Leaf 59. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing woman facing left with giant sabots holding a fan."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4677 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French peasants -- Female costume -- French costume -- Clocks on stockings of French peasant -- Pompons on sabots of French peasant -- Shoes: Sabots., Second of three plates on leaf 59., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 15.2 x 10.8 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. April 1st, 1770, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Peasants, and Fans (Accessories)
Leaf 59. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A standing woman facing left with giant sabots holding a fan."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4677 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "v. 1" in upper left corner and "8" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: French peasants -- Female costume -- French costume -- Clocks on stockings of French peasant -- Pompons on sabots of French peasant -- Shoes: Sabots., Watermark, partially trimmed: Strasburg bend and lily, with initials L.V.G. below., and Imperfect; volume and plate numbering has been erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. accordg. to act of Parlt. April 1st, 1770, by MDarly, (39) Strand
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Peasants, and Fans (Accessories)
An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler (looking left) mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the rightt, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the left a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia
Alternative Title:
Hudibras frontispiece and explanation
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title: "The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butler's genious in a car lashing around Mount Parnassus in the persons of Hudibras & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance the reigning vices of his time.", Copy in reverse of no. 504 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 82.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Parnassus, Mount (Greece), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title begins: To this grave [sic] man, the knight repairs, for counsel in his law-affairs; ..., Copy of no. 515 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 93.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Clerks, Dogs, Justice, Law offices, Lawyers, and Women
Hudibras confronts the astrologer Sidrophel in an apothecary's laboratory; on his desk is a globe, an ink well with quill pen, a book and sheets of paper with a horoscope; from the ceiling and wall hang a stuffed crocodile (from which hangs a shell-shaped lantern with a high flame), swordfish, turtle, a bat, frogs, a snake, and other creatures; to left, a cupboard door is open to reveal a skeleton with an owl on its shoulder; on the floor, are a glass jar containing a homunculus or foetus, another globe decorated with the signs of the Zodiac, various scientific instruments including a telescope, a quadrant and plumb line, and a cat and a mouse-trap. Sidrophel has an amulet around his neck, "Homo sacarus museo Cherubozca."
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption below image on either side of title, begins: Quoth he, this scheme o' th' heav'ns set, discovers how in fight you met ..., Copy of no. 511 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 89.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Amulets, Astrologers, Cats, Dead animals, Fighting, Globes, Mousetraps, Owls, Pharmacists, Scientific equipment, and Skeletons
Hudibras is beaten with clubs by two masked men dressed as devils; a third man with mask in hand gestures to the young widow in the doorway on the left. A fourth, smaller masked man holds a large torch as he lights the way in the room. Ralpho hides behind a curtain on the far left. The room is decorated with a large wardrobe, an oval portrait, and large mirror; a footstool and urn in the right corner partially seen in the right corner
Alternative Title:
Hudibras catechized
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title begins: "No sooner was he come t' himself, but on his neck a sturdy Elf ... And that which was prov'd true before prove false again two hundred more.", Copy of no. 512 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 90.
"Hudibras and Ralpho are in the stocks, the knight's boots, sword and pistols taking the place of the fiddle; a sympathetic widow, accompanied by her maid, addresses Hudibras while villagers gather round to mock, and a small boy urinates on Ralpho's foot"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Lettered below image with verse beginning: "She vow'd she would go see the sight and visit the distressed knight: and 'twas not long before she found him, and his stout squire in the pound ...", Copy in reverse of no. 509 in theCatalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 87.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, History, Children, Peasants, Servants, Stocks (Punishment), Urination, and Widows
Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, of Knight, began to cool and settle ...", Copy of no. 507 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 85.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher wielding clubs; to the left, Ralpho is held by a man with a rope and another with a sword
Alternative Title:
Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
Description:
Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Twenty-four lines of verse in four columns, two on either side of the title below image: Meanwhile the other campion, Yerst, in hurry of the fight disperst ... restor'd this fiddle and his case.", Copy of no. 508 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 86.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Puritans, Butchers, Crowds, Fighting, Peasants, Shoemakers, and Women
