Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby's 'Perspective of Architecture' (1761); landscape, with river, domed temple and city, in foreground the upper part of a column, its capital bearing emblems of the Prince of Wales, a cupid with a book inscribed " Palladio's Architect[ure]", a paper with geometrical figures struck by a ray from the rising sun
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece
Description:
Paulson's title: Frontispiece to Kirby's Perspective of architecture., State and publication information from Paulson., Original drawing in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Original., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Brook Taylor's Perspective. See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 371., and On page 185 in volume 2.
published according to act of Parliament May 7 1761.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., State without quotation from Juvenal etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 373., and On page 188 in volume 2.
published according to act of Parliament May 7 1761.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Frontispiece to the catalogue of the pictures exhibited by the Society of Artists, at their first exhibition in Spring Gardens; Britannia standing in a rocky landscape, filling a watering can from a fountain with lion's head spout and a bust statue of George III in a niche surmounted by a crown, lettered 'Georgius III Rex. MDCCLXI.'; the watering can pours onto three short trees growing in a clump at right, favouring the one with the trunk labelled 'Architecture' and, to a lesser extent, the tree labelled 'Painting'; the tree 'Sculpture', on slightly lower ground, is not in the line of the spray"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Quote from Juvenal etched below image: Et spes & ratio studiorum in Caesare tantum. Juv., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's Bbook, 3d edit. p. 373., and On page 188 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 19.3 x 14.1.
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Text upper left corner: Frontispiece Vol. 1., Text below image: Vol. 2. page 128., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above this print and another version listed above: Tristram Shandy; in pencil in Steevens's hand on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375., and On page 186 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 14.7 x 8.7 cm.
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, date and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Given me by Mr. Robert Dodsley. Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above this print and another version listed below: Tristram Shandy. Ms. note in pencil on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375., and On page 186 in volume 2.
"A certificate of attendance for the practice of surgery as a pupil at the London Hospital, and for attendance on courses on anatomy and attendance to the institutes and operations of surgery; the headpiece, after Hogarth, shows Christ seated at left in the company of his disciples, gesturing to a hospital in the distance, two figures being carried towards the door on stretchers."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
London Hospital
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Title from first lines of text: The London Hospital for charitably relieving sick & wounded manufacturers and seamen in Merchants Service their wives & children ..., Caption title in image: In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethern, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. XXV. v: 40., State with the arms of Charles Duke of Richmond Lenox & Aubigny removed from top and image of modern hospital replacing image of older building., The certificate, with spaces left blank to be filled in., and On page 104 in volume 2.
Christ is shown with his disciples, gestering toward the sick in the distance who are beign carriet to an antique building in the left background, presumably a hospital
Alternative Title:
In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these...
Description:
Title from Paulson., Text continues: ... my Brethern, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. XXV. v: 40., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil above print: Christ and his Disciples. See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 435 & 444. See also John Ireland's Hogarth Illustrated, p. 373. In pencil at lower right below print: See page 104., and On page 101 in volume 2.
"A certificate of attendance for the practice of surgery as a pupil at the London Infirmary, and for attendance on courses on anatomy and attendance to the institutes and operations of surgery; the headpiece, after Hogarth, shows Christ seated at left in the company of his disciples, gesturing to a hospital in the distance, two figures being carried towards the door on stretchers; at top centre, the arms of Charles, Duke of Richmond."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
London Infirmary
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Title from first lines of text: The London Infirmary for charitably relieving sick & diseas'd manufacturers and seamen in Merchants Service, their wives & children ..., Caption title in image: In as much as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my Brethern, ye have done it unto me. St. Matt. XXV. v: 40., The date can be narrowed down from the dedication to 'Charles Duke of Richmond Lenox & Aubigny President.': he became President of the London Hospital in November 1741 and died in 1750., The certificate, with spaces left blank to be filled in., and On page 104 in volume 2.
Oval portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left. Finished state used as the frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding'.
Description:
Title, state, artist, date, and printmaker from Paulson., Sheet trimmed., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath image: Proof given by Basire to Hogarth., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's above print: See Nichols's book 3d. edit. p. 385., and On page 194 in volume 2.
Plate 1. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A self-portrait of Hogarth painting Thalia, the Comic Muse holding a satyr's mask in her left hand and a book in her right hand. On the pillar to her left is engraved the words "Comedy 1764." Hogarth is seated in a chair leaning forward toward the easel, looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat; he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife, a pot of oil on the floor beside the chair. A volume of prints and a burin can be seen in a niche in the wall behind the easel. Leaning against the leg of the easel is a copy of "Analysis of Beauty", the accompanying print protruding from its pages
Alternative Title:
William Hogarth 1764
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., After the painting in the National Portrait Gallery, London., and On page 184 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 40 x 34.8 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Painting, Muses (Greek deities) in art, Artists, and British
