A Tender Parting at the Grand Junction Canal.

Pub. by T. Tegg 111 Cheapside Jany. 1 [1807] Woodward delin. Etch'd by [Piercy] Roberts.
[graphic].
Bibliographic Details
Main Creator: Roberts, Piercy
Contributors: Tegg, Thomas, 1776-1845
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Summary:A satire on the perils of travelling on canals, depicting a man (who is depicted wearing a patterened neckerchief around his tricorne hat, a pair of striped blue and white trousers and a long reddish-orange coat, from which a [whiskey] flask can be seen jutting out of a pocket), resisting his wife's attempts to dissuade him from risking a journey to Uxbridge in a canal boat, watched by their tearful daughter. [The Grand Junction Canal was designed to connect London to the rest of Britain's canal system enabling the transportation of goods produced in the expanding industrial cities of the north and midlands to the capital. William Jessop was appointed as Chief Engineer of the Grand Junction Canal, which opened fully in 1805]. Hand-coloured etching by Piercy Roberts (fl. 1795-1824) after an original drawn by George Moutard Woodward. Piercy Roberts was a caricaturist, printmaker and publisher; after his own business [based at 28 Middle Row, Holborn, London (from 1801-1806)] closed, his stock was acquired and taken over by Thomas Tegg [perhaps this is why the original date is scratched from plate?]. The man says to his wife "Dont come for to go to frighten me Vife [sic, Wife] - you know I am / determined - have not I veighty [sic, weighty] business at Uxbridge and / shall I be afraid of a little vater [sic, water]. - beside have not I made / my vill [sic, will] - in case of an accident - and have not I bought / a pair of trowsers [trousers] to look like a Sailor. - and you would have / me return home again like a Land lubber, -no -no -it won't do / I am determined". His wife replies (taking his hand in hers and crying as she does so) "O My Dear Husband dont be rash - go quietly back in the / Coach - but if you will go - mind the nasty hedges and the / hugly Coal barges. I shall not be easy till you return - / and take care they do not run you against the frightful / Bridges - pray be advised". His daughter cries "O my Pappa what a sad thing / it is to have too much courage - always drawing one into danger".Two boatmen wait at the edge of the canal, one holding an upright oar while the other says to the man "The Boat is quite ready your Honor".
In collection: Volume two of a collection of caricatures, mainly set in Dublin
Format: Prints & Drawings
Language:English
Published / Created: [London] : T. Tegg 111 Cheapside, January 1 [original date scratched out on plate, ca. 1801-1810?].
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Notes:Physical description: 1 print : hand coloured etching, image 22.7 x 32.8 cm., on sheet 24.3 x 35.9 cm., cropped within platemark, mounted in album on sheet 37.2 x 27.8 cm..
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