Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Statute Hall, or, The modern Register Office [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Modern Register Office
- Contributor
- Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, artist, publisher.
- Published / Created
- [10 April 1769]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd by the inventor M. Darly accordg. to act of Parliament, April 10, 1769, at No. 39 Strand
- Abstract
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In a large room of an employment agency, prospective employers interview their potential hires. At the extreme right is a desk with the manager of the agency sitting behind it . On the desk is large open volume entitled "Order from Covent Garden for tid-bits". Next to it lies a note, "To Mr. Double Face, Statute Hall." In the foreground, next to the desk, a young man and woman sit on a bench waiting their turn. Numerous pairs around the room conduct interviews, including an older woman examining the face of a young manservant; a macaroni feeling the bosom of a maidservant; an old woman in spectacles poking the chest of a large coachman with a whip in his hand; a bishop leering at a young woman holding a box under her arm; and a pair in the background on the left holding a paper "Hell Fire Jack at the Bedford". In the background on the far right two young women stand against the wall, under an advertisement: "Two ladies want places with single gentlemen willing to do any thing." Other advertisements hang on the back wall
- Description
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Title engraved below image.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
For a variant state bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1860,0623.23.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Folded to 24.5 x 24.3 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm.
Mounted on page 150 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?]. - Provenance
- With the armorial bookplates of "Fraser, of Ledeclune, baronet" and "Herbert Henry Raphael" in volume. Sold at Sotheby's, 22 April 1901, to Sotheran. Schatzki, lot 1193; June 1961;
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 24.5 x 34 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Quarto 724 771N
- Collection Title
- Page 150. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
- Collection / Other Creator
- King, Richard, Esq.
- Collection Date
- London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1769
Etchings England London 1769 - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Employment agencies
Interiors
Interviews
Desks
Benches
Servants
Dandies
British
Women domestics
Coach drivers - Subjects
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Employment agencies
Interiors
Interviews
Desks
Benches
Servants
Dandies > British
Women domestics
Coach drivers
England > 1769
England > London > 1769
Raphael, Herbert H. > Ownership
Fraser, William Augustus Sir, 1826-1898 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8385508
- Object ID (OID)
- 33182337