The champion of Oakhampton attacking the hydra of Gloucester Place [graphic].

Published/Created:

[London]
Pubd. March 15th, 1809, by Thos. Tegg, No. 111 Cheapside
[15 March 1809]

Copyright Date:

[15 March 1809]

Physical Description:

1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored; plate mark 24.5 x 35.1 cm, on sheet 26 x 40 cm

Related Links:

Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 11253
Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, pages 153-4

Notes:

Title etched below image.
Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Sheet partially trimmed to plate mark on top edge.
Alfred Bowditch Collection; December 1966; Acquisitions no.: 966-12-10-39.
Mounted to 28 x 43 cm.

Abstract:

"Wardle in armour with plumed helmet and floating cloak attacks with sword and shield a hydra with seven heads, all in profile, each wearing an inscribed collar. The principal head is that of the Duke of York (a flattering portrait), wearing The Collar of Corruption. The others are Bowler, Clarke, O Meara, Master Carter [the smallest], Sandon, Dr Donovan [with a pen behind his ear]. A serpent lies beside the hydra. Behind is the mouth of a cave. Below the title: Bellva Multorum es Capitum!! vide Horace [Epistles, 1. i. 76]. ('Thou art the Beast of many heads.')"--British Museum online catalogue.

Associated Names:

Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827 [Printmaker]
Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845 [Publisher]

Topics:

Auchincloss, Hugh Dudley
Clarke, Mary Anne Thompson, 1776-1852
Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827
Harvey, Francis
Riviere & Son
Snakes
Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833

Language:

English

Genre:

Etchings -- England -- London -- 1809
Satires (Visual works) -- England -- 1809
Watermarks (Paper) -- E & P.

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Prints & Photographs

Rights:

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Call Number:

809.03.15.01+

Orbis Record:

9149981

Yale Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Digital Collection:

Lewis Walpole Library

Local Record Number:

lwlpr11148

Volume/Enumeration:

Digital version

OID:

10964568

PID:

digcoll:974043