The Thunderer. Vide; Every Man in His Humour, Alter'd From Ben John
Date:
1782
Materials & Techniques:
Etching, hand-colored
Dimensions:
Sheet: 12 1/4 x 8 7/8in. (31.1 x 22.5cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Lettered inside image, upper left: "'I'd as lief as twenty Crowns I could talk as fine as you capt. <coll.>'"; upper center: "'They have assaulted me some Three, Four, Five, Six of them together, & I have | driven them afore like a flock of Sheep; but this is nothing, for often | in a mere frolic I have challeng'd Twenty of them, kill'd them; | challeng'd Twenty more, kill'd them; Twenty more kill'd | them too; & thus in a day I have kill'd Twenty Score; | twenty score, That's two hundred; two hundred a day, five days a thousand; thats a zounds, I can't number them | half; & all civilly & fairly with this one poor toledo!'"; upper right: "This is the Lad'll kiss most sweet, | Who'd not love a Soldier?'"; center right: "The Whirligig. | Alamode Beef, hot every Night."; lettered below image, lower left: "Pubd. Augt 20th, 1782 by Eh. D'Achery St. James's Street."; lower center: "The Thunderer. Vide; Every Man is his Humour, alter'd from Ben Johnson."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection