"A young military officer wearing a gorget stands at the door of a house, his left hand on the knocker, looking up at two courtesans who lean out of a sash-window over the door. He puts a coin into the hat of a disabled sailor who stands behind him, supported on crutches, his forehead bandaged. Behind the sailor are two itinerant musicians: a man carrying a rectangular box, and a woman turning the handle of a mechanical organ which is slung round her neck, her mouth is open as if singing. The door of the house is ornamented with a carved wooden pediment, and bears a plate "Mrs Mitchel". The knocker has a lion's head. Only the corner of the house appears, the street is "Cleveland Row". A brick wall extends from the house to the left, over it appear trees, and a notice-board inscribed "Men Traps are laid here: every Night also ...." On the wall a placard is pasted, "Dr Leaks Pills. . . "."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image; the letter "n" in "sins" is etched backwards. and Printmaker from British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act direts [sic], Nov. 27, 1781, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and London
Subject (Topic):
Courtesans, Brothels, Military officers, British, Military uniforms, Organ grinders, and Clothing & dress
Caption title, on either side of woodcut showing a naked woman holding the hand of a child, also naked., Place and date of publication based on provence: formerly bound in a collection of chapbooks published in Lichfield in the 1770s., First line: The diversions of this meeting is expected to be very splendid; and, for the better information of the votaries at the shrine of Venus ..., Five lines of verse on either side of woodcut: [The] sportsmen who are free and willing, To feel, you're welcome for a shilling ... This is what we call a trade., A broadside advertising the services and skills of woman and brothels, with some prices., Not in ESTC., and Broadsides printed on laid paper and mounted in an album bound in red, quarter-leather morocco with Cockerell-marbled boards and vellum corners, with black-leather, gilt-stamped spine label. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, England., and London.
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Prostitutes, Prostitution, Children, and Unmarried mothers
"A handsome strapping woman stands in the doorway of a brothel, a corner house of some size (right), tugging hard at the neck-cloth of a plainly dressed man, saying, "Wont you come, wont you come Mr Mug [a popular song, see No. 11205]." He leans back, pushing against the door-post, and the woman's chest, trying to escape, and saying: "Avaunt thee Satan." Two laughing prostitutes lean against him (left), pushing their posteriors against his, to prevent his escape; one of them, for better purchase, presses her hands and a foot against the post of the sign-board before the door. On this is a pictorial sign: 'Cat and Bagpipes'. A dog rushes barking towards the struggle. Behind (left), across the street, is a row of old houses with casement windows; washing hangs from a projecting pole."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "317" in upper right corner., and Watermark: Edmeads & Co.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1, 1814 by Tho. Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
A night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a bare breast and holding a lantern. She tells the prim young man "Vote for whom you please but kiss before you poll." He answers, "Tis too much neighbor! I could not go through with it." On the left behind the couple is Mrs. Hobart who holds her lantern to see an old Chelsea pensioner and a negro supported on stumps and crutches. She says to them, "D-m the Duchess, she got all the young voters."
Alternative Title:
Dark lantern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend and Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed partially within plate mark., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. April 24th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Lanterns, Lighting, People with disabilities, Political elections, and Prostitutes
"Scene at the door of a Portsmouth brothel, a corner-house. A handsome young prostitute, elaborately dressed, with curls, feathered hat, and fluttering sash, walks from it, gazing straight before her. Behind her is a fat and hideous bawd, hands on hips, who watches her with calculating malevolence. The bawd wears a watch and seals dangling from her waist; behind her is a doorway inscribed 'Hotel', with an oil-lamp (as in No. 11454) projecting from the door-post; a bell-pull is inscribed 'Ring the Bell'. Just within the door is a dark lobby lit by a lamp hanging from the ceiling and leading to a second (closed) door in which there is a small grille or judas. On the wall of the house is the inscription 'Portsmouth Dock', and three bills: 'From the Country an Assortment of Fresh Ware'; 'A Tragedy in Rehearsal'; 'Leakes Genuine Pills'. In the background is a humbler establishment, with irregular gabled roof and a porch inscribed 'Lodgings'. A sailor stands looking up at a woman who leans from the window with outstretched arms. Flames and smoke belch from the chimney. Behind it are masts and sails."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered "207" in upper right corner., and Mounted to 29 x 38 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Febry. 1, 1809 by Thomas Tegg No. 111 Cheapside
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 46.3 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 20 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Ms. note, and On page 119 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 38.1 x 46.1 cm.
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., and Formerly on page 118 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.