Catching an elephant

Catching an elephant

Item Information

Title:
Catching an elephant
Description:
Two attractive and winsome damsels, standing outside a portal labelled 'Warm Baths,' have just succeeded in capturing an elderly colossus of a man, whose bulk should fairly entitle him to take his place amongst elephantine monsters ; the expression of his senile features is designed to carry out the resemblance.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Rowlandson Del.
Date:
March 1, 1812
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
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:
Seduction
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 39 x 26 cm
Permalink:
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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, 226
On item: 145
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_000333
Barcode:
36666003258999