The Covent Garden Night Mare

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Artist/Maker	W. Humphrey (publisher) Thomas Rowlandson (maker) Henry Fuseli (maker)
Place of origin	Britain (made)

General Description: The Covent Garden Night Mare (BM:S.6543). Caricature of Charles James Fox in a parody of the painting The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli, 1784. Lettered with title and inscribed Pubd by W Humphrey No 227 Strand. Dated in pencil 1781. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.

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Categories	Prints Caricatures & Cartoons Satire Politics
Object type	Print
Title	The Covent Garden Night Mare
Materials and techniques	Etching and stipple engraving, coloured by hand
Brief description	'The Covent Garden Nightmare' by Thomas Rowlandson, 1784
Physical description	General Description: The Covent Garden Night Mare (BM:S.6543). Caricature of Charles James Fox in a parody of the painting The Nightmare (1781) by Henry Fuseli, 1784. Lettered with title and inscribed Pubd by W Humphrey No 227 Strand. Dated in pencil 1781. With the mark of the collection of Frank A. Gibson (d.1976) on the back.
Dimensions	Size of plate height: 25.2cm Size of plate width: 35cm Size of sheet height: 31.8cm Size of sheet width: 50.1cm Size of plate 25.2 x 35 cm Size of sheet 31.8 x 50.1 cm
Credit line	Bequeathed by Frank A. Gibson
Object history	Notes: The painting The Nightmare by Henry Fuseli is in the Detroit Institute of Arts. Much of Charles James Fox's campaigning in the 1784 Westminster election took place in Covent Garden.
Production	After painting by Henry Fuseli
Bibliographic reference	BM:S.= British Museum: Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires. London, 1870-1954
Collection	Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number	E.1235-1990

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Record created	February 18, 2009
Record URL	https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O189666/the-covent-garden-night-mare-print-thomas-rowlandson/

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