"A game of draughts interrupted; four men at a table, on the left, Alexander Pope (?) standing with a paper in his right hand, at centre, the players (one of whom is said to be Dr. John Arbuthnot) in full-bottomed powdered wigs, to right, a man said to be Count Viviani in a long curling wig and cloak, his left hand resting on a stick; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Dr. Arbuthnot. Count Viviani
Description:
Title from text in image. Series title below image; plate number in upper right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, 1702., and On page 232 in volume 3. Printed in brownish ink, sheet trimmed to: 15.5 x 19.9 cm.
Publisher:
Samuel Ireland?
Subject (Name):
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Arbuthnot, John, 1667-1735., and Viviani, Count.
A game of draughts ended; four men at a table, the figure on left (Dr Garth) is in full bottom powdered wig, standing, with cane on table, his three-cornered hat beside him, the players, seated opposite each other in the centre, and to right, a figure (Pope) standing with his left hand raised; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth
Alternative Title:
Dr. Garth. Pope
Description:
Title from text below image; plate number in upper right corner., Reissue with plate no. re-engraved to '4'., Plate in: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. vol.1, p. 38., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, 1701., and On page 232 in volume 3. Printed in brownish ink on sheet trimmed to: 15.3 x 20.4 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719. and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Title etched above image., With a numbered key to Hogarth's composition etched below. Performers: 1. Cortez. Lord Lempster. 2. Cydaria. Lady Caroline Lenox. 3. Almeria. Lady Sophia Fermor. 4. Alibeck. Miss Conduit afterwards Lady Symington. Audience: 5. Duke of Cumberland. 6. Princess Mary. 7. Princess Louisa. 8. Lady Deloraine. 9 & 10. her daughters. 11. Dss. of Richmond. 12. De. of Richmond. 13. Earl of Pomfret. 14. De. of Montagne. 15. Tom Hill. 16. Dr. Desguliers. 17. Bust of Sr. Isaac Newton., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 228 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd Feb. 1, 1791 by J. & J. Boydell, Cheapside, & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Title from item., Title etched below image., Publication date from that of the book in which this plate was published., Plate from: The Butiad, or, Political register. London : Printed for E. Sumpter, 1763., Reduced copy of No. 4030 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Wilkes's house -- Personifications: Fame -- Busts: bust of Lord Bute -- Reference to excise -- Reference to William Hogarth's The times, Plate I -- British Lion -- Newspapers: Auditor ; North Briton -- Reference to Magna Charta -- King's Messengers., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11.3 x 15.4 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, and Tower of London (London, England)
"A group of men sitting around a table, one in the centre pointing at his own palm, while two others on the right watch attentively and a third on the left holds out his palm but looks back at a maid holding a staff who approaches an owl perched on a stand nearby; with a fifth man standing behind the others, holding a staff and reading a paper through spectacles and a suit of armour in the background to right; after Hogarth's sketch known as 'Debates on Palmistry'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Wretched stuff., and On page 214 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Febry. 1, 1782 at No. 3 Clements Inn
Subject (Topic):
Armor, Fortune telling, Newspapers, Owls, Reading, and Servants
Title page of Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth (London : Printed by and for J. Nichols, 1782) with the text of an invitation written on a dinner plate with a fork on the left and a knife on the right. Text reads: Mr. Hogarths compts. to Mr. King and desires the Honnor of his company at dinner on Thursday next to Eta Beta P Y.
Alternative Title:
Mr. Hogarths compts. to Mr. King and desires the Honnor of his company at dinner on Thursday next to Eta Beta P Y, Mr. Hogarth's compliments to Mr. King and desires the Honor of his company at dinner on Thursday next to Eta Beta P Y, Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth, and Invitation card
Description:
Title and printmaker from Dobson., Imprint from publication in which the etching appeared., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Frontispiece to Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit. See p. 63., and On page 219 in volume 3.
Copy of a benefit ticket whose design was formerly attributed to Hogarth: a stage scene with four performers in Congreve's 'The Old Bachelor', showing the scene in Act III where Noll receives a kicking from Sharper; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Joe Miller for his performance as Sir Joseph Wittol
Alternative Title:
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. The old batchelor
Description:
Title from banner at top of image., Signed in design: W. Hogarth f., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, vol. i, p. 128., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £8..8..0; at top of print: 7., and On page 233 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Faulder and Egerton
Subject (Name):
Congreve, William, 1670-1729. and Miller, Joe, 1684-1738.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Fund raising, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
Copy of a print by J. Sympson, Junr., after W. Hogarth's design. A benefit ticket illustrated with a stage scene from John Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera': a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath; illustration to Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth'. and "Benefit ticket: a stage scene with five performers in Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'; a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; print after a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath; illustration to Samuel Ireland's 'Graphic Illustrations of Hogarth' (1794-1799)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from ribbon at top of image; below "Theatre Royal Covent Garden / Pitt"., Signed within image: W. Hogarth invt. / J. Sympson Junr. sculp., After one of the suppositious 'Sympson' prints; see Paulson 1965/60 Appendix I, pages 313-4 for more information., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, page 58., Polly portrayed by Lavinia Fenton., Ms. note in pencil Steevens's hand above print: £5.5.0; at top of print: 5., Ms. note beneath print in another hand in pencil: For Graphic illustrations of Hogarth ... its possession of Samuel Ireland, 1794, p. 58., and On page 233 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 11 x 12.7 cm.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744,, and Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760,
