Title Page, The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth

Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

November 1808 · Etching; proof before letters · Drawings and Prints

Many heads, grotesque and otherwise, are grouped round an oval space. The latter is blank but, as published, contains the title: "The Caricature Magazine, or Mirror of Mirth, being a collection of Humorous & Satirical Caricatures, Designed & Engraved by Thomas Rowlandson, Esqr." From a publication first issued 1807 in parts (the first 5 containing about 500 plates by Crukshank, Woodward, Rowlandson and others). The title varies slightly between issues.

Artist

Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

Date

November 1808

Medium

Etching; proof before letters

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959