Title Page, The Caricature Magazine by G. M. Woodward, Vol. 4

George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

1809 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Tegg's "Caricature Magazine" first appeared in 1807 and each issue was given a different title page. This example introduced volume 4 in 1809; it would be put to use again in 1821 with a revised date and different hand coloring (see 59.533.1716). Two figures below may represent the artist Woodward and Tegg, with the man at left sketching a caricature and sitting below a framed image of a Masquerade and the word Humour; that at right holding a whip and sitting beneath a picture of a Country Dance and the word Satire. Laurels frame the title and publication details, with the latter topped with a swag lettered "Vive la Bagatelle," and a mask, here light-skinned, held by cupids. Text further above reads "Ever Changing" and "Ever New."

Artist

George Murgatroyd Woodward|Thomas Rowlandson|Thomas Tegg

Date

1809

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959