Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head
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Title, state, and date from Paulson., Third state: Scene number has been removed but traces remain., Sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of last two character's in printmaker's name., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Cocu Imaginaire / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
A young woman sits despairingly on the edge of a bed, with the end of a garter round her neck; the other end dangles from the bed-tester. She watches a servant holding a foppish, elderly naval officer by the collar as he flourishes a cudgel. At his feet lie a set of bellows. On the wall is a framed picture of Venus and Adonis with Cupid
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Title from published print based on this drawing., Signed "George Cruikshank" lower right. The British Museum catalogue attributes the design to George's father Isaac in its description of the print engraved after this drawing. Cohn similarly suggests that this design "was probably the work chiefly of Isaac"., A drawing for the illustrated songsheet "Galvanism, or, The miraculous recovery of the unfotunate [sic] Miss Baily", published by Laurie & Whittle in 1807, which tells the tale of a servant Darby Daly who discovers the young Miss Baily hanging, and after reviving her with bellows, forces her seducer to marry her., Backed with Japanese tissue; with the title "The outraged husband" printed on mount., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8, no. 10938., and Cf. Cohn, A.M. George Cruikshank: a catalogue raisonné, 1144.
Subject (Topic):
Adonis, Cupid, Venus, Beating, Bellows, Bedrooms, Couples, Canopy beds, Military officers, British, Paintings, Seduction, and Servants
Title and publisher supplied by curator/translator., Date derived from clothing styles., In margin lower left: FPO-14-201., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Joint Commission on Rural Reconstruction
Subject (Topic):
Rice in human nutrition, Rice, Milling, Health education, Eating & drinking, and Couples
Plate lettered in the top center 'F': Reverse copies of details of three men and one woman, after characters on the left edge under the flag in Hogarth's first plate in Election entertainment. Each figure is numbered; 1. A man smoking a pipe (upside-down) as he pushes the head of a large woman (3) toward her companion, a young gentleman (2); 4. The Quaker Abel Squat reads a sheet of paper on which is written, "April 1 1754 I promise to pay to Abel Squat the sum of fifty pounds six months after date value re[cei]ved Rich[ard] Slim
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Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and date from other plates in this series in the British Museum catalogue., Plates from: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Corruption, Couples, Kissing, Politicians, Smoking, and Taverns (Inns)
Plate lettered in the top center 'G': Reverse copies of details from figures from the lower left corner of Hogarth's "Beer Street". Numbered 1: A detail of man drinking from the lower right, above the hamper; 3. A paver with his ramer barely visible whispers in the ear of a servant-maid (2).
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Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and date from other prints in this series in the British Museum online catalogue., Plate from: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Plate lettered in the top center 'C': Reverse copies of details from Hogarth's "Credulity, superstition and fanaticism: a medley". Each item is numbered; 1, 2. The embracing couple; 5 [i.e. 3]. A thermometer measuring emotions resting on two books, including 'Westly's Sermons'; 4. An old woman yawns; 5. "The Poor's box."
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Title devised by cataloger., Printmaker and date from other prints in this series in the British Museum online catalogue., Plate from: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Plate lettered in the top center 'C': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of four figures in the third plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The viscount; 2. The quack; 3. The child-mistress; 4. The angry woman
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Title devised by cataloger., "It is one of a series of illustrative fragments from Hogarth's works ... prepared for "Manuel contenatn diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786." See British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '3' in upper right corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Anger, Girls, Couples, Quacks, and Marriage
Plate lettered in the top center 'D': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of eight figures in the fourth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. the countess; 2. Silvertongue; 3. the hairdresser; 4. the black servant; 5. and 6. the two men immediately to the right of the countess; 7. the man with his hair in paper; 8. the singer
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Title from British Museum catalogue., "It is one of a series of illustrative fragments from Hogarth's works ... prepared for "Manuel contenatn diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786." See British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '4' in upper right corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Eating & drinking, Hairdressing, Singers, and Marriage
Plate lettered in the top center 'E': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of six figures in the fifth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The dying earl; 2. The countess; 3. Silvertongue, escaping through the window; 4. and 5. The watchmen; 6. The head of Solomon, from the tapestry
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Title and from British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '5' in upper left corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Death, Escapes, Homicides, Singers, Marriage, and Watchmen
"Interior of a gothic vault, with a tomb on the left lit by a hanging lamp and decorated with a reclining man in tudor dress holding a baton; to right are a couple leaning against a pillar, and a man holding a torch gesturing towards the tomb ..."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title devised by cataloger., Numbered "No. 18", centered below imprint statement., Imprint continues: ... where transparencies, medalions [sic] & other prints are published every week., and When held up to the light, the effect of the color is intensified.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16, 1799, at R. Ackermanns, 101 Strand ...