The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letting down the image of Jack Hall basphems: "Ha this will do G-d D- me". On the table before the speakers is a pamphlet with a print of Jack Shepard. Ben Jonson's ghost, holding a lit candle, rises to the stage on the left. In Horace Walpole's catalog, this print is referred to as "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime, a satire on farces."
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Price six pence".--Lower right corner., Caption below image: This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney-sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy ... [Signed] Vivat Rex., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letting down the image of Jack Hall basphems: "Ha this will do G-d D- me". On the table before the speakers is a pamphlet with a print of Jack Shepard. Ben Jonson's ghost, holding a lit candle, rises to the stage on the left. In Horace Walpole's catalog, this print is referred to as "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime, a satire on farces."
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Price six pence".--Lower right corner., First state of the print with motto in banner at top of image misspelled: "Vivetur ingenio"., Caption below image: This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney-sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy ... [Signed] Vivat Rex., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On page 22 in volume 1., Ms. note in pen in Steevens's hand below: Booth, Wilks and Colley Cibber., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below: See Nichols Book 3d ed p. 143.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
"Satire on John Heidegger and the taste for the masquerades which he promoted. A London street scene in the foreground of which Heidegger sprawls on the ground, his watch and coins falling from his pocket, as he begs mercy of Hercules. Hercules, clad in a lion skin, raises his club threateningly; with his right hand he holds a chain encircling a large group of masqueraders, some of whom have their hands tied behind their backs, their props or accessories are scattered on the ground; other masqueraders climb out of the windows of the building behind. On the left, Piety, Wisdom and Britannia emerge from a church followed by clergymen; beggars ask for alms, one holds a dog on a lead who rushes towards Heidegger. Mercury flies overhead holding a scroll lettered, "The Masquerade destroyt".
Description:
Title etched below image., Artist unidentified., Date 1727 by Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, (3rd ed.), p. 48. Dated "ca. 1724" in the British Museum catalogue., According to John Nicholls in his Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth (1785, p.134), this print inspired Hogarth's "Masquerades and Operas" (British Museum satires no. 1742), but the reverse may be the case., "Price 1 shilling"--Lower left., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 26 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: An anonymous print to which Hogarth was indebted. See the following print.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748. and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
Satire on the state lottery; emblematic representation of a draw at Guildhall with two lottery wheels and allegorical figures
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and date from Paulson. "Price one shilling" has been erased., Sheet trimmed., Engraved on left side of title: "The explanation. 1. Upon the pedestal national credit leaning on a pillar supported by Justice. 2. Apollo shewing Britannia a picture representing the Earth receiving enriching showers drawn from her self (an emblem of State Lottery's). 3. Fortune drawing the blanks and prizes. 4. Wantonness drawing [the] numbrs. 5. Before the pedestal suspence turn'd to & fro by Hope & Fear.", and Engraved on right side of title: "6. On one hand, Good Luck being elevated is seized by Pleasure & Folly; Fame persuading him to raise sinking Virtue, Arts, &c. 7. On [the] other hand Misfortune opprest by Grief, Minerva supporting him, points to the sweets of Industry. 8. Sloth hiding his head in [the] curtain. 9. On [the] other side, Avarice hugging his mony [sic]. 10. Fraud tempting Despair wth. mony at a trap-door in the pedestal."
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, Deadly sins, Justice, Lotteries, and Gambling
Satire on the state lottery; emblematic representation of a draw at Guildhall with two lottery wheels and allegorical figures
Description:
Title engraved below image., "Price one shilling.", State and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed., Engraved on left side of title: "The explanation. 1. Upon the pedestal national credit leaning on a pillar supported by Justice. 2. Apollo shewing Britannia a picture representing the Earth receiving enriching showers drawn from her self (an emblem of State Lottery's). 3. Fortune drawing the blanks and prizes. 4. Wantonness drawing [the] numbrs. 5. Before the pedestal suspence turn'd to & fro by Hope & Fear.", Engraved on right side of title: "6. On one hand, Good Luck being elevated is seized by Pleasure & Folly; Fame persuading him to raise sinking Virtue, Arts, &c. 7. On [the] other hand Misfortune opprest by Grief, Minerva supporting him, points to the sweets of Industry. 8. Sloth hiding his head in [the] curtain. 9. On [the] other side, Avarice hugging his mony [sic]. 10. Fraud tempting Despair wth. mony at a trap-door in the pedestal.", and On page 10 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, Deadly sins, Justice, Lotteries, and Gambling
Satire on the state lottery; emblematic representation of a draw at Guildhall with two lottery wheels and allegorical figures
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and date from Paulson. "Price one shilling" has been erased., Sheet trimmed., Engraved on left side of title: "The explanation. 1. Upon the pedestal national credit leaning on a pillar supported by Justice. 2. Apollo shewing Britannia a picture representing the Earth receiving enriching showers drawn from her self (an emblem of State Lottery's). 3. Fortune drawing the blanks and prizes. 4. Wantonness drawing [the] numbrs. 5. Before the pedestal suspence turn'd to & fro by Hope & Fear.", Engraved on right side of title: "6. On one hand, Good Luck being elevated is seized by Pleasure & Folly; Fame persuading him to raise sinking Virtue, Arts, &c. 7. On [the] other hand Misfortune opprest by Grief, Minerva supporting him, points to the sweets of Industry. 8. Sloth hiding his head in [the] curtain. 9. On [the] other side, Avarice hugging his mony [sic]. 10. Fraud tempting Despair wth. mony at a trap-door in the pedestal.", and On page 10 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, No. 13, in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, Deadly sins, Justice, Lotteries, and Gambling
Satire on the state lottery; emblematic representation of a draw at Guildhall with two lottery wheels and allegorical figures
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and date from Paulson. Price has been erased but traces remain., Sheet trimmed., Engraved on left side of title: "The explanation. 1. Upon the pedestal national credit leaning on a pillar supported by Justice. 2. Apollo shewing Britannia a picture representing the Earth receiving enriching showers drawn from her self (an emblem of State Lottery's). 3. Fortune drawing the blanks and prizes. 4. Wantonness drawing [the] numbrs. 5. Before the pedestal suspence turn'd to & fro by Hope & Fear.", Engraved on right side of title: "6. On one hand, Good Luck being elevated is seized by Pleasure & Folly; Fame persuading him to raise sinking Virtue, Arts, &c. 7. On [the] other hand Misfortune opprest by Grief, Minerva supporting him, points to the sweets of Industry. 8. Sloth hiding his head in [the] curtain. 9. On [the] other side, Avarice hugging his mony [sic]. 10. Fraud tempting Despair wth. mony at a trap-door in the pedestal.", On page 9 in volume 1., and Mss above in pencil: See Nichol's Biographical anecdotes &c 3rd edit. p. 124. Fourth first [scored through] impression.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by S. Sympson in Maiden-lane near Covent Garden
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, Deadly sins, Justice, Lotteries, and Gambling
Satire on the state lottery; emblematic representation of a draw at Guildhall with two lottery wheels and allegorical figures
Description:
Title engraved below image., State and date from Paulson., "Price one shilling.", Sheet trimmed., Engraved on left side of title: "The explanation. 1. Upon the pedestal national credit leaning on a pillar supported by Justice. 2. Apollo shewing Britannia a picture representing the Earth receiving enriching showers drawn from her self (an emblem of State Lottery's). 3. Fortune drawing the blanks and prizes. 4. Wantonness drawing [the] numbrs. 5. Before the pedestal suspence turn'd to & fro by Hope & Fear.", Engraved on right side of title: "6. On one hand, Good Luck being elevated is seized by Pleasure & Folly; Fame persuading him to raise sinking Virtue, Arts, &c. 7. On [the] other hand Misfortune opprest by Grief, Minerva supporting him, points to the sweets of Industry. 8. Sloth hiding his head in [the] curtain. 9. On [the] other side, Avarice hugging his mony [sic]. 10. Fraud tempting Despair wth. mony at a trap-door in the pedestal.", On page 9 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: 2d Impression.
Publisher:
Sold by Mrs. Chilcot in Westminster Hall and R. Caldwell printseller in Newgate Street
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Allegories, Deadly sins, Justice, Lotteries, and Gambling
Satire on the excesses of certain Freemasons: a procession of masons emerge from a public house headed by elaborately dressed men described as the emperor of China, Confucius and two mandarins; an old woman sits on a ladder balanced on the back of a donkey and a mason, identified as such by his apron and gloves, stretches between the rungs of the ladder to kiss her bare backside; Don Quixote, in full armour and wearing a masonic apron and gloves, holds up his shield behind the donkey; in the foreground, to left, a man playing the bladder and string, in the centre, a dancing monkey with apron and gloves, and, to right, a butcher laughing at the scene while Sancho Panza gasps in surprise
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson. British Museum catalogue dates the print 1742., Below the image, far left of the title, mock key identifying the leading figures, followed by twelve lines of verse beginning, "From Eastern Climes, transplanted to our Coasts ..."., Below the image, far right of the title, mock description: "Done from [the] original painted at Pekin by Matachauter, grav'd by Ho-ge and sold by [the] printsellers of London, Paris & Rome.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Satire on the excesses of certain Freemasons: a procession of masons emerge from a public house headed by elaborately dressed men described as the emperor of China, Confucius and two mandarins; an old woman sits on a ladder balanced on the back of a donkey and a mason, identified as such by his apron and gloves, stretches between the rungs of the ladder to kiss her bare backside; Don Quixote, in full armour and wearing a masonic apron and gloves, holds up his shield behind the donkey; in the foreground, to left, a man playing the bladder and string, in the centre, a dancing monkey with apron and gloves, and, to right, a butcher laughing at the scene while Sancho Panza gasps in surprise
Description:
Title engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson. British Museum catalogue dates the print 1742., Below the image, far left of the title, mock key identifying the leading figures, followed by twelve lines of verse beginning, "From Eastern Climes, transplanted to our Coasts ..."., Below the image, far right of the title, mock description: "Done from [the] original painted at Pekin by Matachauter, grav'd by Ho-ge and sold by [the] printsellers of London, Paris & Rome.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms pencil note in Steevens hand above print: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit, p. 424., and On page 98 in volume 1. Sheet 250 x 354 mm.
