"Satire on foreign opera singers based on "The Beggar's Opera Burlesqued"; animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage with musicians and audience in the foreground; beyond, to left, theatre boxes with an audience of ladies and below a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate; to right, a conventional stage scene; an angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right. On either side hang scrolls listing the presents given to Farinelli, copied from Hogarth's Rake's progress, Plate 2; ten lines of verse below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Italian eunuch's glory
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now dismissed. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort., and On page 49 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
Title from British Museum catalogue., Original etched by W.H. Toms., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on an advertisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1858. Publication date of the original in Stephens: ca. 1730., Plate numbered '5' in lower left corner, possibly one of a series of reissues of Egbert van Heemskerck, the Younger's satires, published in the 1760s., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: A barbers shop a medley shews, Of monsters, wigs, drawn-teeth and news, While one is shav'd another bleeds, a third the Grub Street Jornal reads ..., Slightly reduced copy in reverse, without attribution, and with different verses. Cf. No. 1859 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., and Temporary local subject terms: Containers: tubs -- Barber's implements: dish and scissors -- Amputees -- Newspapers: Grub Street Journal -- Medical procedures: blood-letting.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Barbers, Barbershops, Boars, Cats, Dead animals, Dental equipment & supplies, Dentistry, Donkeys, Elephants, Fish, Hunting trophies, Interiors, Medical procedures & techniques, Monkeys, Peg legs, Signs (Notices), and Teeth
"Satire on the popularity of masquerades and the decline of Italian opera in London with caricatures of the singers Cuzzoni, the tall, thin "scarecrow" Farinelli and the impresario Heidegger who points to a grenadier's cap hanging on the wall. Farinelli holds a chain attached to a shackle around his ankle, referring to one of his roles; two masks lie at Heidegger's feet. The verses etched below, supposedly in Heidegger's words, state he is more likely to return to the regiment than are "midnight revels" and "Ridottos" to fail."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date from British Museum catalogue., With eight lines of English verse below beginning: Thou tunefull scarecrow & thou warbling bird, No shelter for your notes, these lands afford, This town protects no more the sing-song strain ... And save from ruin this harmonious face., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 43 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand below: Imputed to Hogarth; but in reality designed by the Countess of Burlington, and edited by Goupy.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Farinelli, 1705-1782., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
Title assigned by cataloger from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on an advertisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1858. Publication date of the original: ca. 1730., Original etched by W.H. Toms., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: You that for music have an ear, attend the tunefull [sic] consort [sic] here, see how they warble for their songs, while one strikes up with shovel and tongues ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Foreign musicians -- Jew's harp -- Furniture: tripod table -- Books: music book -- Glass: wine bottles -- Containers: jug -- Lighting: lamp -- Music sheets -- Dancing -- Architectural details: arch -- Brooms -- Fire tongs -- Bulls -- Asses.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dancers, Monkeys, Musicians, Musical instruments, Owls, and Pipes (Smoking)
Title from British Museum catalogue., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record, based on an advertisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766., Original etched by W.H. Toms., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Behold how in the colledge [sic] hall, the surgeons and the doctors all, are met in consultation wise, a carcase [sic] to anatomize ..., Slightly reduced copy in reverse, without attribution, and with different verses, of No. 1861 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., and Temporary local subject terms: Quacks -- Dissections -- Containers: tubs -- Furniture: butcher's block -- Carcasses: pig -- Carcasses: cat -- Hares.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Bats, Cats, Crocodiles, Dead animals, Donkeys, Fish, Frogs, Monkeys, Rabbits, Skeletons, Skulls, and Swine
Title assigned by cataloger based on descriptionin the British Museum catalogue., Publication date based on an advertisement of the series in Robert Sayer's catalog for 1766. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1858. Publication date of the original in Stephens: ca. 1730., Plate numbered '2'., Original etched by W.H. Toms., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: As you like this, young gentleman, play truant if you please again, how often must I give you warning, to leave your tricks and mind your learning ..., Copy in reverse, without attribution, and with different verses. Cf. No. 1862 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., and Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: country school-room -- Corporal punishment : birch rods -- Food: ham and sausages.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Asses, Birdcages, Cats, Classrooms, Monkeys, and Teachers
In a room in an Oxford tavern, one of the fellows drunkenly holds up a glass of wine while addressing the Vice-Chancellor who rebukes him for his conduct. A man with a bludgeon resting on his shoulder stands in the doorway. On the wall, an almanck (Oxford alm[...]. A dog lies asleep on the floor
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The humours of Oxford. 2nd ed. London : J. Watts, 1730., and Pencilled note on verso in W.S. Lewis's hand: Removed from Lady Ossory's copy of Fugitive pieces.
In a room in an Oxford tavern, one of the fellows drunkenly holds up a glass of wine while addressing the Vice-Chancellor who rebukes him for his conduct. A man with a bludgeon resting on his shoulder stands in the doorway. On the wall, an almanck (Oxford alm[...]. A dog lies asleep on the floor
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The humours of Oxford. 2nd ed. London : J. Watts, 1730., and Mounted to sheet 255 x 190 mm with red ink ruled border and ms. title in red ink: Oxford in the days of Hogarth.
A christening scene: A group of full length figures stands around a table covered in a cloth on which sits a bowl of water. Behind it stands a clergyman in bands, wig, gown, holding child; pretty young woman stands to the left, older woman sits in a chair to the right with a man standing over her. A small child in the foreground reaching for the bowl of water, upsets it, spilling the water over the front of the table. On the left, "Sr Foling" primps in front of a mirror
Description:
Title from Paulson., Fourteen lines of verse in three columns: " Behold Vilaria lately brought to Bed, Her cheeks now Strangers to their rosy Red, Lanquid her Eyes, yet lovely she appears; And oh! what fondness her Lord's Visage wears! The pamper'd Priest, in whose extended Arms, The female Infant lies with budding Charms, Seeming to ask the Name e'er he baptise, Casts at the handsom Gossops his wanton Eyes, While gay Sr. Fopling, an accomplish'd Ass, Is courting's won dear Image in the Glass: The Midwide busied too, with mighty Care, Adjusts the Cap shews Innocency fair, Behind her stands the Clerk, on whose grave Face Sleek Abigal cannont forbear to gaze, But Master, wihtout thought, poor harmless Child, Has on the Floor the Holy-Water spill'd, Thrown down the Hat; the Lap-Dog gnaws [the] Rose; And at the Fire the Nurse is warming Cloaths. One Guest enquires the Parson's Name; says Friendly, Why, don't you know Sir? 'tis Hyp- Doctor H-y., Paulson indicates that "Price [illeg.] follows imprint, but does not mention 'London". Different states?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., See reference in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 310-311., and On page 12 in volume 1. Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Sympson at the Dove in Russell Court, Drury Lane, Lo[...]on
Subject (Name):
Henley, John, 1692-1756
Subject (Topic):
Baptisms, Children, Couples, Dandies, Dogs, Nannies (Children's nurses), and Preachers
