A trip to Melton Mowbray / from drawings by J.D. Paul, Esqr.
Published / Created:
[London] : Pubd. by S. & J. Fuller, at their Sporting Gallery, 34 Rathbone Place, London, [1822]
Physical Description:
14 leaves of plates : all ill. ; 17 x 61 cm.
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Yale Center for British Art copy 2 has an engraved label affixed to the reverse of each panel: A trip to Melton Mowbray. From drawings by J.D. Paul, Esqr. Pubd. by S. & J. Fuller, at their Sporting Gallery, 34 Rathbone Place, London. £2.10.0.
Contents:
Solvitur acris hyems, it thaws, we must be off to Melton -- Go! I fancy he can! Milton loquitur upon my soul a lie! Shakespeare -- Doing a bit of city -- All the world's a stage. (Bull and Mouth Inn) -- At his head a grass green turf, and at his heels a stone! -- These come hopping -- Non effectives;Nec possum dicere quare -- Frogs & cranes! Shewing a friend the short way to cover! -- My soul's on fire and eager for the field! -- A struggle for a start -- Candidates for Brooke's nunc est bibendum -- Gens humana ruit. O'Crus. O Brachia! (a check) -- Death and the doctors -- Dulce domum. Jamdudum animus est in patinis, exeunt in fumo.
Subject Terms:
Fox hunting -- England -- Pictorial works. | Melton Mowbray (England) -- Pictorial works. | Hunting -- Pictorial works. | Hunt riding -- Pictorial works. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century -- Pictorial works. | S. & J. Fuller -- Publisher. | Dixon, Fitz Eugene -- Bookplate.