Oratory Chappel [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Oratory Chappel [graphic]
- Creator
- Sympson, Joseph, -1736, attributed name
- Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, publisher. - Published / Created
- [November 1746]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Samuel Ireland
- Description
-
"Satire on the Rev John Henley, in a chapel, preaching in a pulpit at left, above which a dog in Scots plaid holds a sign lettered 'Politicks & Divinity'; the clerk holds a club, as do other members of the congregation, who are variously animatedly arguing and exclaiming, one reading a newspaper; at right a pew lettered 'pews for ye Doctors Friends &c / Butcher Frenchman / Scot and Tory. / Join to rob Britain of its Glory.', in it several people wearing Scots plaid; above the pew, a coat of arms supported by a fox and wolf with the crest of an ass's head, with mottos 'Bray' and 'No Faith No King No Law', below it two inscriptions, 'Repaired and Beautifyd by O-t- H-y' [Orator Henley] and 'Subjects to night / ye. Battle of Dettengen & ye. Bishops'; at top centre, a placard: 'It is written my house shall be called ye. house of prayer but ye have made it a den of thieves'; a forgery purporting to be by or after Hogarth."--British Museum catalogue.
Title etched above image.
Publisher and date from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of page: Seven forgeries -- all published by Samuel Ireland; in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath print: £6.0.0.
Extensive ms. note on separate sheet to right, in ink in Steevens's hand.
On page 233 in volume 3. - Provenance
- George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 14 x 20 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Forgeries
Satires (Visual works) England 1746
Etchings England London 1746 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Henley, John, 1692-1756
- Subject (Topic)
- Preaching
- Subjects
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Henley, John, 1692-1756 > Caricatures and cartoons
Preaching
18th century
England > 1746
England > London > 1746
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12759695
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194293
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