This is the House that Jack Built

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

September 27, 1809 · Hand-colored etching · Drawings and Prints

Inscribed below each of the six designs: 1. "These are the Boxes let to the Great, that visit the House that Jack built," 2. "These are the Pigeon-holes over the Boxes let to the Great, that visit the House that Jack built—," 3. "This is the Cat engaged to squall, to the Poor in the Pigeon holes over the Boxes, let [...]" 4. "This is John Bull, with a bugle horn, that hiss'd the Cat, engaged to squall [...]" 5. "This is the Thief taker shaven and shorn, that took up John Bull with his bugle horn, [...]" 6. "This is the Manager full of scorn, who Raised the Price to People forlorn, and directed the Thief-taker shaven and shorn, to take up John Bull [...]"

Artist

Thomas Tegg|Thomas Rowlandson

Date

September 27, 1809

Medium

Hand-colored etching

Department

Drawings and Prints

Credit line

The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1959