This is the House that Jack Built
Inscribed below each of the six designs:
1. "These are the Boxes let to the Great, that visit the House that Jack built,"
2. "These are the Pigeon-holes over the Boxes let to the Great, that visit the House that Jack built—,"
3. "This is the Cat engaged to squall, to the Poor in the Pigeon holes over the Boxes, let [...]"
4. "This is John Bull, with a bugle horn, that hiss'd the Cat, engaged to squall [...]"
5. "This is the Thief taker shaven and shorn, that took up John Bull with his bugle horn, [...]"
6. "This is the Manager full of scorn, who Raised the Price to People forlorn, and directed the Thief-taker shaven and shorn, to take up John Bull [...]"
1. "These are the Boxes let to the Great, that visit the House that Jack built,"
2. "These are the Pigeon-holes over the Boxes let to the Great, that visit the House that Jack built—,"
3. "This is the Cat engaged to squall, to the Poor in the Pigeon holes over the Boxes, let [...]"
4. "This is John Bull, with a bugle horn, that hiss'd the Cat, engaged to squall [...]"
5. "This is the Thief taker shaven and shorn, that took up John Bull with his bugle horn, [...]"
6. "This is the Manager full of scorn, who Raised the Price to People forlorn, and directed the Thief-taker shaven and shorn, to take up John Bull [...]"
Artwork Details
- Title: This is the House that Jack Built
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
- Published in: London
- Date: September 27, 1809
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Plate: 9 3/4 × 13 5/8 in. (24.8 × 34.6 cm)
Sheet: 10 1/2 × 14 7/16 in. (26.6 × 36.6 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.1234
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Thomas Rowlandson
1780–1827
Multiple artists/makers
January 1794
Thomas Rowlandson
late 18th–early 19th century
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