"Portrait of Ben Jonson, bust seen in profile to left but looking at the viewer, wearing a draped coat; in an ornamental oval decorated with roses and laurel; below a young satyr holding a sceptre with a fool's head; books and a theatrical mask in lower right; state with publisher's address."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Ben Jonson
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Dr. Mead"--Below image. The note refers to the miniature by Oliver from which this engraving was made., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 28 (leaf numbered '86' in pencil) in volume 1 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637,, Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., and Mead, Richard, 1673-1754
Scotin, Gérard Jean Baptiste, 1698-approximately 1755, printmaker
Published / Created:
publish'd Nov. 27, 1738, according to the late act.
Call Number:
738.11.27.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A chimpanzee holding a bowl stands in a landscape, a decorated frame surrounding the image. In the background left, a man shoots an arrow at chimpanzees climbing a palm tree, and on the right three chimpanzees play on the ground, one standing upright holding a stick
Description:
Title engraved below image., Six lines of text below title: This creature was brought over by Capt. Henry Flower in the ship Speaker from Angola, on the coast of Guinea, in August 1738. It is of the female kind, & is two feet four inches high, walks erect ..., Dedication engraved at bottom of plate: To Sr. Hans Sloane Bart., President of the Royal Society, this plate is humbly inscribed., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sloane, Hans, Sir, 1660-1753.
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Chimpanzees, and Hunting
The scene from Book 3, Chapter 8 in which Sancho is shown removing the fetters from Gines de Pasamonte's wrist. Quixote is on horseback, a lance braced under his arm as he confronts his opponent whose sword is posed to strike
Alternative Title:
Freeing of the galley slaves
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: Freeing of the galley slaves., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Book 3rd. Ch: 8th"--Below title., "Vol. I. p. 129"--Below image, lower left., and On page 88 in volume 1. Trimmed to plate mark: 242 x 184 mm.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley?
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Lancers, Rescues, Enslaved people, and Swords & daggers
The scene from Book 3, Chapter 8 in which Sancho is shown removing the fetters from Gines de Pasamonte's wrist. Quixote is on horseback, a lance braced under his arm as he confronts his opponent whose sword is posed to strike
Alternative Title:
Freeing of the galley slaves
Description:
Title etched below image., Title from Paulson: Freeing of the galley slaves., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Book 3rd. Ch: 8th"--Below title., and "Vol. I. p. 129"--Below image, lower left.
Publisher:
Robert Dodsley?
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Lancers, Rescues, Enslaved people, and Swords & daggers
Title from item., Publisher identified from address in imprint., Three columns of dialogue in colloquial jargon below image: Harry. To pay, Moll, for I must hike. Moll. Did you call me, master? ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Trades: innkeeper -- Tom King's Coffee House -- Wine glasses -- Pitchers -- Moll King, d. 1747.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] picture shop in May's Buildings, Covent Garden
The first print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is a scene in Covent Garden. In the center, a middle-aged woman walks from the left towards St. Paul's church; the clock on the tower showing 6:55. She is followed by a servant boy carrying her prayer book under his arm as he tries to warm his hands in his pocket and jacket. St. Paul's is partially hidden behind a tavern identified by a sign reading "Tom King's Coffee House." There is a fight in the doorway, one man losing his wig as it flies out the door. In front of the tavern is a fire where two couples embrace as two women warm themselves, the one reaching out to beg of the well-dressed woman; two large baskets with vegetables sit behind the women, with carrots and mushrooms in the left foreground. To the left, in the middle distance, a small crowd, including two small boys with school bags on their backs, surrounds a man holding a placard advertising a remedy known as Dr. Rock's.
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and series from Paulson. First plate in the series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Children, City & town life, Couples, Crowds, Fighting, Food vendors, Kissing, Prostitutes, Quacks, Servants, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Women
The first print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is a scene in Covent Garden. In the center, a middle-aged woman walks from the left towards St. Paul's church; the clock on the tower showing 6:55. She is followed by a servant boy carrying her prayer book under his arm as he tries to warm his hands in his pocket and jacket. St. Paul's is partially hidden behind a tavern identified by a sign reading "Tom King's Coffee House." There is a fight in the doorway, one man losing his wig as it flies out the door. In front of the tavern is a fire where two couples embrace as two women warm themselves, the one reaching out to beg of the well-dressed woman; two large baskets with vegetables sit behind the women, with carrots and mushrooms in the left foreground. To the left, in the middle distance, a small crowd, including two small boys with school bags on their backs, surrounds a man holding a placard advertising a remedy known as Dr. Rock's.
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and series from Paulson. First plate in the series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: ”See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 248.", and On page 90 in volume 1. Plate mark 488 x 395 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Beggars, Children, City & town life, Couples, Crowds, Fighting, Food vendors, Kissing, Prostitutes, Quacks, Servants, Signs (Notices), Taverns (Inns), and Women
"Scene near Charing Cross with le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I in the background and celebrations of the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"); in the foreground a drunken freemason (probably the corrupt magistrate Sir Thomas De Veil) is supported by a serving man; to left a barber is seen at work through a window, a chamber pot is being emptied from a window above and below a man and woman sleep beneath a wooden shelter and a link boy crouches beside them; to right the Salisbury Flying Coach has crashed while trying to avoid a bonfire in the middle of the street; shop and tavern signs include the barber's (advertising "Shaving Bleeding & Teeth Drawn wth. a Touch Ecce Signum"), the Rummer Tavern, the Earl of Cardigan, the Bagnio and the New Bagnio."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and series from Paulson. Second in a series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England.
Subject (Name):
De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746
Subject (Topic):
Liquor laws, Freemasons, Jacobites, Accidents, Barbering, Butchers, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Children, Fires, Intoxication, Prostitution, Sleeping, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
"Scene near Charing Cross with le Sueur's equestrian statue of Charles I in the background and celebrations of the anniversary of the Restoration of Charles II (29 May, known as "Oak Apple Day"); in the foreground a drunken freemason (probably the corrupt magistrate Sir Thomas De Veil) is supported by a serving man; to left a barber is seen at work through a window, a chamber pot is being emptied from a window above and below a man and woman sleep beneath a wooden shelter and a link boy crouches beside them; to right the Salisbury Flying Coach has crashed while trying to avoid a bonfire in the middle of the street; shop and tavern signs include the barber's (advertising "Shaving Bleeding & Teeth Drawn wth. a Touch Ecce Signum"), the Rummer Tavern, the Earl of Cardigan, the Bagnio and the New Bagnio."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and series from Paulson. Second in a series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 94 in volume 1. Sheet 480 x 385 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England.
Subject (Name):
De Veil, Thomas, Sir, 1684-1746
Subject (Topic):
Liquor laws, Freemasons, Jacobites, Accidents, Barbering, Butchers, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Children, Fires, Intoxication, Prostitution, Sleeping, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
"Portrait of Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, bust directed to right but looking at the viewer, with square beard, wearing a ruff and lace collar, a column beyond; in an architectural oval with pedestal and urn below; a putto holding a torch and weeping over the sitter's decapitated head which lies next to an axe."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in image., Plate from: Birch, T. The heads of illustrious persons of Great Britain. London : John and Paul Knapton, MDCCXLIII-MDCCLI [1743-1751]., "In the collection of Sr. Robert Worsley Bart."--Below image., Engraved after the minature later acquired by Horace Walpole and kept in the rosewood cabinet in the Tribune at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 133 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., 1 print : engraving and etching on laid paper ; sheet 36.7 x 23 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Impensis I. & P. Knapton Londini
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1565-1601, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
