Satire on the excesses of certain Freemasons: a procession of masons emerge from a public house headed by elaborately dressed men described as the emperor of China, Confucius and two mandarins; an old woman sits on a ladder balanced on the back of a d...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Satire on the excesses of certain Freemasons: a procession of masons emerge from a public house headed by elaborately dressed men described as the emperor of China, Confucius and two mandarins; an old woman sits on a ladder balanced on the back of a d...
Description:
Title engraved below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
A tracing of a 1731 print after Hogarth: Satire on Orator Henley and his followers. A view of his Oratory in Clare Market with Henley preaching from an open-air platform in front of the building, one cloven hoof protruding from beneath his robe. A mon...
Description:
Title from text in image.
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756 and Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757
To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria ... dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, [Rupert Green (partially trimmed)]
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Child care, Medicine shows, Country life, Spectators, Monkeys, Patent medicines, Children, Child rearing, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Dogs
To His Most Serene Highness Charles Theodore, Elector Palatine, Reigning Duke of Bavaria ... dedicated by His Most Devoted and Obedient Humble Servants Valentine Green, [Rupert Green (partially trimmed)]
Subject (Topic):
Quacks and quackery, Child care, Medicine shows, Country life, Spectators, Monkeys, Patent medicines, Children, Child rearing, Umbrellas, Wheelbarrows, and Dogs
A monkey dressed as an artist, wearing with a soft cap, jacket, and apron, works on a bust with chisel and mallet in hand. Other tools of his trade as a sculptor are in a basket behind him and at his feet
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Dean & Co., Threadneedle Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Chisels & mallets, Monkeys, and Sculptors
Presumably a parody of David Tenier the Younger's print "A Flemish Club". In this version, also a tavern setting, four monkeys dressed in shirts and vests and two wearing plumed hats, sit around a bowl, one looking back at a companion who holds up a g...
Alternative Title:
Smoking club
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Eating & drinking, Monkeys, Smoking, and Pipes (Smoking)
