The Convention of Cintra [graphic] : a Portuguese gambol for the amusement of Iohn Bull / Woodward del.
- Creator:
- Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker.
- Copyright Date:
- [3 February 1809]
- Physical Description:
- 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.6 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 25.6 x 41.8 cm
- Notes:
- Title etched below image.
Printmaker from description of variant state in the British Museum catalogue.
Plate numbered "270" in upper right corner.
Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 4.
For a variant state lacking plate number, see no. 11215 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8. - Abstract:
- "A sequence of seven designs of unequal size, divided by lines and arranged in two rows, four above and three below. The inscriptions parody 'The House that Jack built', cf. (e.g.) British Museum Satires No. 11414. [1] This is the City of Lisbon. A view of Lisbon with the Tagus in the foreground. [2] This is the Gold, that lay in the City of Lisbon. Four sacks heaped with coins, church plate, rosaries, &c. [3] These are the French who took the Gold, [. . . &c.]. Two French officers standing together, registering sly satisfaction. [4] This is Sir Arthur (whose Valour and skill, began so well, but ended so ill) who beat the French, [. . . &c.]. Wellesley stands in the foreground with drawn sword directing the battle; British soldiers pursue French troops. [5] This is the Convention that Nobody owns, that saved old Junots Baggage and Bones, altho' Sir Arthur [. . . &c.]. Junot sits complacently (right) while Wellesley signs the Convention, and Dalrymple and Burrard (not characterized) wait their turn. [6] These are the Ships that carried the spoil, that the French had plundered with so much toil, after the Convention which nobody [.. . &c.]. British men-of-war in full sail. [7] This is John Bull, in great dismay, at the sight of the Ships, which carried away, the gold and silver and all the spoil, the French [. . . &c.]. John, a fat 'cit', in profile to the left in his arm-chair, scowls with protruding underlip."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a variant state.
- Topics:
- John Bull (Symbolic character)--Caricatures and cartoons.
- Topics:
- Dalrymple, Hew Whiteford,--Sir,--1750-1830--Caricatures and cartoons.
Johnstone, Henry Arthur--Ownership.
Junot, Jean Andoche,--duc d'Abrantè€s,--1771-1813--Caricatures and cartoons.
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845, publisher.
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley,--Duke of,--1769-1852--Caricatures and cartoons.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist. - Language:
- English
- Genre:
- Etchings--England--London--1809.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1809.
Watermarks (Paper)--1817.--CtY-LW - Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
- Source Title:
- Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
- Call Number:
- 75
W87
807 v.4
Folio 75 W87 807 v.4 - Orbis Record:
- 12894722
- Yale Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Digital Collection:
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Local Record Number:
- lwlpr11131
- OID:
- 16192474
- PID:
- digcoll:4046340
