The York Magician transforming a Foot-boy to a Captain
possibly Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756 – London 1827)
Category
Art / Drawings and watercolours
Date
1809
Materials
Paper
Measurements
272 x 372 mm; 241 mm (Height); 340 mm (Width)
Place of origin
London
Order this imageCollection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 206115
Summary
Print, 'The York Magician transforming a Foot-boy to a Captain'. Magician saying - By the Mystery of my art no more be a footboy but rise a captain. Footboy saying - Bless me! how soon a footboy is turned to a gentleman. Written on wand - Petticoat Influence. By ?Rowlandson. Published Feb 25th 1809 by Thos Jegg, 111 Cheapside. No.3. Label on back - A Thome.
Provenance
Part of the Bambridge Collection. The hall and contents were bequeathed to the National Trust in 1976 by Mrs Elsie Bambridge (1896-1976)
Makers and roles
possibly Thomas Rowlandson (London 1756 – London 1827), caricaturist Thomas Jegg (fl.1809 - 1816), engraver and publisher