Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809
Title:
Horse accomplishments.
Published / Created:
London : Pubd. 1 Aug. 1799, by R. Ackermann, 101 Strand, [1799]
Physical Description:
12 prints : aquatint ; 27 x 36 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2011 75Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Prints
Notes:
Satirical aquatints by Thomas Rowlandson; after George Woodward.Imprint from foot of plates.All plates have running title: Horse accomplishments.Woodward's drawing, "A whistle", reproduced here is now in the collection of the Yale Center for British Art (Prints and Drawings, B2001.2.1380)."... four of these prints appear in 'A Publican', one of a set of twelve 'Country characters' etched by Rowlandson after Woodward."--Snelgrove.Snelgrove, D. British sporting and animal prints, p.209Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, 9482Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, II, p. 113Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 397BAC: British Art Center copy is the Abbey copy. Bound in contemporary blue wrappers, stitched. Title written in ms. on front cover.
Contents:
An astronomer -- A paviour -- A whistler -- A devotee -- A politician -- A time keeper -- A civilian -- An arithmetician -- A loiterer -- A minuet dancer -- A land measurer -- A vaulter.
Subject Terms:
Horsemanship -- Caricatures and cartoons. | Horses -- Caricatures and cartoons. | English wit and humor, Pictorial. | Satire, English. | Ackermann, R. -- Publisher.