Bat, Cat and Mat [graphic] : how happy could I be with either.

Creator:

Lane, Theodore, 1800-1828, printmaker. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nr93028646

Copyright Date:

June 1, 1821.

Physical Description:

1 print : etching with stipple on wove paper, hand-colored ; sheet 28.2 x 22 cm

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http://images.library.yale.edu/walpoleweb/oneitemg.asp?itemid=lwlpr37205

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Attributed to Theodore Lane in the British Museum online catalogue.
Reissue, with the plate extensively reworked; a new background and new borders have been added, the title and publication line have been re-etched, and slight changes to the figures have been made. For the earlier state, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1975,0118.30.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.

Abstract:

Caricature with Queen Caroline with her arms linked to those of Bergami and her lawyer, as they step along the road between St Omer and Calais. The Queen wears a watch at her waist and two miniature portraits hang from cords at her bosom. In the background her coach awaits with a coachman in tall boots smiling at the scene. A re-issue with new background of a plate first published on 19 January 1821.

Topics:

Adultery.
Caricatures.
Carriages & coaches.
Coach drivers.
Lawyers.
Miniatures (Paintings)
Traffic signs & signals.

Topics:

Bergami, Bartolomeo Bergami,--Baron--Caricatures and cartoons.
Caroline,--Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain,--1768-1821--Caricatures and cartoons.
Humphrey, G. (George), 1773-1831?, publisher.
Wood, Matthew,--Sir,--1768-1843--Caricatures and cartoons.

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings--England--London--1821.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1821.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

821.06.01.04

Orbis Record:

14028777

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr37205

OID:

16720940

PID:

digcoll:4695098