Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2Grego, Joseph
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Rowlandson the Caricaturist; a Selection from His Works. Vol. 2
Grego, Joseph
English wit and humor, Pictorial; Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827
Frontispiece.--Johnny Newcome starting to join his Regiment.
Johnny Newcome going to lay in stock.
A Bad Billet.
Taking his Breakfast.
Introduced to his Colonel.
Smells Powder for the first time.
Johnny writes an Account of the action to his mother, which
afterwards appears in the _Star_.
Half Rations.
Learning to Smoke and drink Grog.
Poor Johnny on the sick list.
Going sick to the rear.
Johnny safe returned to his Mamma.
Made an A.D.C. 'Dash'd with his suite for Santarem that night.'
Johnny on duty with his chief.
Presenting the Trophies (taken from Joseph Buonaparte) to the
Prince Regent.
1815. _The Grand Master, or Adventures of Qui Hi in Hindostan. A
Hudibrastic Poem in eight Cantos by Quiz. Illustrated with twenty-eight
engravings by Rowlandson._ Plates dated October 1, 1815. (Quiz fecit,
Rowlandson sc.) London: Printed by T. Tegg. The intention of this
work seems an attempt to hold up the Governor-General (the Marquis of
Hastings) to opprobrium, but whether deserved or not, Europeans have
small chance of judging.
Frontispiece.--A new Map of India from the latest authority.
The Governor-General (Marquis of Hastings) and his
Council (Imbecility) mounted on an Elephant. Tusks
(marked Monopoly and Ambition) fettered by Restrictions
(Board of Control and House of Commons) &c.
Titlepage.--The End of the Pagoda Tree, and the ultimate fate of
the Viceroy and his Council, &c. &c.
A Scene in the Channel.
The Modern Idol Juggernaut.
Miseries of the First of the Month.
The Burning System Illustrated.
Missionary Influence, or how to make Converts.
An Extraordinary Eclipse.
Labour in vain, or his Reverence Confounded.
Hindoo Prejudices.
John Bull Converting the Indians.
More Incantations, or a Journey to the Interior. (Nepaul War).
Miseries in India. (Insects.)
The Bear and Ragged Staff. (Viceroy and Council as Idols.)
Hindoo Incantations. A View in Elephanta.
[Illustration: HINDOO INCANTATIONS--A VIEW IN ELEPHANTA.]
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