Item Summary

Descriptive Information

Title
Mock turtle. Puff paste.
Call Number
D North 52/GC112/Box 13/Normal/Prints/Titles Mi-N GA 2014.00376
Identifier
ark:/88435/dz010z17w
Publisher
[s.l.] : [s.n.], n.d.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1756-1827
Extent
1 item ; sheet 40.1 x 26.7 cm.
Source Acquisition
Gift of Dickson Q. Brown, Princeton University Class of 1895.
References
Grego II, p. 237 (1812)
Grego I, p. 152 (Mock Turtle, Jan. 24, 1785)
Tegg no. 48
Rights Statement
No Known Copyright
Notes
Medium: Etchings, Hand coloring
Depiction: Mock Turtle depicts a pair of elderly suitors cooing over a bowl of mock turtle soup; a pair of real turtledoves perched on a branch are introduced to carry out the allusion. Puff Paste depicts a fat cook rolling out pudding paste, around her board are spread codling tarts, apple dumplings, and batter puddings; a footman is embracing her ample shoulders, and familiarly patting her under the chin.
Item description: Two scenes on one sheet.
Signed in plate, lower right: "Rowlandson del.".

Discovery Information

Subject
Couples—Great Britain—19th century—Caricatures and cartoons
Love—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
City and town life—Great Britain—Caricatures and cartoons
Caricature

Physical Characteristics

File Count
1

Institutional Information

Collection
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/4196db9c-0c3a-4c86-bbbf-622d3d518aff/manifest