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Title Page, The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth

Publisher Thomas Tegg British
November 1808
Not on view
Many heads, grotesque and otherwise, are grouped round an oval space. The latter is blank but, as published, contains the title: "The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth, being a collection of Humorous & Satirical Caricatures, Designed & Engraved by Thomas Rowlandson, Esqr." From a publication first issued 1807 in parts (the first 5 containing about 500 plates by Crukshank, Woodward, Rowlandson and others). The title varies slightly between issues.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Title Page, The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth
  • Series/Portfolio: Caricature Magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror
  • Artist: Thomas Rowlandson (British, London 1757–1827 London)
  • Publisher: Thomas Tegg (British, London 1776–1846 London)
  • Date: November 1808
  • Medium: Etching; proof before letters
  • Dimensions: Sheet: 13 1/16 x 9 3/16 in. (33.2 x 23.3 cm)
  • Classification: Prints
  • Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959
  • Object Number: 59.533.1218
  • Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints

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Landscape with Figures on Horseback, Another Resting Under a Gnarled Tree, and a Cottage at Right Nestled in Trees, Thomas Rowlandson British, Soft-ground etching and aquatint
Landscape with Figures on Horseback, Another Resting Under a Gnarled Tree, and a Cottage at Right Nestled in Trees
Etcher Thomas Rowlandson
After Thomas Gainsborough
1784–88
On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey, William Callow British, Watercolor
On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey
William Callow
September 30, 1858
The Brothers Van Den Velde, Gerard Darbiche French, Etching on chine collé; proof
The Brothers Van Den Velde
Multiple artists/makers
1884
A Fair – A Group of Gypsies – Men and Women in Rustic Clothes in Front of Two Makeshift Tents, Thomas Rowlandson British, Etching
A Fair – A Group of Gypsies – Men and Women in Rustic Clothes in Front of Two Makeshift Tents
Etcher Thomas Rowlandson
After Francis Wheatley
1786
Stroh Violin, George Evans & Co. English, Mahogany and aluminum, British
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George Evans & Co.
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