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82. [A burlesque on Kent's altarpiece at St. Clement Danes] [graphic].

Creator:: Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker
Published / Created:: [between 1777 and 1785]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: "Satire on William Kent's altarpiece at St Clement Danes; a group of five angels playing musical instruments; the dove of the Holy Ghost above, surrounded by seven heads of putti. Keyed A-K in image with text below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:: This print is exactly engrav'd after [the] celebrated altar-peice and This print is exactly engraved after the celebrated altar-piece
Description:: Titled as original as assigned by Paulson., Caption below image: "This Print is exactly Engrav'd after [the] Celebrated Altar-Peice [sic] in St. Clements Church which has been taken down by Order of [the] Lord Bishop of London (as tis thought) to prevent Disputs [sic] and Laying of wagers amoung [the] Parr[i]shioners about [the] Artists meaning in it ... 2 Smaller Angells as appears by the Wings.", Attributed to Livesay by Steevens., Date based on the years that Livesay was in residence at Mrs. Hogarth's house from 1777-1785 making copies and engravings after Hogarth., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1764., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 63., On page 23 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Livesay's copy.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [A burlesque on Kent's altarpiece at St. Clement Danes] [graphic].

83. [Arms of the Morrish kings] [graphic].

Published / Created:: [1777]
Call Number:: Folio 49 3582 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Alternative Title:: Arms of the Moorish kings
Description:: Title written above image in brown ink, in a contemporary hand., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate from: Carter, F. A journey from Gibraltar to Malaga ... London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1777., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Probably engraved after the title, formerly owned by Francis Carter and later acquired at auction by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the China Closet at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 191 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.
Publisher:: T. Cadell
Subject (Name):: Carter, Francis, -1783 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Subject (Topic):: Art collections and Coats of arms
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Arms of the Morrish kings] [graphic].

84. [Newmarket] [a shot at a hawk] / [graphic]

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not after 1 March 1777]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 53. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, see 1868,0808.4315) and a sign reads, "No Thouroughfare Here"; behind the men is the wall of a house, from an upper window of which appears a man's leg clad in a dark stocking (a "blackleg" or swindling bookmaker (OED)), below the window a gallows with a hanged man has been crudely drawn on the wall, a notice reads "Whoso Lays ... will be prose[cuted]" (presumably alluding to infringement of gambling regulations); from another window, above which is the sign "Catchpenny Alley", hangs the head of a goose, a small dog jumps up trying to reach it; another dog is seated at right; a pair to British Museum Satires No. 4719."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Alternative Title:: Catchpenny Alley
Description:: Title from later state., Early state, with artist and printmaker signatures only. For a later state with title, publication line, and drypoint shading of the image added, see no. 4717 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Date inferred from publication line on later state: Publish'd 1st March 1777., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on bottom edge., Campanion print to: Newmarket : a shot at a pigeon., Temporary local subject terms: Newmarket., and Mounted on page 53 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: Wilkes, John, 1725-1797.
Subject (Topic):: Gambling, Alleys, Dogs, and Signs (Notices)
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Newmarket] [a shot at a hawk] / [graphic]

85. [Pot Fair. Cambridge] [graphic].

Creator:: Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:: [not before 25 June 1777]
Call Number:: Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:: Page 121. Bunbury album.
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: "Satire on Cambridge academics: scene at a pottery market where a fat don trips over two fighting dogs and grabs the collar of a thin gentleman as he falls towards a table laden with pots for sale; the stall-holder rushes from the left to save him from damaging her stock and two of the don's colleagues stand behind the table laughing. On the right a fat woman bargains with another stall-holder for a chamber pot and tureen; behind them a young student approaches a well-dressed young woman with a cross hanging around her neck; in the foreground, a baby has fallen into a flower pot and a dog who has had a barber's wig-stand tied to his tail runs to right barking; in the background, King's College Chapel."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:: Title from later state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: Mr. Bunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., "A proof before all letters"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1873,0712.809., For a later state with lettering, published 25 June 1777, see no. 4729 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: Pot sellers -- Cambridge: King's College Chapel., and Mounted on page 121 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Name):: King's College (University of Cambridge). Chapel,
Subject (Topic):: Pottery, Dogs, and Students
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Pot Fair. Cambridge] [graphic].

86. [Vocal and instrumental music in a church] [graphic]

Creator:: Bates, L., active 1777-1779, printmaker
Published / Created:: [ca. 1777]
Call Number:: 777.00.00.05+
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: Musicians in a church, with vocalists singing from books in upper level and instrumentalists below, the latter labeled to indicate their nationalities, Prussia, Ger., Ital, Swiss, and on the far right Engl., possibly corresponding to caricature portrait of Dr. Arne. The bass player labeled Ger. may represent Karl Friedrich Abel. To the right the church congregation is indicated, with men in the foreground and women with the fashionable pyramidal hair styles seated in the upper gallery
Description:: Title and date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Title pencilled below image: The morning concert., and In laid to 30 x 34 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):: England
Subject (Name):: Abel, Karl Friedrich, 1723-1787. and Arne, Thomas Augustine, 1710-1778.
Subject (Topic):: Church musicians, Church music, Musicians, Churches, and Interiors
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [Vocal and instrumental music in a church] [graphic]