The old English 'squire : "a jovial gay fox hunter, bold, frank and free" : a poem in ten cantos / by John Careless, Esq. ; illustrated with plates by one of the family.
Published / Created:
London : Printed for Thomas M'Lean, 26, Haymarket, by Howlett and Brimmer, Frith Street, Soho, 1821.
Physical Description:
viii, 136 pages, [24] leaves of plates : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsPR6101.A27 O43 1821+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsPR6101.A27 O43 1821+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
By William Andrew Chatto."Price £1 11s. 6d. Extra boards."--Spine label.Podeschi, J.B. Books on the horse and horsemanship, 112Abbey, J.R. Life in England in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 387BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is the Abbey copy. Bound in publisher's original green cloth, with printed cover and spine labels. Armorial bookplate: Edward Daly.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is bound in original gray boards, with publisher's printed labels on front cover and spine. Armorial bookplate: J. Barton Townsend. Bookseller's label: John Pennington & Son ... Philadelphia.BEIN 2014 +81: 30 cm. Original boards, with publisher's printed labels on front cover and spine.
Contents:
Plates: The old squire -- Fetching the midwife -- Dressing the young squire -- Young squire gets ferrul'd for neglecting his studies -- Breaking cover, or Hunting in Hampshire -- Tries a new shooting pony, which won't do -- Crammed at college by his tutor for a degree -- Gets cheated by his miller who grinds oats for him -- Young squire goes to London and gets his pockets eased -- Takes lessons in dancing -- Sits for his portrait -- Goes to the opera -- Buys an historical picture. St. Anthony preaching to the fishes -- Goes to a picture sale -- Rides home on a borrowed horse -- Mistakes mushrooms for game and spoils their shape -- Meets with a small accident -- His gun misses fire, because he had forgot to load it -- Goes with some friends to shoot grouse on the moors -- Not the safest way to carry loaded guns in a wood -- Spurs himself in the wrong place -- Sees a water kelpy -- The village schoolmaster, fond of little bits -- A cheerful dance.
Subject Terms:
English poetry. | English wit and humor. | Satire, English. | Wit and humor. | Caricatures and cartoons -- Great Britain. | Daly, Edward -- Bookplate. | Townsend, J. Barton -- Bookplate.