Volume 3, before page 159. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A stage scene with five performers in Gay's 'The Beggar's Opera'; a prison scene with three men standing and two women on their knees; a forgery purporting to be a benefit ticket for Thomas Walker for his performance as Macheath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within ribbon at top of image; remainder of title from text below image., One of the suppositious 'Sympson' prints whose attributions have long been doubted; see Paulson 1965/60 Appendix I, pages 313-4 for more information., Dated to the 1790s in the British Museum online catalog, registration no.: Cc,3.122., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Polly portrayed by Lavinia Fenton., Mounted to 38 x 27 cm., and Bound in before page 159 (leaf numbered '22' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Spence, J. Anecdotes, observations, and characters, of books and men.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Gay, John, 1685-1732., Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744,, and Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760,
"Three Frenchmen stand crouching in a shallow pond trying to catch the frogs which swim wildly. They are unsuitably dressed for their occupation. Two wear swords, one with 'chapeau bras', and a long pigtail queue, the other two have bag-wigs. A woman wearing short petticoats, frilled cap, and a cross suspended from her neck, stands on the bank holding a sunshade and four frogs strung on a stick. Behind are trees."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson in descriptions of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue and Grego., and Later state of a print originally published with the imprint "Pubd. Jany. 10, 1790, by I. Rowlandson, No. 50 Poland Street." See No. 7768 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 6. See also: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 1, pages 269-270.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Willm. Holland, No. 50 Oxford Street
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Lakes & ponds, Frogs, and Hunting
"Jane Shore; bust portrait in costume from Henry VIII, body facing front, head turned and looking three-quarter to left, hat with veil, pearl necklaces, dress with embroidery and high lace collar; falsely after S Harding's picture, formerly belonging to Dr Peckard at Magdalene College, Cambridge; proof with scratched publication line; mounted on a separate sheet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image. and Bound in facing page 339 in the second volume of an extra-illustrated copy of: Bayley, J. History and antiquities of the Tower of London.
Advertisement for lamplighter John Clark, seller of lamps and services related to their use, decorated with images of lamplighters at work, climbing ladders to light the lamps on either side of the text
Alternative Title:
John Clark, lamplighter in Denmark Street, near St. Giles's Church, in the Fields
Description:
Title from item., Approximate date from dealer's description., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Laid down on thin card. The letter "H" in a circle pencilled twice in the lower left. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Topic):
Street lighting, Lamps, Lampposts, Ladders, and Oil cans
Dent, William, active 1783-1793, printmaker, publisher
Published / Created:
N[ovember] 8th, 1790.
Call Number:
790.11.08.01
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A man seated behind a rectangular table holds a paper: 'Extraordinary Gazette Convention'; he looks up with an expression of dismay, saying, "Oh! Dam the Dons! if they keep their Word what am I to do with my Oxen". On the table, which is in reversed perspective, are two tea-cups, an overturned tumbler, and papers: 'Mayor['s] Letter'; 'Oracle'; 'The World' [ministerial newspapers, cf. British Museum Satires No. 7369, &c.]. The title is etched on the vertical front of the table-cloth. Two stout men (left) standing together in profile to the right, equally dismayed, answer respectively, "Your Oxen! (fatten them for Market) what are we to do with our Biscuits? and We shant have one broke, if we are not to crack the Spaniards crowns, no, not one, dam it." The first is Alderman William Curtis, the other (who resembles him) is probably his elder brother and partner Timothy; they were (ship's) biscuit-bakers at Wapping, cf. British Museum Satires No. 8075. A thin man with a wooden leg (Brook Watson) stands (right), his hands held out, face upturned, exclaiming, "Convention! Dam the Convention! but a little time back amused with a Dutch Squabble, now tantalized with a Spanish Rupture - Oh! curse it! are we never to have a War?""--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image., Attributed to William Dent in the British Museum catalogue., and Printed on watermarked paper. With contemporary numbering "134[?]" in ink in upper right corner of sheet, partially trimmed.
Publisher:
Pub. by W. Dent
Subject (Name):
Curtis, William, Sir, 1752-1829 and Watson, Brook, 1735-1807
Subject (Topic):
Tables, Tablecloths, Drinking vessels, and Peg legs
"Twelve standing figures arranged in two rows, their words etched above their heads. [1] A fat and prosperous citizen smoking a long pipe, smoke puffing from the corners of his mouth and his nostrils: 'I will be bound - with a dozen of our Club and a proper allowance of fire, and the best Virginia, to smoke the French Mounseers from Dover to Calais, in the turning of a Tobacco stopper, who's afraid?' (cf. British Museum Satires No. 8220). The others, who make similar boasts of their ability to resist an invasion are: [2] A shambling journeyman tailor who speaks in the name of 'all united Taylors'. [3] A ragged cobbler, knock-kneed to deformity, who is also a preacher, cf. British Museum Satires No. 8026. [4] A 'Loyal Gypsy' with an (unnecessary) wooden leg. [5] A young woman (? Mrs. Concannon) as one of the 'Host of Faro, prepared to batter the enemy, with the remnants of our Reputations!' [6] A badly maimed officer, on stumps, with amputated right arm. [7] A doctor prepared to use his 'patent pills' on the enemy. [8] A Billingsgate virago. [9] A yokel: 'they had better keep away from our village . . . for I believe in my heart, the very Turkies would rise in a mass against them, who's afraid.' [10] A foppish apprentice: 'I am a tight dashing fresh water Sailor; - keep a funny row to Putney every Sunday - let me catch them above Bridge - thats all. who's afraid.' [11] An attorney prepared to present his bill to the enemy. [12] A stout man wearing a hat stands in back view, legs astride, coat-tails raised as if with his back to the fire: 'Lets teach em good manners D------mme who's afraid?'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Effects of an invasion!!
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides resulting in loss of title from lower edge. Title supplied from impression in the British Museum., and Manuscript title added in ink at bottom of image, above imprint: Who's afraid! or the effects of an invasion!!
Publisher:
Pub. Nov 21, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly corner of Sackville Street
Subject (Topic):
Public opinion, Pipes (Smoking), Tailors, Shoemakers, Disabled veterans, Amputees, Physicians, Pitchforks, Dandies, British, Lawyers, and People associated with manual labor
"A woman sitting on a stool outside of a cottage, playfully holding a bunch of grapes aloft which a young boy at left reaches towards, a dog leaning against her knee and a girl seen from the back stands behind; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
In-house title: Woman with grapes teasing boy
Description:
Title from description in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2973., State with spelling of printmaker's name corrected. For an earlier state with printmaker's name misspelled "Shepherd" in statement of responsibility, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Going to market., and Mounted on page 15 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st, 1790, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
Plate 72. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A companion to Plate I, the firefighters have become gardeners and the water flows onto the trees in pots that surround the statue of George III, royal steams of benevolence. Lord Bute is the head gardener
Alternative Title:
Times. Plate 2
Description:
Title etched below image., Third state as described by Paulson, with publication line and inscription engraved., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 31.9 cm, on sheet 28.7 x 37.1 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., Plate 72 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works., and Formerly identified as Paulson state 2.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 29, 1790 by J & J Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, and Gardens
