"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., and Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, 1702.
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., and Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, 1701.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719. and Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
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.
"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 '[blank] Gamble.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gamble arms
Description:
Title etched in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, vol. i, p. 8., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"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 '[blank] Gamble.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gamble arms
Description:
Title etched in image., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, 1794, vol. i, p. 8., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 247.
"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
"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.
A copy based on Hogarth's Satire on flase perspective: A view of a tower, staircase, bridge over a river
Alternative Title:
Satire on false perspective
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist statemetns inscribed in reverse on print., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 239., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit, page 333., and On page 168 in volume 2.
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
Alternative Title:
Ticket for the benefit of Spiller
Description:
Title etched within image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 2.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st 1788, by Molton & Co. No. 132 Pall Mall
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
"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 ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ticket for the benefit of Spiller
Description:
Title etched within image., See description of original print. No. 1815 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 2.
Publisher:
Samuel Ireland
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Spiller, James, 1692-1729.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Bailiffs, Jails, City & town life, and Scales
