Copy of William Hogarth's satire on the "bad taste of the town", with different verses engraved below. The image is of a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Ben John[son]; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bad taste of the town
Description:
Titles, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Text and image on one plate., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Long has the stage productive been, Of offsprings it could brag on, But never 'till this age was seen, A wind-mill and a dragon. O Congreve, lay they pen aside, Shakespear, thy works disown, Since monsters grim, * nought beside. Can please this senseless town., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. No. 1742 in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Copy of Hogarth print. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 44., On page 26 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., and Lengthy ms. note in Steevens's hand to the right of print describing how the print was pirated very soon after its publication.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748, Senesino, -1759?, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A cleric seated at a round table with papers and quill."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text in Greek letters below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4680 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 "13" in upper right corner., Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School., First of three plates on leaf 61., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 14.8 x 11.1 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. July 1st, 1771, by MDarly 39 Strand
"Satire on Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School (No.13): a scholar wearing a large wig and academic gown sitting at a table on which are papers, a pen and a large book."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text in Greek below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered "13" in upper right corner., For reissue with added volume numbering, see page 39 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School., and Plate numbering has been mostly erased from sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. July 1st, 1771, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Leaf 61. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A cleric seated at a round table with papers and quill."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title from text in Greek letters below image., Questionable attribution to Bunbury from the British Museum catalogue., Reissue, with additional numbering. For an earlier state, see no. 4680 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 "13" in upper right corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Dr. Samuel Smith, Master of Westminster School.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act of Parlt. July 1st, 1771, by MDarly 39 Strand
Portrait of John Campbell, precentor of Cannongate, facing right and holding a book
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from book., Probably from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1877)., and Numbered '203' in lower right of plate.
Portrait of John Campbell, precentor of Cannongate, facing right and holding a book
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger. and Title, printmaker, and imprint from: A series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay (1837).
Title from item., Place of publication supplied by curator., Date from copy in Staatsarchiv Aargau, website viewed 3/12/2024: https://www.ag.ch/staatsarchiv/suche/detail.aspx?ID=86222, 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: Forceps; Politics, Swiss; Obstetrical chair.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Switzerland and Basel-Stadt (Switzerland)
Subject (Topic):
Childbirth, Abnormalities, Human, Medical equipment and supplies, Infants, Clergy, Servants, Wine, and Politics and government
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Priests., Mounted on page 10a in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., 1 print : drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 14.5 x 16.3 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Volume 1, page 10a. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 115
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire: two figures on the left side of the plate, the right half being empty."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Peasant in sabots walking with priest and Peasant and monk
Description:
Title devised by curator., Initial letters of printmaker's name in signature form a monogram., Proof state?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Priests., Mounted on page 115 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : drypoint on laid paper ; sheet 14.5 x 16.5 cm., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
