A medley of images with a portrait of John Gay; half length, to the right, wearing a cap and plain jacket; in oval; in a medley of prints, set on background of a letter; the prints titled 'The Spell', 'The Judgement', and 'Bumkinet's Advice'; two further panels, one with a coin of George II, the other lettered 'A new Deceptio Visus. Engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, in London' [part of address erased].
Description:
Title from print in upper right., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of docket title and associated text. Perimeter of the design has been heavily inked in black, obscuring all but the images of the prints. The gold coin has been decorated with gold lead and the background of this print is also heavily inked in black., A composite of images and verses to form a greeting card, folded for mailing as advertisement for Bickham's engravings. With docket title: With docket title: A new Deceptio Visus, or A guinea for a shilling : being a curious medley, by way of letter / engrav'd and sold by Geo. Bickham, at his drawing school, at Hatten Garden near Holburn, London. See impression in the Library of Congress, PC 3 - 1729 - Near deceptio., See also working proof (?) at the British Museum online catalogue, no. 1980,U.861., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Geo. Bickham
Subject (Geographic):
Greece.
Subject (Name):
Dennis, John, 1657-1734., Congreve, William, 1670-1729., Curll, Edmund, 1675-1747, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Gay, John, 1685-1732, Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Prior, Matthew, 1664-1721., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., and Harte, Walter, 1709-1774.
Subject (Topic):
Pegasus, Coins, Columns, Musical instruments, Puzzles, Ruins, and Wells
Title in letterpress at top of image., Date based on John Cluer's death date., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Price 1 d."--Following imprint., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Roberts in Warwick Lane, and J. Cluer, printer in Bow Church Yard
"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a group of musicians play simple instruments: bagpipes, a salt box, a jew's harp, a dulcimer, a bladder and string.To the left, a group of noblemen raise their arms admiring the performance; a crowd of women stand on the right, and in front of them a fat butcher and another man are seen in shadow. Behind the stage, to left, theatre boxes are crowded with an audience chiefly of ladies, and below is a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate. In the centre background, is a street (perhaps intended as a backcloth) with an inn sign and gallows. To the right, is a conventional stage on which the Italian opera is evidently being performed and men appear to be pressing money on a woman singer. An angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right, and above is a ribbon lettered "et cantare pares et respndere parate". Four lines of verse beneath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Lettered within image, above with title, below with verses beginning, "Brittons attend - view this harmonious Stage ..."., Tentatively attributed to Hogarth by Paulson (2nd ed.) and later (3rd ed., page 34) dismissed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand to right: See Nichols's Biographical anecdotes, 3d edit. p. 164., and On page 49 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a group of musicians play simple instruments: bagpipes, a salt box, a jew's harp, a dulcimer, a bladder and string.To the left, a group of noblemen raise their arms admiring the performance; a crowd of women stand on the right, and in front of them a fat butcher and another man are seen in shadow. Behind the stage, to left, theatre boxes are crowded with an audience chiefly of ladies, and below is a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate. In the centre background, is a street (perhaps intended as a backcloth) with an inn sign and gallows. To the right, is a conventional stage on which the Italian opera is evidently being performed and men appear to be pressing money on a woman singer. An angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right, and above is a ribbon lettered "et cantare pares et respndere parate". Four lines of verse beneath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Lettered within image, above with title, below with verses beginning, "Brittons attend - view this harmonious Stage ..."; a roughened area at lower right could be a sign of the publication line (from the fifth or sixth state) having been removed., Tentatively attributed to Hogarth by Paulson (2nd ed.) and later (3rd ed., page 34) dismissed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 49 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Print Shop in [the] Strand near Catherine Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
An etching of a bust of Hesiod on a pedestal, facing left; with his name in Greek lettering
Description:
Title, printmaker, artist, and imprint from Paulson., "Ex musaeo Pembrokiano."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Original; at top of page: See Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 162., and On page 47 in volume 1.
