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10. The present age 1767 address'd to the professors of driving, dressing, ogling, writing, playing, gambling, racing, dancing, duelling, boxing, swearing, humming, building, &c., &c., &c. / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1767]
- Call Number:
- 767.00.00.03+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on fashionable life described in a sub-title as "Address'd to the Professors of Driving, Dressing, Ogling, Writing, Playing, Gambling, Racing, Dancing, Duelling, Boxing, Swearing, Humming, Building, &c. &c. &c." with broad space flanked by large buildings leading down to the sea. On the left, "The Academy for the Noble Art of Boxing NB Mufflers provided for delicate Constitutions" through the windows of which a pugilist can be seen addressing a yong nobleman, and two men boxing. Beside this a theatre into which a large crowd enters via a staircase, encouraged by a zany standing on a balcony with three actresses, two actors wearing turbans and another dressed as a soldier; the sign above refers to notorious hoaxes of the earlier part of the century: "Britannia Humm'd Or the Tragedy of the Secret Expedition [presumably the Expedition on Rochefort, 1757], A Mock Tragedy to which is added a Farce call'd The Pregnant Rabit Woman [i.e., Mary Toft], Together with the Adventures of the Bottle Conjurer [see BM Satires 3022, 1868,0808.3875], and Polish Jew [Henry Simons]. As likewise the taking ye Standard at the Battle of Dittingen." The next house is built in a variety of styles; beyond, the sea the sun rises "for the Vigilant". In the foreground fashionable people are shown as described in a key below: 1. "British Nobility disguis'd", three women dressed in French style in an open carriage are bowed to by 2. a foppish young man "Return'd from the Polite Tour"; behind him 3. "Foreign Insolence [is] express'd by the French Valet de Chambre daring to Insult 4. English Bravery in Distress [an old sailor with a wooden leg], reduc'd to ask Alms in his Native Country, after having courageously lost his limbs in Defence of it on board a Privateer & unjustly kept out of his Prize-money"; next is 5. "The Optical Ogle, or polite Curiosity", a young gentleman peering at the women in the carriage through an eye-glass; 6. "An Author", a miserable gentleman with his hands tucked into the breast of his coat who is barked at by two dogs; by contrast, 7. "A Player" reclines comfortably in a sedan chair, a footman walking before him; 8. describes a scene at the door of the house on the right, "The Industrious Tradesman thrust off with Contempt, expecting a just Debt to be paid, to make room for a high Life Gambler [also in a sedan chair], politely usher'd in to receive his Debt of Honour"; behind this group is, 9. "A Feather of the Turf", a man mounted on a high gig drives two horses, and 10. "The Balance of Merit in this happy Climate for useless Exotics, [where] A French Dancing Master obtains 300£ pr. Ann. & a clear Benefit worth near 300£ more, while the Ingenious English Shipwright, tho' Assistant to the Honour Profit & Defence of his Country, by hard Labour barely obtains 40£ pr. Ann."; on the left, 11. a hearse drives into the scene with "The Corps[e] of a Blood, conveying to Interment, who boldly lost his Life in a Duel defending the Reputation of a Prostitute"; 12. is the house beside the sea, "Modern Architecture The Corinthian, Venetian, Gothic & Chinese huddled in one Front,"; 13. an old woman leaning out of an upper window calling to a woman and two men at the door represents "Modern Hospitality in the Character of Old Age, left to take care of Furniture, & answer Duns that the Family is in the Country"; 14. fishing boats at sea are reminders that "One British Buss [fishing boat] of more service to the Community than ten Italian Singers"."--British Museun online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of text below image: Explanation. 1 British Nobility disguis'd, 2 Return'd from the Polite Tour, 3 Foreign Insolence express'd by the French valet de chambre daring to insult 4 English Bravery in distress ..., and Mounted to 26 x 35 cm., window mounted to 29 x 41 cm.
- Publisher:
- Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
- Subject (Topic):
- Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743, Drolls, Accessories (Clothing & dress), Clothing & dress, Boxing, Carriages & coaches, Guilds, Hearses, Magicians, Military uniforms, British, Occupations, Pregnancy, Scales, and Sedan chairs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The present age 1767 address'd to the professors of driving, dressing, ogling, writing, playing, gambling, racing, dancing, duelling, boxing, swearing, humming, building, &c., &c., &c. / [graphic]
11. The sacrifice [graphic]
- Creator:
- Goldar, John, 1729-1795, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Octr. 15th 1767.
- Call Number:
- 767.10.15.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from item., "Engraved after an original picture of Mr. John Collett in the possession of Mr. Bradford."--Below title., and Companion print to The refusal / J. Collett pinxit ; J. Goldar sculpsit. [London] : T. Bradford, 1st Feby. 1768.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd by T. Bradford, No. 132 Fleet Street, as the act directs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The sacrifice [graphic]
12. [Don Quixote seizes the barber's bason for Mambrino's helmet] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1756]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 756.00.00.01 Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The adventure of Mambrino's helmet; Quixote on horseback, charging at the barber with his lance, the barber already having dismounted from his donkey and making an escape to right, the basin (mistaken for Mambrino's helmet) lying on the ground; Sancho on the back of his donkey, hailing Quixote from the top of a hill beyond; proposed illustration to 'Don Quixote' (unpublished)"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Adventure of Mambrino's helmet
- Description:
- Title from later state., Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet., State and publisher from Paulson., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Cc,1.238., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115., and Trimmed within platemark and with large brown stain lower right. Contemporary ms. note on verso in brown ink, with loss to text: 3 prints from Don Quixot [sic] by Hoga[rth].
- Publisher:
- Robert Dodsley?
- Subject (Name):
- Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
- Subject (Topic):
- Fighting and Barbers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Don Quixote seizes the barber's bason for Mambrino's helmet] [graphic]
