Richard Cobbold

The Spider's Web

Richard Cobbold's lithograph, The Spider's Web is a symbol of man's enslavement of women in matrimony. The imagery in the background of this original lithograph further illustrates the perils of women's fate: a man with a bouquet stands in front of the castle -- the woman flees and may consequently lose her life on the steep cliff.

The Spider's Web was created and published by the British artist and author, the Reverend Richard Cobbold in 1827 for a collection of poetry entitled, Truth, Love Virtue. Many of these poems concentrate upon love and, in particular, love and women's vulnerability. He contributed an original lithograph to illustrate each of his poems. All are drawn in the pen manner of early English lithography. The poem for this lithograph is provided below:

The Spider's Web

The spider spies a sprightly fly
Now flitting near, and heedlesly;
His web is spread with subtle care,
To catch the victim in the snare.

Too soon the little creature ta'en,
Entangled, tortur'd, tries in vain
To make escape; she sees too late,
The horror of her coming fate.

Ah! then she thinks of happy day,
When sporting in the sunny ray,
True liberty was her's, to rove,
O'er plains of Innocence and Love.

She sees around her other flies
Enjoying liberty, and tries
Her strength once more to gain the air,
But finds herself involv'd too far.

How many men delight to vex,
And torture thus the female sex;
How many fair ones fall a prey,
To vanity in such a way!

Ye maidens, think not I reprove,
O no, I wish ye well in Love,
And would that Honor always might
Protect ye, as I do to night.

The Spider's Web

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#	Title & Artist	Medium	Date	Notes	-
01-	The Maiden's Dream by Richard Cobbold	Original Lithograph	1827	Signed by Richard Cobbold in the stone.	Matted
02.-	The Spider's Web by Richard Cobbold	Original Lithograph	1827	Signed by Richard Cobbold in the stone.	Matted & Framed
03.-	Taking an Ostrich by Richard Cobbold	Original Lithograph	1827	Signed by Richard Cobbold in the stone.	Matted
04.-	Two Spaniels by Richard Cobbold	Original Lithograph	1827	Signed by Richard Cobbold in the stone.	Matted

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Title:	The Spider's Web
Artist:	Cobbold, Richard (Ipswich, 1797 - Wortham, Suffolk, 1877)
Date:	1827
Medium:	Original Lithograph
Note:	Richard Cobbold: An amateur writer, painter, etcher and lithographer, Richard Cobbold was educated at Cambridge. He then became Reverend of St. Mary Le Tower, Ipswich and held that post until 1828 when he was appointed Rector of Wortham, Suffolk. He remained there for the following forty-nine years.
	In Wortham, Richard Cobbold built the rectory, set up the village's first schools and was a constant provider to the poor and needy. Reverend Cobbold was also very active in the arts. He regularly drew and painted the local inhabitants and their dwellings and wrote four volumes dealing with the lives of his parishioners which are now in the collection of the Suffolk Record Office. As well he wrote several popular historical novels, the best known being The History of Margaret Catchpole. This was a loosely based biography on Margaret Catchpole (1762-1841), a nurse in the Cobbold family in the late 18th century. She ran away with a smuggler and stole her former employee's horse. She was sentenced to death for this crime but managed to escape prison. When caught again, she was sentenced to life transportation (banishment) and spent her remaining years in Australia as both a housekeeper and nurse. Richard Cobbold's successful novel of Catchpole's life became a sort of popular Victorian metaphor for the 'fallen woman'. In 1845 Cobbold etched a portrait of Margaret Catchpole. The National Portrait Gallery, London, includes an impression in its permanent collection.
	In 1827 Richard Cobbold wrote and published a collection of poetry entitled, Truth, Love Virtue. Many of these poems concentrate upon love and, in particular, love and women's vulnerability. He contributed an original lithograph to illustrate each poem. All are drawn in the pen manner of early English lithography.
Size:	6 3/8 X 4 1/4 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.)
	Framed and Matted with 100% Archival Materials
Buy Now	Price: $275.00 US
Condition:	Printed upon early nineteenth century wove paper and with full margins. Signed by the artist in the stone to the lower left. Containing slight foxing within the image else a well printed impression and in good condition throughout. The Spider's Web represents a prime, original example of the art of the Reverend Richard Cobbold.
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