The bull and mouth

The bull and mouth

Item Information

Title:
The bull and mouth
Description:
A corpulent gentleman, wearing a dressing-gown and nightcap, is yawning and stretching in his armchair. His huge head and gaping jaws would furnish forth excellently well a sign for the Bull and Mouth. By his side stands a handsome and highly developed lady, who is taking advantage of the sleepiness of her rude monster to slip a billet-doux into the hand of a military officer, who is waiting in the rear.
Artist:
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809
Etcher:
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Name on Item:
Woodward Del. Rowlandson scul.
Date:
December 24, 1809
Format:
Prints
Genre:
Etchings
Caricatures
Location:
Boston Public Library
Arts Department
Collection (local):
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827). Prints and Drawings
Series:
The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 4
Subjects:
Yawning
Correspondence
Military officers
Extent:
1 print : hand-colored etching ; sheet 39 x 26 cm
Permalink:
https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/tq57ph522
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
111 Cheapside : Thos. Tegg
Language:
English
Notes:
Title from item.
Grego, II, p. 115, 168
On item: 290
Notes (acquisition):
The Albert H. Wiggin Collection, 1941
Notes (date):
Date from catalogue raisonné.
Notes (citation):
Grego, Joseph. "Rowlandson the caricaturist; a selection from his works with anecdotal descriptions of his famous caricatures, in two volumes." London: Chatto and Windus, 1880
Notes (object):
Bound in "The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror Vol. 4," the fourth volume in a set of five published under this title by Thomas Tegg. The five volumes contained 251 prints in all.
Identifier:
18_03_000501
Barcode:
36666003272750