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Thomas Rowlandson's & George Moutard Woodward's "Admiration", 1800. |
Admiration is one of a number of successful collaborative etchings between Thomas Rowlandson and George Moutard Woodward (known as 'Mustard George'). This original soft ground etching was printed and published in London by Rudolph Ackermann in 1800. It is a fine, original example of the very early 19th century British satirical art by Thomas Rowlandson and George Moutard Woodward. This original etching originates from a now very scarce set entitled, The Emotions. Admiration was the third of the series and the words written under the etching clearly explain this delightful image, "Various are the ways this Passion might be depicted, in this Delineation the subjects chosen are simple -- a Hungry Boy -- and a Plumb Pudding." |
Title: | Admiration |
Engraver: | Rowlandson, Thomas (London, 1756 - 1827) |
Designer: | Woodward, George Moutard (Derbyshire, 1760 - London, 1809) |
Date: | 1800 |
Medium: | Original Soft Ground Etching |
Publisher: | Rudolph Ackermann, London |
Printer: | Rudolph Ackermann, London |
Note: | Thomas Rowlandson: Along with Hogarth, Gillray and Cruikshank, Thomas Rowlandson is at the uppermost peak of English satirical art. Amongst these masters, however, Thomas Rowlandson was the most gifted artist and his compositions seemed the closest to the truth for he often lived the dissipated style of life he so memorably satirized. Studying art in both Paris and London, Thomas Rowlandson began his career as a portrait painter. By 1782, however, he devoted himself almost exclusively to his first love; caricature and satirical art. After receiving a large inheritance, Thomas Rowlandson quickly gambled it away. Losing his fortune at a thirty-six hour card game he is known to have exclaimed, "I've played the fool, but (holding up his pencils) here is my resource." |
Working with such British publishers as Fores and Thomas Tegg, Thomas Rowlandson designed many memorable satires. In the book arts he collaborated with the famous London publisher, Rudolph Ackermann, to produce some of the finest satirical volumes in the history of art. These included The Microcosm of London (1808), the Tour of Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque (1812) and The English Dance of Death, published in two volumes in 1815 and 1816. Admiration dates from 1800 and represents perhaps the first collaboration between this great artist and publisher. It originates from a now very scarce set entitled, The Emotions. Admiration was the third of the series and the words written under the etching clearly explain this delightful image,
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Some of Thomas Rowlandson's etchings were both designed and etched by him, others were only designed by him and he also etched some compositions designed by his fellow artists and friends, such as George Moutard Woodward and Henry Bunbury. Admiration is one of a number of successful collaborative etchings between Rowlandson and Woodward. George Moutard Woodward. | |
George Moutard Woodward 'Mustard George': A fine amateur watercolourist and caricaturist born in Derbyshire in 1760 Woodward came to London around 1791 - 1792. He was also known as ‘Mustard George’ and 'George Murgatroyd Woodward'. From around 1794 to 1807 Woodward designed numerous caricatures which were engraved by such artists as Isaac Cruikshank (William Cruikshank's father), Charles Williams, Piercy Roberts, Richard Cooper, and other satirical artists of the period. Many of his designs were also etched by his close friend and constant drinkingcompanion, Thomas Rowlandson. George Murgatroyd Woodward produced designs for such British publishers as Rudolph Ackermann, Thomas Tegg's 'Caricature Magazine', S. W. Fores, Allen & West, William Holland, and others. He was the originator of such satirical creations as "Admiration", "An Alarming Situation", "Preaching to Some Purpose", "The Quaker, and the Comissioners of Excise", "Aristocracy and Democracy", "Pigmy Revels or all Alive at Lilliput", and other satires. George Moutard Woodward is often credited with the invention of the modern form of comic strip. Alas, his dissolute style of life seems to have triumphed in the end and ‘Mustard George’ died at the Brown Bearn Tavern, Bow Street, Covenent Garden in 1809. "Admiration" is a fine orignal example of the etched art created by Thomas Rowlandson after a design by George Moutard Woodward. | |
Size: | 11 X 7 (Sizes in inches are approximate, height preceding width of plate-mark or image.) |
Matted with 100% Archival Materials | |
Buy Now | Price: $295.00 US |
Condition: | Printed on early nineteenth century wove paper and with margins of over one inch from the image on all sides. Bearing the full text and Ackermann's address along the lower margin. A fine, early impression and in good condition throughout. This original etching of Admiration represents a prime example of the satirical art of both Thomas Rowlandson and George Moutard Woodward. |
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Original Soft Ground Etching by the British satirical artists, Thomas Rowlandson and George Moutard Woodward.
Admiration |
View other original etchings by Thomas Rowlandson.
Thomas Rowlandson (London, 1756 - 1827) | ||||||
# | Title & Artist | Medium | Date | Notes | - | |
01.- | Admiration etched by Thomas Rowlandson designed by George Moutard Woodward | Original Soft Ground Etching | 1800 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Available | |
02.- | Deadly Lively by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Hand-Coloured Etching | 1815 | Published by Thomas Tegg, London | Sold | |
03.- | Doctor Syntax, Copying the Wit of the Window by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Hand-Colored Etching & Aquatint | 1809 (1st Ed.) | Published by The Poetical Magazine at Rudolph Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand, London | Available | |
04.- | Hot Goose, Cabbage & Cucumbers by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Hand-Coloured Etching | 1823 | Published by John Fairburn, Ludgate Hill | Sold | |
05.- | Preaching to Some Purpose etched by Thomas Rowlandson designed by George Moutard Woodward | Original Etching | 1801 | Publishd by Rudolph Ackermann, The Strand, London | Sold | |
06.- | The Battle from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Available | |
07.- | The Bishop from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
08.- | The Consultation or Last Hope by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Etching | 1808 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
09.- | The Corporal in Good Quarters by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Hand-Coloured Etching | 1808 (2nd Ed.) | Published by S. Howitt, London | Available | |
10.- | The Death Blow from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
11.- | The Dram Shop from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
12.- | The Duel from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
13.- | The Gaming Table from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
14.- | The Manager's Last Kick, Or a New Way to Pay Old Debts by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Hand-Coloured Etching | c. 1815 | Published in London | Sold | |
15.- | The Pantomime from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
16.- | The Quaker, and the Comissioners of Excise etched by Thomas Rowlandson designed by George Moutard Woodward | Original Hand-Coloured Etching | 1807 | Pulished by Thomas Tegg, London | Sold | |
17.- | The Wedding from The English Dance of Death by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Aquatint & Etching Printed in Colour | 1815 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, London | Sold | |
18.- | The Tooth-Ache, or, Torment & Torture by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Hand-Coloured Etching | 1823 | Published by John Fairburn, Ludgate Hill | Sold | |
19.- | Wapping by Thomas Rowlandson | Original Etching | 1807 | Published by Rudolph Ackermann, Repository of Arts, London | Sold |
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