Portrait of an innkeeper known as 'Mother Louse'; an old woman with pointed chin, smiling, almost three-quarter length, directed to right, wearing bonnet, tall conical hat, ruff and apron, a jug in her right hand by her side, a tankard in her left, held out; landscape in the distance beyond, at right, her inn, lettered 'Louse Hall', a famous establishment outside the city of Oxford; fanciful coat of arms at top right: three lice surmounted by a tankard, motto on banner underneath, 'Three liese pas-sant'. 1672; a re-issue of an earlier plate
Engraving with etching
Mother Louse, 1650-1672 (circa) |
Producer namePrint made by: David Loggan Published by: John Overton
Dimensions
Height: 252 millimetres
Width: 185 millimetres
Inscription Content
Lettered below image with two columns of verse, three couplets each: 'You laugh now goodman twoshoes, but at what? ...Thou shalt have bigger potts and stronger ale.', and at bottom with publication line: 'Sould by Iohn Overton at the white horse without Newgate.'; manuscript licence inscribed below plate-mark in faded red-brown ink: 'Licensed October. 28. 1672. / Ro. L'Estrange'
Loggan made this print whilst in Oxford, where he lived from 1665 to 1675. The Restoration censor Sir Roger L'Estrange granted Overton a licence to republish it in 1672, with several other plates from his old stock. See Antony Griffiths, 'The Print in Stuart Britain, 1603-1689' (1998), pp.146-8, 198. See also M.Jones 'The Print in Early Modern England: An Historical Oversight', New Haven and London, 2010, pp.306-307.Nombre del productor
Imprimir hecho por: David Loggan
Publicado por: John Overton
Dimensiones
Altura: 252 milímetros
Ancho: 185 milímetros
Contenido de inscripción
Letra debajo de la imagen con dos columnas de verso, tres coplas cada una: "Te ríes ahora, hombre de bien, dos en dos, ¿pero a qué? ... Tendrás potts más grandes y cerveza más fuerte ", y en el fondo con línea de publicación:" Sould by Iohn Overton at the white horse without Newgate. "; la licencia manuscrita está inscrita debajo de la marca de la placa en tinta roja marrón desteñida: 'Octubre con licencia. 28. 1672. / Ro. L'Estrange '
Loggan hizo esta impresión mientras estaba en Oxford, donde vivió desde 1665 hasta 1675. El censor de la Restauración, Sir Roger L'Estrange, otorgó a Overton una licencia para volver a publicarla en 1672, con varios otros platos de sus existencias antiguas. Véase Antony Griffiths, "The Print in Stuart Britain, 1603-1689" (1998), pp.146-8, 198. Véase también "El grabado en la Inglaterra moderna temprana: una supervisión histórica" de M. Jones en New Haven y Londres, 2010, pp.306-307.