The eleventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this eleventh drawing, Edward is shown on his death bed, his grieving widow at his bedside, their two children at her knee. The elegant bedroom is decorated with a mirror and clock on the wall beside a tall secretary with a bust on top. Two men sit at a table as they look on the scene with sombre faces; one of the men is engaged in writing a long document (Edward's will).
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '11' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
The ninth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this ninth drawing, Edward is seated in a sedan chair covered in laurel leaves as he is carried in triumph down a city street by cheering crowds of happy citizens, one whom carries a flag with the words "Library & Free Election".
Description:
Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '9' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):
Allegorical drawings, Crowds, Sedan chairs, Parables, and Political elections
Portrait of William Bagwell, a London merchant and astronomer; bust-length, wearing a cap. The portait is enclosed in an oval within a rectangle; six lines of quoted verse are written below, beginning: "In traffick first his youthfull time he spent ...".
Description:
Title from ink inscription at bottom of image., Unsigned; artist unidentified., A copy of a seventeenth-century engraving by William Faithorne, which was an illustration to Bagwell's Wit's extraction, conveyed to the ingenious in riddles (London, 1664)., On verso is another drawing: [William Somner]., Two drawings on one sheet, recto and verso., and For further information, consult library staff.
Volume 1, page 17. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Elizabeth Gray, Queen of Edward IV and Elizabeth Grey, Queen of Edward IV
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink below image, in a contemporary hand., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 17 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth, Queen, consort of Edward IV, King of England, 1437?-1492,
A comic map of Great Britain: an old woman is shown in profile, facing to the left, and seated on the back of a dolphin-like monster. At the top her cap is Scotland; her neck is labeled R. Tees (River Tees) and along her back is "Humber" and "The Wash" The mouth of the creature is labeled "Thames". The other points on the map are: Isle of Wight and Bristol Channel, Cardogan Bay, and Anglesea (a bird perched on the woman's out-stretched hand).
Alternative Title:
Britannia
Description:
Title supplied by artist above design., Added title supplied by cataloger, based on the Gillray print of which this is a copy., Signed and dated by the artist in lower margin., and Drawn after James Gillray's print "Britannia", published 25 June 1791. Cf. No. 8045 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6.
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in ink at lower right., Stamp on verso, "Puck, November 16, 1893"., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local subject terms: Emotion.
Page 121.11. Description of the villa of Horace Walpole ...
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles from notes in ink below images, in Horace Walpole's hand., Unsigned; attributed to Horace Walpole by curator., Date of production based on Horace Walpole's death date., Two small drawings on one sheet, side by side. The leftmost drawing, which shows the earlier iteration of the house, includes labels in Walpole's hand: Mrs. Chenevix's library ; East bed ch. ; East parlour ; staircase ; closet ; kitchen., and Mounted on page 121.11 in Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Horace Walpole ... Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, MDCCLXXIV [1774-1786]. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 22, copy 3.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England),
Volume 1, page 13. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Friar Bacon
Description:
Title written in block letters at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 13 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Volume 1, page 7. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Harold
Description:
Title written in ink at top of image., Date supplied by cataloger., Laid down on an ink line mount., and Mounted on page 7 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
A man on horseback struggles to maintain control of his horse as it rears its hind legs, sending a boy scrambling away in the foreground on the right. In the background, another man looks on and grins at the prank he has played with his stick in the horse's tail; he stands in front of a building (an inn?) with a sign hanging above the entrance
Alternative Title:
Boots gets his revenge
Description:
Title from inscription., Attribution to Bunbury from inscription on verso, which notes that the drawing was presented to Lord Harrington., Two line inscription in ink across lower margin: Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, Or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon., and Probably the original design for a print entitled "Tricks upon travellers," an illustration to Annals of horsemanship (London : W. Dickinson, 1791).
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Kicking, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)