A polite congregation [graphic] / Woodward del. ; Cruikshanks sculp.

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1756?-1811?, printmaker.
Published/Created:
London :
Published by Allen & Co., 15 Paternoster Row,
March 18, 1797.
Physical Description:
1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 19.8 x 25.9 cm, on sheet 22 x 28 cm.
Notes:
Title etched below image.
Numbered 'Plate 80' in upper left corner.
Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796.
Abstract:
The scene is the interior of a gothic church, with a view of part of a lateral gallery, the tower arch, and west door (on the right). The foreground and the gallery are filled with couples, in general elderly, ugly, and fashionably dressed, in conversation or bowing to each other. An unicorn on a monument holding an escutcheon is conspicuous. On the right the congregation is crowding towards the open door.
Topics:
Churches.
Clothing & dress--1790-1800.
Couples.
Interiors.
Monuments.
Topics:
Allen, Michael, active 1795-1817, publisher.
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist.
Language:
English
Genre:
Book illustrations--England--1797.
Etchings--England--London--1797.
Satires (Visual works)--England--1797.
Format:
Image
Rights:
These images are provided for study purposes only. For publication or other use of images from the Library's collection, please contact the Lewis Walpole Library at walpole@yale.edu. Further details on the Library's photoduplication policy are available at http://www.library.yale.edu/walpole/html/research/rights_reproductions.html
Call Number:
797.03.18.01
797.03.18.01 Impression 1
797.03.18.01 Impression 2
Orbis Record:
8137360
Yale Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Digital Collection:
Lewis Walpole Library
Local Record Number:
lwlpr08921
Citation:
Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires / Mary Dorothy George, v. 7, no. 9143
OID:
11124093
PID:
digcoll:976883