Copy of a theatre ticket: a stage scene with six performers, a dog and a cat, and in the background two tightrope walkers accompanied by an ape; within a frame, a satyr on either side; a copy of a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's Pasquin at the Haymarket Theatre in April 1736
Description:
Title from caption at top of image., State with printmaker's name initials only., Copy of no. 2271 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. 1, page 130.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Actresses, Aerialists, Cats, Dogs, Satyrs (Greek mythology) in art, and Theatrical productions
Copy of a theatre ticket: a stage scene with six performers, a dog and a cat, and in the background two tightrope walkers accompanied by an ape; within a frame, a satyr on either side; a copy of a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's Pasquin at the Haymarket Theatre in April 1736
Description:
Title from caption at top of image., State with printmaker's name initials only., Copy of no. 2271 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. 1, page 130., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: £5-5-0; on top of print: 3., and On page 233 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 13 x 14 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Actors, Actresses, Aerialists, Cats, Dogs, Satyrs (Greek mythology) in art, and Theatrical productions
Title from item., Companion to print, "The Married Man," Print10055., 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 Medical Library subject terms: Leakes Pills.
Publisher:
Pub. March, 18, 1790 by S W Fores N3 Piccadilly
Subject (Topic):
Bachelors, Single men, Domestic life, Boredom, Servants, Eating & drinking, Chamber pots, Cats, Medicines, and Fireplaces
Title from caption below image., The last digit of the publication year was erased from sheet and replaced with an ms. '1'., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Scottish tam.
Publisher:
Pubd. 183[1] by S. Gans, Southampton St., Strand
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Cats, Monkeys, and Musicians
An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '27' in upper right corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with stipple ; plate mark 16.2 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 18.4 x 25.2 cm., and Printed in vermillion ink on laid paper.
An austere-looking man with a shaved head and ragged clothes, kneels in prayer before his simple meal, unaware that as he recites his blessing, his cat is drinking from his bowl. On the table is a book on which lay his spectacles; his hat hangs off the back of his chair. On the wall behind them is a picture of the three crosses on Calvary
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from Isaac., Numbered '27' in upper right corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title etched above image., Publisher indentified from address., Four columns of verse below image: When conjurers [the] quality can bubble, and get their gold w[i]th very little trouble ..., Temporary local subject terms: Haymarket Theatre: burning of stage properties -- Bottles: conjurer in a bottle -- Watch: Military uniforms: Grenadier, Foot Guard -- Sticks -- Placards: Foote gives tea., and Watermark: countermark IV.
Publisher:
Sold in Mays Building, Covent Garden
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777, Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773, and Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
A large woman, her dress thrown up revealing her legs and part of her bottom, crashes to the floor, having broken her commode The contents of the commode spills out much to the anger of a lap dog and the terror of a cat who flees by climbing a curtain. To the left, another older woman, probably the maid, with a look of alarm, rushes towards the falling woman
Description:
Title etched below image., Possibly by Isaac Cruikshank, who produced (often anonymously) many of Williamson's prints around this time. See British Museum catalogue., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Published by T. Williamson, No. 20 Strand, London
Subject (Topic):
Washstands, Falling, Dogs, Cats, Draperies, Women domestics, and Obesity
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five columns of verse below image: A monkey once as stories say delighted with a cat to play and yet appear'd to public eyes, the sage Grimalkin to despise ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: thistle and white rose of Stuarts -- Royal crown -- Animals -- Pictures amplifying subject: A view of Chatam [sic] -- Pictures amplifying subject: A view of the Isle of Bute -- Scots -- Male dress: Highlander's dress., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
