, 1768-1835
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 39 x 26 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pf040
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
No. 111 Cheapside : Thomas Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115, 130
On item: 131
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
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_000319
Barcode:
36666003258858