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Tail piece to volume three: The genii of caricature bringing in fresh supplies

Tail piece to volume three: The genii of caricature bringing in fresh supplies
 (1808-1809)
tailpiece from The Caricature Magazine, vol. 3, published by Thomas Tegg, London, 1808–09

Medium
hand-coloured etching
Measurements
21.3 × 32.3 cm (image) 24.5 × 34.4 cm (plate) 26.6 × 37.8 cm (sheet)
Place/s of Execution
London, England
Catalogue/s Raisonné
Grego I p. 37, II pp. 115–16
Printing/Publishing
published by Thomas Tegg, London
Inscription
printed in ink l.l.: Woodward Del
printed in ink (in image) (on curtains) u.l.-u.r.: Tail Piece to Volume Three.
printed in ink (in image) l.c.-l.c.r.: The Genii of Caricature bringing in Fresh Supplies.
printed in ink (in image) (on shop front) c.l.: APOLLO LIBRARY. / LIBRARIES / PURCHASED / OR EXCHANGED. / THE / LARGEST ASSORTMENT / OF CARICATURES / IN THE WORLD. / T. TEGG. / 111: CHEAPSIDE.
printed in ink (in image) (in speech bubble) c.: Thats right Master Tegg-fire away – you will / always find plenty of Game _ we have got a / precious hawl here for the supply of the Shpp
printed in ink (in image) c.l.-l.r.: (text on papers in window and on floor)
printed in ink l.c.: ” Eye Natures walks, shoot Folly as it flies, / ” and catch the manner living as they rise._Pope
Accession Number
2429-3
Departments
International Prints / International Prints and Drawings
Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Felton Bequest, 1926
This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of the Joe White Bequest
Gallery location
17th & 18th Century Decorative Arts & Paintings Gallery
Level 2, NGV International