"Satire on the financial scandal of the South Sea Bubble; a composite scene in the City of London identified by the Guildhall, St Paul's Cathedral and the Monument (its inscription changed to record the destruction of the city by the South Sea); a crowd is gathered around a merry-go-round (on which ride a prostitute, a clergyman, a shoe-black, an old crone and a Scottish nobleman); to left, the Devil hacks the limbs of Fortune, while religious leaders (both Anglican and Jewish) play at pitch and hustle; to right, emblematic figures of Honour and Honesty are beaten by Self-Interest and Villainy, and Trade sleeps."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson. imprint from 3rd state., Verses below image: See here [the] causes why in London, so many men are made, & undone .... Guess at the rest you find out more., Price erased in state 6 and new publication line added in state 7., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 8 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
Financial crises and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, History, Allegories, Clergy, Crowds, Devil, Ethnic stereotypes, Merry-go-rounds, Occupations, and Prostitutes
"Satire on the financial scandal of the South Sea Bubble; a composite scene in the City of London identified by the Guildhall, St Paul's Cathedral and the Monument (its inscription changed to record the destruction of the city by the South Sea); a crowd is gathered around a merry-go-round (on which ride a prostitute, a clergyman, a shoe-black, an old crone and a Scottish nobleman); to left, the Devil hacks the limbs of Fortune, while religious leaders (both Anglican and Jewish) play at pitch and hustle; to right, emblematic figures of Honour and Honesty are beaten by Self-Interest and Villainy, and Trade sleeps."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson. imprint from 3rd state., Verses below image: See here [the] causes why in London, so many men are made, & undone .... Guess at the rest you find out more., "Price 1 shilling."--Lower right., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss to text at bottom margin., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: South-Sea. In pencil below: See Nichol's book, 3d edit. p. 122., and On page 8 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Mrs. Chilcot and R. Caldwell?
Subject (Geographic):
Financial crises and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
South Sea Bubble, Great Britain, 1720, History, Allegories, Clergy, Crowds, Devil, Ethnic stereotypes, Merry-go-rounds, Occupations, and Prostitutes
A scene outside the Ram Inn (with a ram above the sign "Dealer in foreigh wintes"), part of whose front forms a background. Yokels are crowded in a wagons with banners, fiddlers, and trumpeter, all wearing favors, and accompanied by many pedestrians (including women and children with dogs) and one or two mounted men. They are witnesses, &c., in a lawsuit on the claim of the vicar of Berkeley, Mr. Carrington, to the great tithes of Gloucester; on a verdict against the vicar they are about to go in procession to Berkeley for a celebration near the vicarage, with a roasted ox, firing of small cannon, &c.
Description:
Title and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15225 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 334, Vol. 2.
Interior scene with the two men in disquise, one looking in the mirror; a wallshelf with plates, antlers and escutcheon decorate the walls; a heap of clothes on the floor lower left. Through the open door to the outside can be seen a man drinking from a jug seated on a stool at a table under a tree
Alternative Title:
Curate and barber disguising themselves to convey Don Quixote home
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Page 319. Don Quixote. Pl. 8."--Above image., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 99., and On page 87 in volume 1.
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Price one shilling.", Imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to 265 x 208 mm., and Numbered "41" in lower right corner. Additional ms. note on verso: Two no. 81 1.1.0
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers. An angel supports a banner that reads "et mon droit".
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., "Price one shilling.", and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 263 x 207 mm, on sheet 330 x 245 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers. An angel supports a banner that reads "et mon droit".
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., "Price one shilling.", Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand above print: 3d Impression., and On page 81 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 263 x 207 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Third state with motto added, under royal arms: [Dieu] et mon droit. Also the pipe has been removed from the angel's mouth and cracks added in the wall on which the angel is painted. The clerk's hair has been redrawn and lightened again. The triangle has been given a second outline., "Price one shilling.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of price., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 2nd impression., and On page 81 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers. An angel supports a banner that reads "et mon droit".
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., "Price one shilling.", and Imperfect, lower right corner of image ripped and 'touched' by hand; sheet trimmed to 268 x 210 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping