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Prints: P1177
Title
Mathews at Home: Hood's Comic Annual
Subject
Artist
Date
1834
Dimensions
height: 21cm
width: 31.5cm
width: 31.5cm
Other materials
etching hand coloured
Provenance
Formerly in the collection of Professor Jim Davis, acquired by the Garrick Club in 2024
Other number
E0162
This book illustration is possibly the frontispiece for Hood's Comic Annual published 1834. The central image depicts a grinning man, with a banner between his teeth with the dates 1833-1834 on. Above this is an interior scene of Charles Mathews reading aloud to family members who are laughing heartily. Around the central images are various humerous sketches, on the top left are some sketches of male heads, around a bandy legged many wearing a toga, called Cassius. Top right is an image of a snail, below that is a tall thin man painting or plastering a wall. The bottom corner images possibly show Charles Mathews reciting one of hi monopolylogues to an audience. The scene is set behind Mr Mathews to stands behind a cloth covered table on the left, and on the right is shown seated.
