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The Lilliputan satirists   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
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Print made by: Isaac Cruikshank

Published by: S W Fores
Title
The Lilliputan satirists
Description
English: A scene at Bath. Two ladies (right) walk arm in arm, left to right and slightly towards the spectator. They wear chemiselike dresses through which the contour of their legs is apparent, the tops of their stockings being visible. One wears a bonnet with a single erect feather, a closed fan in her right hand; with her right hand she loops up her skirt, increasing her indecorous appearance. The other wears no hat, but holds up a small parasol on a hinged stick. On the right, and walking away from the ladies, is Wolcot (Peter Pindar), a plainly dressed, stout man holding a cane and raising his hat. Beneath the title:



'Nymphs! who beneath old Lansdown's blood-stain'd Hill,
With cruel gall your gentle bosoms fill -
Whether you chuse the pencils power to vex,
Or self important, scorn your own weak sex,
Or by your fancied Wit gain Men's applause,
Or shew your symmetry thro shades of gauze,
Accept this humble tribute - Cut for Cut,
Ye precious Satyrists of Lilliput!' 22 June 1797


Hand-coloured etching
Depicted people Associated with: Honor Dutton [neé Gubbins]
Date 1797
date QS:P571,+1797-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium paper
Dimensions
Height: 349 millimetres
Width: 243 millimetres
institution QS:P195,Q6373
Current location
Prints and Drawings
Accession number
1868,0808.6645
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(Description and comment from M.Dorothy George, 'Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires in the British Museum', VII, 1942)

An imitation of satires by Gillray on dress. The ladies may be intended for the Gubbins sisters, see BMSat 8372, &c. For Wolcot see vol. vi.
Source/Photographer https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-6645
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