| Method | Copper engraving |
| Artist | William Davison |
| Published | Printed and Published by W. Davison, Alnwick. [c. 1812] |
| Dimensions | Image 150 x 220 mm, Sheet 190 x 265 mm |
| Notes |
A satirical print lampooning French émigrés in Billingsgate. At centre, a man in the battered clothes of a former aristocrat raises his fists in combat with a bemused woman, perhaps one of the notorious fishwives of Billingsgate market. His hat tumbles off towards his concerned colleague, while a crayfish seller holds up one of her clawed crustaceans to the tear in the Frenchman's trousers. William Davison (1781-1858), born in Alnwick, was an apothecary, chemist, and druggist, and a copper-plate and letterpress printer in later life. During 1807 and 1808 he published a number of illustrated chapbooks and volumes of poetry under the title of Davison & Catnach with his partner and mentor James Catnach (1792-1841). In 1814 he established a small foundry on his premises at Bondgate Street for the production of metal stereotypes. During his lifetime Davison is known to have produced forty two individual copperplate engraved caricatures. BM Satires undescribed Condition: Trimmed within plate at top, as issued. Overall time toning and foxing. Punctures to bottom platemark. Small tears and creases to edges of sheet. Blank on verso. |
| Framing | unmounted |
| Price | £100.00 |
| Stock ID | 51735 |