Tail Piece to Volume Three: The Genii of Caricature Bringing in Fresh Supplies
Plates from the series were rearranged and reissued until 1821.
Street scene showing Tegg's printshop at left with a crowd gathered in front. Four demons at center hold out a long net filled with papers inscribed with the subjects of satirical prints, including manners, investigation, jokes, and fashion.
Street scene showing Tegg's printshop at left with a crowd gathered in front. Four demons at center hold out a long net filled with papers inscribed with the subjects of satirical prints, including manners, investigation, jokes, and fashion.
Artwork Details
- Title: Tail Piece to Volume Three: The Genii of Caricature Bringing in Fresh Supplies
- Series/Portfolio: Caricature Magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror
- Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
- Artist: After George Murgatroyd Woodward (British, 1765–1809 London)
- Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
- Published in: London
- Date: ca. 1809
- Medium: Hand-colored etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 10 1/8 × 13 7/8 in. (25.7 × 35.3 cm)
- Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
- Object Number: 59.533.1720
- 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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