"View from the river of a palace at Greenwich, built by Henry V and destroyed in the Civil Wars; in foreground to left a small boat with a sail enters the picture, to its left a rowing boat passes the palace"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of the ancient royal palace called Placentia, in East Greenwich
Description:
Title from text below image., Plate from the series "Vetusta monumenta," published by the revived Society of Antiquaries in London from 1747 to 1835. See British Museum online catalogue., and "Vol. II. Plate XXV"--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, April 23, 1767, Sumpt. Societ. Antiquar. Londini
"Interior of the Pantheon, Oxford Street, with Benjamin Wilson standing at left holding a torch at the end of a long conducting device, two assistants at different points in the apparatus at right."--British Museum online catalogue and "The scene probably depicts Wilson's demonstration for the King in 1777 to demonstrate his theories about lightning conductors (see G. L'E. Turner 'A Portrait of James Short, F.R.S., Attributable to Benjamin Wilson, F.R.S' Notes and Records of the Royal Society of London, Vol. 22, No. 1/2 (Sep., 1967), pp. 105-112, p.106)."--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Frontispiece to: Wilson, B. An account of experiments made at the Pantheon on the nature and use of conductors. London : Printed for J. Nourse ..., 1778., and Bound in before page 339 in volume 4 part 2 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
J. Nourse
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, London., London, and England.
Subject (Name):
Wilson, Benjamin, 1721-1788,
Subject (Topic):
Electricity, electricity, Experiments, Scientific equipment, and Electrical apparatus
Portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left, in round frame on pedestal with ornaments, including books (with title Joseph Andrews, [Tom] Jones, Amelia, Statues at Large), masks, quill and sword; frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding' published by A. Millar; state without printmaker's name
Description:
Title etched within image., Printmaker identified from finished plate., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 241.
Portrait of Henry Fielding; half length, profile to left, in round frame on pedestal with ornaments, including books (with title Joseph Andrews, [Tom] Jones, Amelia, Statues at Large), masks, quill and sword; frontispiece to Murphy's edition of 'The Works of Henry Fielding'published by A. Millar
Description:
Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 194 in volume 2.
A portrait of Thomas Morell, a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth's, shown "in the character of a Cynic Philosopher"; behind him, an organ aprtially hidden behind a curtain; in front of him on a table is an ink well, brush, and a pile of books; he sits at the table, pen in hand poised above a sheet of paper, with the word "Thesaurus" written on the top. On the wall near the door hangs a watch on a ribbon; over it a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
Thomas Morell
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and publisher from Paulson., and This state was used as the frontispiece to Morell's Thesaurus Graecae Poeses ... Eton : Joseph Pote ; London : T. Pote in Fleet Street, 1762.
A portrait of Thomas Morell, a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth's, shown "in the character of a Cynic Philosopher"; behind him, an organ aprtially hidden behind a curtain; in front of him on a table is an ink well, brush, and a pile of books; he sits at the table, pen in hand poised above a sheet of paper, with the word "Thesaurus" written on the top. On the wall near the door hangs a watch on a ribbon; over it a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
Thomas Morell
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and publisher from Paulson., This state was used as the frontispiece to Morell's Thesaurus Graecae Poeses ... Eton : Joseph Pote ; London : T. Pote in Fleet Street, 1762., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.7 x 15.2 cm, on sheet 22.5 x 16.5 cm.
A portrait of Thomas Morell, a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth's, shown "in the character of a Cynic Philosopher"; behind him, an organ aprtially hidden behind a curtain; in front of him on a table is an ink well, brush, and a pile of books; he sits at the table, pen in hand poised above a sheet of paper. On the wall near the door hangs a watch on a ribbon; over it a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
Thomas Morell
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, date, and publisher from Paulson., Sheet irregularly trimmed., State before the word "Thesaurus" written on the top page on which Morell is writing., Final state was used as the frontispiece to Morell's Thesaurus Graecae Poeses ... Eton : Joseph Pote ; London : T. Pote in Fleet Street, 1762., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Nicholls's book, 3d edit. p. 384., Ms. note in ink in James Basire's hand [?] beneath image: For the Revd Michael Lort from his respectfull humble Sert. James Basire., and On page 195 in volume 2.
"Portrait of Ann de Laval, Countess Stanhope; full-length seated directed to left, wearing mourning and a heavy shawl over her hair, leaning her head on her right hand and looking up and ahead, with a skull, bones, candle and books on the table by her right elbow, a curtain and columns behind to right, surmounted by decorations like crows with wings spread, over a corpse; state with scratched production details"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Honorable Lady Stanhope
Description:
Title from text below image., Place of publication from printmaker's place of activity., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"Chapel interior with George III and Charlotte watching from royal box as poor figures lined up to receive charity, the men at left and women at right, members of the congregation surrounding in pews at right and chior at left"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., and Partial watermark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820. and Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818.
The interior of a farmer's cottage, with the farmer seated in an armchair next to a table looking at his wife (right) whose jug in her left hand spills out. To the left of the farmer, on either side of the table, are their two children, a son and daughter (gesturing in surprise as she looks at her mother). The hearth on the left is equipped with a pot hanging above a large fire; a rifle above the mantel piece, a cat on the floor gazing at the fire
Description:
Title etched below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Plate to: Nichols's Genuine works of Hogarth. Ms. list in copy 3 makes notes of an “admirable copy by the same artist”., Used as a frontispiece to: Garrick, D. The farmer's return from London. London : Printed by Dryden Leach, for J. and R. Tonson, in the Strand, MDCCLXII [1762]., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 374., and On page 189 in volume 2.