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Tail piece to volume three: The genii of caricature bringing in fresh supplies
(1808-1809)
tailpiece from The Caricature Magazine, vol. 3, published by Thomas Tegg, London, 1808–09
Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
21.3 × 32.3 cm (image) 24.5 × 34.4 cm (plate) 26.6 × 37.8 cm (sheet)
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
Gallery location
Not on display
Artwork Details
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Grego I p. 37, II pp. 115–16
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Tegg, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Woodward Del
printed in ink (in image) (on curtains) u.l.-u.r.: Tail Piece to Volume Three.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.-l.c.r.: The Genii of Caricature bringing in Fresh Supplies.
printed in ink (in image) (on shop front) c.l.: APOLLO LIBRARY. / LIBRARIES / PURCHASED / OR EXCHANGED. / THE / LARGEST ASSORTMENT / OF CARICATURES / IN THE WORLD. / T. TEGG. / 111: CHEAPSIDE.
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) c.: Thats right Master Tegg-fire away – you will / always find plenty of Game _ we have got a / precious hawl here for the supply of the Shpp
printed in ink (in image) c.l.-l.r.: (text on papers in window and on floor)
printed in ink l.c.: ” Eye Natures walks, shoot Folly as it flies, / ” and catch the manner living as they rise._Pope
Accession Number
2429-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
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