Foundling Hospital: above, the achievement of arms; below, Captain Coram and several children, carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. The lower scene shows Coram carrying the Royal Charter, granted in 1739, under his arm. Hogarth made the original drawing to head the subscription roll of the hospital
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth. London : Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, Paternoster Row, 1808-17, v. 2, page 152., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on right edge., and Two images on one plate. Top image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from ca. 1747; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 230. Bottom image is a copy of an engraving after Hogarth from the 1740s; see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd rev. ed.), no. 225.
Portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram, shown bust-length to right within oval frame, eyes to the right, his shoulder-length hair loose, wearing plain, open coat and white necktie; after Hogarth. Below frame, a "frontview of [the] Founding Hospital."
Description:
Title from text in image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's signature and imprint from bottom edge, and periodical's name and date from top edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1880,1113.4783., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 18 (1749), opposite p. 239., "Engrav'd for [the] London magazine 1749"--Above image., and On page 107 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Baldwin Junr. at the Rose in Pater Noster Row
Full length portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram who began his career in shipping and trading, both in America and England, gaining a wide knowledge of colonial affairs. Later became projector of the Foundling Hospital, shown sitting, directed, facing and looking to the left, wearing open coat over vest and cravat, holding gloves in his left hand and a medal in his right hand, hat on the floor by his right foot; surrounded by emblems representing his mercatilist and philanthropic activities, including a scroll lettered "The Royal Charter" and a globe on the right; column and view of the sea and boats behind
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., and On page 107 in volume 2.
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1794]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Full length portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram who began his career in shipping and trading, both in America and England, gaining a wide knowledge of colonial affairs. Later became projector of the Foundling Hospital, shown bust-length to left within oval frame, eyes to front, his shoulder-length hair loose, wearing plain, open coat and white necktie; after Hogarth
Description:
Title etched below image., Later state with imprint: Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On page 107 in volume 2.
Full length portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram who began his career in shipping and trading, both in America and England, gaining a wide knowledge of colonial affairs. Later became projector of the Foundling Hospital, shown sitting, directed, facing and looking to the left, wearing open coat over vest and cravat, holding gloves in his left hand and a medal in his right hand, hat on the floor by his right foot; surrounded by emblems representing his mercatilist and philanthropic activities, including a scroll lettered "The Royal Charter" and a globe on the right; column and view of the sea and boats behind
Alternative Title:
Captain Thomas Coram
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker and imprint from later state., Later state with lettering below the image with title, continuing "who after 17 years unwearied application, obtained the Charter of the Foundling Hospital, / To the Governors & Guardians of the Hospital, this Print is humbly dedicated / by their obedient humble Servt / R. Cribb", production and publication details: "W. Hogarth Pinxt" "London, Published Dec. 1. 1796, by R. Cribb No 288 Holborn" and "W. Nutter sculpt"., Sheet trimmed to plate mark except at bottom., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at bottom of print: Not in Nichols's book. Proof impression., and On page 222 in volume 3.
Full length portrait of philanthropist Thomas Coram who began his career in shipping and trading, both in America and England, gaining a wide knowledge of colonial affairs. Later became projector of the Foundling Hospital, shown sitting, directed, facing and looking to the left, wearing open coat over vest and cravat, holding gloves in his left hand and a medal in his right hand, hat on the floor by his right foot; surrounded by emblems representing his mercatilist and philanthropic activities, including a scroll lettered "The Royal Charter" and a globe on the right; column and view of the sea and boats behind
Alternative Title:
Captain Thomas Coram
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker and imprint from later state., Later state with lettering below the image with title, continuing "... To the Governors & Guardians of the Hospital, this Print is humbly dedicated / by their obedient humble Servt / R. Cribb"., Sheet trimmed to plate mark except at bottom., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at bottom of print: Not in Nichols's book., and On page 223 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Published Dec. 1, 1796 by R. Cribb, No. 288 Holborn
publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 March 1740.
Call Number:
740.03.25.01+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: America -- Cuba -- Havanna -- Clergy: cardinals -- Personifications: figure of Folly -- Figure of Fortune -- Robert Jenkins -- Mottoes: aut mors aut victoria., Annotation in unidentified hand below image., Restrike?, and Mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
publish'd according to act of Parliament 25 March 1740 [that is 1868?]
Call Number:
Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Leaf 33. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the jockeying for position of the European powers in early 1740. A race-course on the sea-shore with a variety of animals and riders representing different countries: first comes Cardinal Fleury (France) falling from his fox which has stumbled at the winning post on "[Baron] Sinclair's papers". Behind the fox stands the devil holding a sheet of paper with a picture of five ships, lettered "Baltic Sea", an allusion to the French failure to form an alliance in that region. The devil pulls down one of the scales hanging from the umpire stand; the heavier scale represents the Imperial allies with swords, coins, a picture of the Imperial eagle and a note reading "ballance of power", while the lighter one holds objects connected with France and Spain, a cardinal's hat, mask, fox, and notes of "50,000 livers" and "10,000 pistoles" as well as a paper lettered "Mediation". On the umpire stand, America is in conversation with Africa while Europe embraces Asia for the sake of "Protection [of]Trade". Further to the left stands Captain Jenkins holding out his severed ear. Behind Fleury's fox runs the Spanish wolf, its rider unseated by the British lion's lashing tail, lettered "No Search Free Trade". The Russian bear, ridden by a man with a scimitar, follows; the bear kicks its hind legs at the Turkish elephant that is draped with a cloth lettered "Belgrade" in reference to the recent ceding of that city to Turkey. The sultan stands behind the elephant, offering a bag of money to a Frenchman wearing a bag-wig; a monkey also wearing a bag-wig, representing France, crouches in front of the bear. A Dutchman, smoking a pipe, stands beside a distance post having abandoned the race; his boar is laden with trade goods. Behind, on the left, the devil and a fool lead a group of Roman Catholic bishops, roped together, towards a closed building labelled "Conclave" where they will elect a successor to Pope Clement XII. In front of them seven men representing the European powers are seated at a round table with papers lettered "Alliance" and "Sinclair"; Cardinal Fleury turns aside towards another devil asking, "Extricute me now & I'm yours for ever". Further forward, a British herald, supported by classical female soldiers, blows a trumpet; beside them Fleury raises the front of his robe attempting to catch billowing smoke, lettered "Universal Monarchy". In the foreground, Time sits on his hour-glass holding a paper with a picture of a wolf dressed as a cardinal; rats chew at the bottom of the sheet; Fortune looses her grasp of Theodore of Corsica who throws his orb after his crown as it flies off on outspread wings; a British bulldog savages a Spanish wolf while a French fox runs off behind a bush; Captain Coram shows the plan of the Foundling Hospital to a woman and child seated on the ground; a Catholic ecclesiastic wrings his hands saying, "Ye have taking away my Gods, what have I more"; a man bends down to lift a chest full of "10000 pieces of Eight"; Emperor Charles VI rides on an eagle towards the finishing post, holding a shield with the British coat of arms in front of him while a shield with the fleur-de-lis falls to the ground; he is preceded by Charles Albert of Bavaria, fully armed on horseback, and carrying a shield with the motto, "Never conquered"; in front of him, a French ambassador kneels pleading with the British lion who tramples on a shield with the fleur-de-lis and prepares to fire a cannon. At lower right, Britannia pushes aside France (a woman in classical dress with a helmet, and a cock at her side holding out a paper lettered "Mediation") and points to a map showing the island of Cuba offered by a British herald and a sailor. In the background, to left, is the bay of Cadiz in which the Spanish fleet is shut up, British ships sail freely on the sea; a nymph holding a pennant lettered, "Quatuor Maria Vindico" (I claim the four seas), rides a dolphin; beyond are the island of Cuba and distant mountains. Lettering beneath on either side of a medal of a fighting cock which is itself lettereed "Aut Mors Aut Victoria" (Death or Victory)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 2449 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], and On leaf 33 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Name):
Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, Charles VII, Holy Roman Emperor, 1697-1745, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, and Coram, Thomas, 1668?-1751
