An old ballad singer offers his ballad sheets to a pretty young mother and her son as they walk across a bridge over the Thames. In the distance the sun's rays illuminate the dome of St. Paul's Cathedral
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark. Imprint erased?, Window mounted to 41 x 30 cm., Note in an unidentified hand at bottom of mounting sheet., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, at his Map & Print Warehouse, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Novr. 25, 1740.
Call Number:
740.11.25.02++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the British government's position in relation to the European political situation in 1740, in thirteen compartments with a scene for each month surrounded by a scrolling rococo framework and a central rectangular scene entitled 'A Year of Wonders' in which Frederick William I of Prussia (who died in May 1740), Emperor Charles VI (who died in October 1740), Empress Anna of Russia (died October 1740) and Pope Clement XII (died February 1740) approach Charon to be rowed across the river Styx ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Political calendar for the year 1740
Description:
Title engraved above image., After a design by Gravelot. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom., Design in center of sheet over which is pasted a smaller sheet with letterpress "London almanack for the year of our Lord 1741 being the first after leap year"., Folded and mounted to 56 x 38 cm., Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet., and Contemporary ms. annotations in two unidentified hands on recto.
"Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen reflected in the glass. From the left side of the screen an electoral candidate walks towards a voter grasping him by his right hand and with his left slipping a purse into the man's pocket. The voter is identified in the verses as a member of a corporation in a borough where only such members could vote; his leg is shackled by a chain. His wife listens to a clergyman who stands in a doorway assuring her "bribery no sin". The devil hovers over the candidate touching the voter on the shoulder and holding a blank scroll. Two boys in the foreground point to the transaction, one holding a wooden shoe, symbol of the oppressive French regime. The screen itself is adorned with little stars, at the top the years 1715-1722 are marked on the seven folds and the names of various acts passed by the previous government, "Quarantine Act .../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Election carried by bribery and the devil
Description:
Title from caption in ribbon above image., Questionable attribution to Hogarth in unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four stanzas of verse below image: Here's a minion sent down to a corporate town, in hopes to be newly elected ... That betrays the whole kingdom to slav'ry.", and Imperfect impression: sheet trimmed to 162 x 175 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
"Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen reflected in the glass. From the left side of the screen an electoral candidate walks towards a voter grasping him by his right hand and with his left slipping a purse into the man's pocket. The voter is identified in the verses as a member of a corporation in a borough where only such members could vote; his leg is shackled by a chain. His wife listens to a clergyman who stands in a doorway assuring her "bribery no sin". The devil hovers over the candidate touching the voter on the shoulder and holding a blank scroll. Two boys in the foreground point to the transaction, one holding a wooden shoe, symbol of the oppressive French regime. The screen itself is adorned with little stars, at the top the years 1715-1722 are marked on the seven folds and the names of various acts passed by the previous government, "Quarantine Act .../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Election carried by bribery and the devil
Description:
Title from caption in ribbon above image., Questionable attribution to Hogarth in unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four stanzas of verse below image: Here's a minion sent down to a corporate town, in hopes to be newly elected ... That betrays the whole kingdom to slav'ry.", Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 33 x 44 cm., and Dated '1722' in unknown contemporary hand after title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Shepherds I have lost my waist! Have you seen my body? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1794 -- Domestic service: footmen -- Jewelry: earrings -- Food: tarts -- Pictures amplifying subject., Watermark: J Whatman., and Publisher's stamp in lower right corner of plate: S.W.[F.]
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: Shepherds I have lost my waist! Have you seen my body? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Female costume, 1794 -- Domestic service: footmen -- Jewelry: earrings -- Food: tarts -- Pictures amplifying subject., 1 print on wove paper : etching, hand-colored ; sheet 37.3 x 28.2 cm., matted to 63 x 47 cm., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Subjects identified in a later hand on mat below image.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Second in a series of four prints about the witnesses in the trial of Queen Caroline. See: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, page xlviii, note 1., "No. 2"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 14 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pub. by Humphrey, St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Second in a series of four prints about the witnesses in the trial of Queen Caroline. See: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 10, page xlviii, note 1., "No. 2"--Upper right corner., 1 print : etching ; plate mark 12.3 x 17.3 cm, on sheet 12.8 x 17.7 cm., Printed on wove paper; hand-colored., Mounted to 58 x 39 cm., Mounted (with two other prints) on leaf 9 in volume 1 of the W.E. Gladstone collection of caricatures and broadsides surrounding the "Queen Caroline Affair.", and With pencil annotation "of the Queens Trial" following title.
Publisher:
Pub. by Humphrey, St. James's St.
Subject (Name):
Caroline, Queen, consort of George IV, King of Great Britain, 1768-1821
