Boston Public LibraryEnglish Caricature and Political Satire, 18th and 19th Centuries / British Artists / Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Procession of the Cod Company from St. Giles to Billingsgate
Item Information
- Title:
- Procession of the Cod Company from St. Giles to Billingsgate
- Description:
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A view of old Billingsgate, overlooking the river, with the fish being landed from the crowds of smacks at the old covered jetty, since swept away. The pilgrimage of the sturdy members of The Cod Company, we presume, is made to the craft on the river to take in cargoes of fish. The procession is composed of corpulent old Irish women, of colossal breadth and strength, all balancing their fish-baskets on their heads, some smoking their cherished clay pipes, and carrying their stoutly enveloped arms crossed, akimbo, or on their hips, after their individual proclivities.
- Artist:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
- Name on Item:
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Rowlandson Del.
- Date:
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September 18, 1810
- Format:
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Prints
- Genre:
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Etchings
Satires (Visual works)
- Location:
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Boston Public Library
Arts Department - Collection (local):
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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
- Subjects:
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Rivers
Ships
Peddlers
Fishmongers
- Places:
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England > London
- Extent:
- 1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 24 x 34 cm
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57pn072
- Terms of Use:
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No Copyright - United States
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
- Publisher:
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No. 111 Cheapside :
Thos. Tegg
- Language:
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English
- Notes:
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Title from item.
Grego, ii p. 190
- Notes (date):
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Date from item.
- Notes (citation):
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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:
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18_03_000729
BPL 2011.1.1 (no longer used)
- Barcode:
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36666003799562
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