Madam Blubber's last shift, or the aerostatic dilly

Madam Blubber's last shift, or the aerostatic dilly

Item Information

Title:
Madam Blubber's last shift, or the aerostatic dilly
Description:
This caricature pictures the hustings at Covent Garden, with a distant view of Richmond Hill. Madame Blubber has patriotically contrived to convert herself into an air-balloon, for the collection and conveyance of outlying voters, crying, 'This may save him,' an allusion to some incident in the canvass.
Artist:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Date:
April 29, 1784
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
Musical texts
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Subjects:
Political campaigns
Balloons (Aircraft)
Hood, Samuel Hood, Viscount, 1724-1816
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805
Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Places:
England > London > Covent Garden
Extent:
1 print : etching ; sheet 36 x 25 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pm971
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
Bond Street : H. Humphries
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, I, p. 134
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
Identifier:
18_03_000724
Barcode:
36666003799547