Haec ego non oredam Venusina digna Lucerna. Haec Ego non agitem / G. Cruikshank fec.
[London] : Published by Wilson, Royal Exchange, 1814 Nov. 22.
Printed in brown ink.
Frontispiece to the Modern Dunciad, by George Daniel.
Below the design: "Hæc ego non credam Venusina digna lucerna? Hæc Ego non agitem? Juv."
The anonymous verse-satire by George Daniel attacks contemporary authors: Edward Thurlow (1781-1829), 2nd Baron; W. L. Bowles (1762-1850); Sir John Carr; T. J. Dibdin (1771-1841); W. T. Fitzgerald (1759-1829); Pasquin, the pseudonym of John Williams (1761-1818); John T. Agg; S. J. Arnold (1774-1842); Bate-Dudley; "Rosa M." is Mrs. Charlotte Dacre (? also a pseudonym); Mrs. Mary Meeke; and Bridget Bluemantle is the pseudonym of an unidentified novelist.
Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.
An imitation of the frontispiece to 'The Dunciad', 1729. An ass laden with a pack-saddle heaped with books and papers stands directed slightly to the right munching thistles. The pile is topped by a book inscribed "Thurlow", on which stands an owl. The others are "Bowles"; "Carrs Tour"; "Edinb. Review"; "Dibdin's Plays"; "Fitzgerald"; "Anthony Pasquin". The papers are "The Scourge", "Town Talk", "Theatrical Inquisitor", "Meteor", "Satirist". On the ground is an open book: "Thos Agg Humphy Hedgehog", and papers inscribed: "Mor. Herald"; "Operas by S. Arnold"; "Novels by Rosa M, Mrs Meeke, Bridget Bluemantle"; "At Home a Farce"; "Essays by Hewson Clarke"; "Champion".
Peel, Robert, Sir, 1788-1850, former owner.