The dog & the devil!

The dog & the devil!

Item Information

Title:
The dog & the devil!
Description:
The interior of a conjurer's chamber, decorated with the usual paraphernalia of bats, stuffed crocodiles, &c. The empiric wears his learned robes and fur cap ; in the centre of a magic circle stands the pretended enchanter's assistant, dressed in a bullock's hide, with the horns and tail left on, to personate the Father of Evil ; a butcher, in his working dress, has called to consult the oracle concerning a missing sheep ; he has brought his bull-dog with him, unobserved by the demonstrator, and the animal, true to his instincts, has pinned the mock demon-bull by the nose.
Artist:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809
Etcher:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Woodward del.
Date:
November 21, 1807
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. 2
Subjects:
Magicians
Butchers
Dogs
Costumes
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 39 x 26 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pf503
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London, 111 Cheapside : T. Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 83, 115
On item: Z. 2
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from item.
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. 2," the second volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000360
Barcode:
36666003259260