This fiddle I made out of my own head, and I have enough wood to make another
Gabriel Shire Tregear (fl.1828 - 1840)
Category
Art / Prints
Date
1834
Materials
Paper, wood, glass and metal
Measurements
380 x 306 x 17 mm
Place of origin
England
Order this imageCollection
Tyntesfield, North Somerset
NT 23029.1
Summary
Print, lithograph, This fiddle I made out of my own head, and I have enough wood to make another. One of a set of four caricature lithographs in black frames with gilt decoration. Man in blue tail-coat and breeches holding a fiddle. At top left in a rectangular box Treagear's / Flights of / Humour / No.28 ; inscription below figure September 1834 Published by G S Treagear 123, Cheapside; at bottom of picture THIS FIDDLE I made out of my OWN HEAD / and I have enough WOOD to make ANOTHER. Badly mildewed. On back a white label with black type ARTISTIC PICTURE FRAMES (underlined) followed by standard framing information / JAMES HUDD, CARVER AND GILDER, / FINE ART DEALER , PAINT SELLER. / (in red) 7, CHRISTMAS STEPS, BRISTOL. At bottom edge Number SEVEN (underscored) UNITY STREET, College Green, BRISTOL. Backing paper has been perforated on bottom left.
Provenance
Purchased from the estate of the late Lord Wraxall with the assistance of the NHMF and donations from members and supporters
Marks and inscriptions
THIS FIDDLE I made out of my OWN HEAD / and I have enough WOOD to make ANOTHER.
Makers and roles
Gabriel Shire Tregear (fl.1828 - 1840), engraver and publisher James Hudd, carver