A group made up mostly of woman gather round the coffin of the harlot in the center of the room. The young boy, the harlot's son, sits beside it on the floor. Many of the women are weeping, but others are engaged in flurtations with the undertaker and the clergyman
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 6
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., No. 6 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: The sisterhood of Drury Lane, Are met to form the funeral train ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Written in contemporary hand below text: Margery. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Funeral rites & ceremonies, and Prostitutes
"View of the grand staircase in the British Museum in Montague House in Bloomsbury; taken from the first landing; the walls and ceiling decorated with relief designs and paintings, elegantly dressed figures strolling up and down staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hall and staircase, British Museum
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 14., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 101., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., and Mounted to 35 x 29 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
British Museum,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Stairhalls, Stairways, and Galleries & museums
"View of the grand staircase in the British Museum in Montague House in Bloomsbury; taken from the first landing; the walls and ceiling decorated with relief designs and paintings, elegantly dressed figures strolling up and down staircase."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hall and staircase, British Museum
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 14., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 101., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three edges., 1 print : aquatint and etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 28.1 x 23.6 cm, on sheet 33.9 x 27.1 cm., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1807.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
British Museum,
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Stairhalls, Stairways, and Galleries & museums
"View inside the hall of the school at Christ's Hospital, London; two students wearing blue coats stand on platform in centre of hall, scholars and elegantly dressed figures seated around edge; a large figure painting across top half of wall above panelling on the right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 10., and Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 69.
Publisher:
Pub. 1 March 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Christ's Hospital (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Audiences, Events, Interiors, Auditoriums, and Public speaking
"Interior of the grand hall; six Ionic columns supporting room, presumably two further columns behond viewer; a small fireplace at far end with two armchairs; a slim red carpet crosses hall, a man leads two military men across carpet."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered in upper right, above image: Plate 15., Plate from: Microcosm of London. London : R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, No. 101 Strand, [1808-1810?], v. 1, opposite page 107., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1808.
Publisher:
Pub. 1st April 1808 at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand
"View of the grand new building for Bethlem Hospital in Moorfields, from the street; figures in foreground including street traders and a man with a wooden leg, elegantly dressed figures strolling through grounds in front of hospital"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Hospital de Fou
Description:
Title from caption below image., Later reissue of a print published 10 September 1747 by John Bowles. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publishd. according to act of Parliamt."--Below image., Window mounted to 31 x 47 cm., and Watermark: E & P 1801.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69 St. Paul's Church Yard, and Rob. Wilkinson, 58 Cornhill
"Bird's eye view of the Duke of Beaufort's house at Chelsea, surrounded by formal gardens, with the river in the foreground and Holland House, Camden House and Kensington House in the background"--British Museum online catalogue, description of variant state
Alternative Title:
House at Chelsea in the county of Middlesex ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Variant (earlier?) state of a plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., and Plate numbered "13" in lower right corner.
"Bird's eye view of the grand house and gardens in Chiswick, west London; the river Thames in foreground"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
House at Chiswick in the county of Middlesex, one of the seats of The Rt. Honble. Charles Boyle Baron Clifforde of Londesburgh ...
Description:
Title from caption below image., Publisher and date of publication from that of the volume in which the print appears., Plate from: Britannia illustrata ... London : D. Mortier, 1707., Plate numbered "30" in lower right corner., and Embossed stamp in lower left corner of plate: Oval with "W" inside.
"View of the front of a large house with walled garden; a small circular flowerbed lies in the foreground within the garden, surrounded by a pathway"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below title: Occupied by the present Earl 'till 1809, when it was taken down to facilitate the great improvements making in that neighbourhood., Small vignette of a house labeled "Peterborough House 1666" etched at bottom center of plate, bisecting title and imprint., and Plate from: Londina illustrata : graphic and historic memorials of monasteries, churches, chapels, schools ... London: R. Wilkinson, 1819-25.
Publisher:
Published 25th March, 1821, by Robert Wilkinson, No. 125 Fenchurch Street
"A more realistic rendering of the squib, illustrated in British Museum Satires No. 11414, &c., the text slightly altered. Seven designs in two rows, three above and four below, the verses etched across the upper part of each. [1] A close-up view of part of the east front of the new theatre, not accurately drawn, but showing the portico and its flanking sculptures of 'Antient Drama' and 'Modern Drama'. Above: 'This is . . .' [&c.]. [2] An arc of the third tier of boxes, showing three boxes crowded with fashionables in polite conversation; one lady only looks at the stage, using a glass. Above: 'These are the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [3] A similar view of three pigeon-holes showing lighted chandeliers suspended from brackets below them. The occupants of the front row sit, those behind stand in a massed crowd; all are behaving well. Above: 'These are the Pigeon holes made for the poor, over the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [4] A bust portrait of Catalani, singing, with tense bony neck, a claw-like hand on her breast. Above: 'This is the Cat . . .' [&c.]. [5] A bust portrait of an obese neatly dressed 'cit' in profile to the left, fiercely blowing a trumpet from which issues the word 'Hiss'. In his right hand is a paper: 'The Age of Reason [cf. No. 8646] a New Comedy perform[ed] by J Bull & C°'. Above: 'This is John Bull. . .' [&c.]. [6] A bust profile portrait of Townsend, neatly dressed, and wearing a top-hat. His right arm is outstretched as if to seize John Bull in the adjacent design; in his left hand is a constable's crowned staff. Above: 'This is the Thief taker . . .' [&c.]. [7] A bust portrait of Kemble, sternly frowning, in profile to the left, clasping a rolled document inscribed 'King John'. He wears ordinary dress with swathed neck-cloth and high-collared coat. Above: 'This is the Manager . . .' [&c.]. (Cf. British Museum Satires No. 11419.)"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pubd. Septr. 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849, Townsend, John, 1760-1832, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, and Covent Garden Theatre,
Subject (Topic):
John Bull (Symbolic character), Theaters, Interiors, Chandeliers, Theater audiences, Bugles, Prices, and Anger
