Edward Vaughan fanmaker and Edward Vaughan marchand evantalists
Description:
Title etched within image., Formerly attributed to Hogarth., Text in English and French., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and On page 5 in volume 1.
publish'd according to the act of Parliam[...] [not before 1738]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Abstract:
Portrait of Elizabeth Adams, three-quarter length, seated to left, holding a notebook titled "Repenting sins", shown with both hands on her lap, wearing bonnet and plain dress. Adams was a criminal who was hanged for robbery in 1738. Resemblance to a figure in William Hogarth's Harlot's Progress, plate 6; and tentatively attributed to him in the British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of the end of the publication statement., and On page 63 in volume 1. Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath print: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit. p. 194.
"The Gamble Arms; a garlanded shield with crossed lion's paws supported on scrolls with a woman's head, flanked by two male torsos supporting a lintel with a head of Minerva in a scalloped niche at the centre and baskets of fruit to either side; a scroll below labelled 'Ellis Gamble.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gamble arms
Description:
Title etched in image., On page 3 in volume 1. Sheet 74 x 59 mm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark; printmaker's name erased from this impression.
Trade card for Ellis Gamble whose shop sign was an angel; with advertisement below. With text in English on the left and French on the right
Alternative Title:
Ellis Gamble orfeure a l'enseigne de l'ange d'or
Description:
Title etched in image below angel., State and date from Paulson., Ms. note in pencil above: See Nichol's Book 3, Edit. P. 240. Ms. note to the right: Sold for £7.0.0., and On page 5 in volume 1.
Copy of Hogarth's 1720s design of a trade card for Ellis Gamble whose shop sign was an angel; with advertisement below. With text in English on the left and French on the right
Alternative Title:
Ellis Gamble orfeure a l'enseigne de l'ange d'or dans Carnbourne-Street Leicester-Fields ...
Description:
Title etched in image below angel., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. 1, opposite page 8., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 23., and On page 5 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: sheet 193 x 149 mm.
The third print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is set at Sadler's Wells. "A dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the New River; the wife holds a fan with a design of Aphrodite and Adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of Sir Hugh Middleton's Head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and series from Paulson. Third print in a series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn., "Price 5 shillings"--Following printmaker's name., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., This impression, face and chest of woman is printed in reddish ink; the man's hands printed in blue., and On page 92 in volume 1. Sheet 488 x 393 mm.
Title etched below image., "Page 255."--Etched above image, upper right., Print prepared for A Supplement to Hogarth Illustrated by J. Ireland., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., A copy of Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (2nd ed.), no. 266., and On page 43 in volume 1. Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Copy.
Benefit Ticket for Spiller: the comedian stands in the center under a set of scales; he supports a burning taper; at his feet is a pile of tickets for his benefit performance labelled 'Pit', 'Gallery', and 'Box'. He offers the tickets to people on the left who put their payment on that side of the balance, while a bailiff on the right taps him on the shoulder, holding out a 'Writ' and creditors add their bills for 'Tripe', 'Gin', Tobacco', 'Snuff', 'Ale', 'Beer' and "The Taylor's bill" to the other side of the balance. A scroll looped over the top of the scales is a banner labelled 'For the Benefit of Spiller', its ends reaching a window of a tavern on the left and the window of a debtor's prison on the right--See description in the British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no 1815., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 2., Title and date supplied by curator., Ms. note above in Steevens's hand: Spiller's Ticket. His ms. note in pencil above: See Nichol's Book, 3d edit. p.44 p. 444. His ms. note in pencil below: Sold for £5.5.0., and On page 86 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
