Miseries of human life, "As you are quietly walking..."

Miseries of human life, "As you are quietly walking..."

Item Information

Title:
Miseries of human life, "As you are quietly walking..."
Artist:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809
Name on Item:
Woodward del.
Date:
[1807–1821]
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. 4
Subjects:
Bulls
Surprise
Dogs
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 26 x 39 cm
Permalink:
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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. 115.
On item: 301.
Caption on item: As you are quietly walking along the vicinity of Smithfield on Market day finding yourself suddenly obliged though your dancing days have been long over, to lead outsides, cross over, foot it, and a variety of other steps an dfigures, with mad bulls for your partners.
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date supplied by cataloger from published dates of prints in this series.
This date is inferred.
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. 4," the fourth volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000483
Barcode:
36666003272487