A large stout man, with an expression of resignation on his face, walking between village houses, staggers under the weight of a drunken woman reposing on his back, a glass marked 'gin' in her raised right hand, her bosom exposed. On her lap sits a monkey holding on to the man's wig and thus pulling it off his head. A magpie is sitting on monkey's shoulders. Around the man's neck is a heavy chain with a huge padlock inscribed 'wedlock' hanging in the center. Behind the group, from a pigsty attached to the house on the left and inscribed, 'She is as drunk as David's sow' a pig sticks out its head. From the roof of the same house is suspended a sighboard showing two cats and decorated at top with bull's horns. Above the horns is an inscription, 'The Christian mans arms, or, the cuckolds fortune.'
Alternative Title:
Matrimony
Description:
Title from item., Publication date inferred from John Smith's address at Cheapside., Two columns of verse below image: A monkey, a magpuye & wife, is the true emblem of strife ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, & John Smith in Cheapside
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1760?]
Call Number:
760.00.00.84
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Scene in a country churchyard
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker and publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Graveyards -- Buildings: country church -- Crowns: coronet -- Devil -- Death.
Title from item., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., Ffiteen lines of text below title describing the proceeding of the court: The court consisting of the following ladies ..., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Admiral John Byng's trial -- Female dress, ca. 1757., and Mounted to 41 x 29 cm.
Title from item., Printmaker and publisher from the first plate in the series: Hob carrying Mr. Friendley's letter to Mrs. Flora., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse on either side of title: I'll sing you a ditty and warrant it true, give but attention unto me a while ..., Sixth plate in the series: The humours of Hob at the country wake in the opera of Flora. Series title only on Plate 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: unidentified countermark (initials MW(?) in a circle).
Title from caption below image., Text following title: Canada is represented in the figure of an Indian paying homage to her royal conqueror ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on left and at top., and Written in contemporary hand in the upper right corner: "76"
"A satire on marriage; An old man seated with one leg bandaged and raised on chair in front of him, being attended to by a maid; behind him his young wife is locked in an embrace with her younger lover."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from a unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Disease -- Cantharides -- Curtains -- Birds -- Furniture: upholstered armchair -- Cuckolds.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Gout, Adultery, Women domestics, Medical equipment & supplies, Medicines, Crutches, Clocks & watches, Draperies, Birdcages, Parrots, Chairs, and Bells
Title from item., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of text on either side of the title: [...] she terrible law when it fastens it's [sic] paw, on a poor man, it gripes 'till he's undone ..., First plate in the series: The humours of Hob at the country wake in the opera of Flora. Other plates in this series do not have series title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR below., and Lower left corner torn off resulting in loss of artist's name and some of the text below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Title from item., Publisher from the first plate in the series: Hob carrying Mr. Friendley's letter to Mrs. Flora., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Seventh plate in the series The humours of Hob at the country wake in the opera of Flora. Series title only on Plate 1., Two columns of verse on either side of title: O. Hob. Zure never was zeen such a rebel, Thou worst of undutiful boys ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: unidentified countermark (initials MW(?) inside a circle).
Title etched below image., Printmaker from the first plate in the series: Hob carrying Mr. Friendley's letter to Mrs. Flora., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse on either side of title: Wife. Oh! My poor boy, O. Hob. His looks are stark wild ..., "Plate IV"--Below title., Fourth plate in the series: The humours of Hob at the country wake in the opera of Flora. Series title only on Plate 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR below.
Hob surprised by Sir Thomas with Mr. Friendley's letter
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from the first plate in the series: Hob carrying Mr. Friendley's letter to Mrs. Flora., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in four columns on either side of title: (Sr. Tho. sings) To guard my Hesperian tree, requires more care than of old ..., Second plate in the series: The humours of Hob at the country wake in the opera of Flora. Series title only on Plate 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR below.
Title from item., Printmaker and publisher from the first plate in the series: Hob carrying Mr. Friendley's letter to Mrs. Flora., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of verse on either side of title: Friend. sings. O fly from this place, dear Flora, thy taylor has left thee free ..., Eighth plate in the series: The humours of Hob at the country wake in the opera of Flora. Series title only on Plate 1., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials GR below.
Title from item., Printmaker and publisher from the first plate in the series: Hob carrying Mr. Friendley's letter to Mrs. Flora., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Two columns of verse on either side of title: Hob. Now we zell zeveral other zorts of liquors,and wine too an occasion be ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Hob's petition to Sir Thomas to be saved from the well
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from the first plate in the series: Hob carrying Mr. Friendley's letter to Mrs. Flora., Third plate in the series: The humours of Hob at the country wake in the opera of Flora., Publication date based on publisher's address., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four lines of verse in two columns on either side of title: I never till now was conzarned in strife, have mercy, Sr. Thomas, & spare poor Hob'd life ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller near Serjeant Inn, Fleet Street
First title from image, second title devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "9"., With: [Profiles of eight men, facing in both directions] / My. Darly invt. 1762. Numbered: '10'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Title from item., State with original title and without additional image below title. Cf. British Museum catalogue, no 3733., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Architects -- Bridges: Blackfriars' Bridge, London -- Medals., and Mounted to 35 x 46 cm.
Title from item., Two columns of verse below title: In country village lives a vicar, fond--as all are!--of tythes and liquor ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: country vicar -- Customs: tithing -- Architectural details: Georgian fac̦ade -- Emblems: peacock as vanity -- Birds: peacock -- Villages -- Buildings: country church -- Jokes -- Food: fruit -- Swaddled babies -- Turnstiles -- Bundle of wheat.
Down with the devil, pope, French King and Pretender
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Another George has fled this weeping ball , being summon'd hence by Heavens mighty call ..., Temporary local subject terms: Members of Parliament -- Satan -- Popes -- Angels -- Emblems: scales of justice., and Mounted to 31 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788, Clement XIII, Pope, 1693-1769, and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Verse - "Let every one that is to mirth inclin'd,"., In four columns with the title and two woodcuts above the first two; the imprint is at the foot of the last, below a row of type ornaments; the columns are separated by columns of type ornaments., Dated from the address; see David Stoker, "Another look at the Dicey-Marshall publications: 1736-1806", The Library, ser. 7, v. 15:2 (June 2014), 111-157., Mounted on leaf 75. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
Publisher:
Printed and sold in Aldermary Church-yard, Bow Lane, London
Titles from images., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "3"., With: Mouths / MDarly invt. et sculp. 176 according to act. Numbered: '4'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles from images., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "7"., With: External circular carrics / My. Darly 1762. Numbered: '8'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Publication date supplied by cataloger., Four lines of verse in two columns below title: To medicine's aid the wretch in sickness flies, and hopes from man what Providence denies ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: interiors: study -- Dutch physician, ca. 1660? -- Medicine: book of herbs.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Title from item., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., 'Price 6d.', Two lines of paraphrased quotation from Bible on either side of title: And behold they shall take your sons and your daughters., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: monks -- Buildings: church -- Provisions: sheaf of wheat -- Emblems: skull -- Architectural details: Corinthian columns -- Bible: paraphrased quotation from Ezekiel, 23.10, 25.
Smoke the boot! A political, satirical and hieroglyphical Scotch dialogue
Description:
Title from item., Imprint, publication date and price from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom resulting in loss of imprint and price., "Price 6d.", An engraved letter in form of rebus., The following words within title are represented by a rebus: Bute by a boot, 'saw' in 'Sawney' by a hand saw, 'son' in 'McPharson' by sun, Jockey by a figure of a jockey, 'Cloud' in 'McCloud' by clouds., Temporary local subject terms: Sawney McPharson -- Jockey McCloud -- Jockies -- Battles: allusion to Cape Breton -- Battles: allusion to Preston Pans -- Battles: allusion to Quebec -- Battles: allusion to Falkirk -- Allusion to Jacobites -- Rebellions: allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745 -- Literature: Sawney and Jockey in The prophecy of famine by Charles Churchill -- Allusion to Charles Edward Stuart, 1720-1788 -- Allusion to George III -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute., Watermark: Strasburg lily., and Mounted to 27 x 34 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by C. Phillips at Vandyke's Head in Portugal Street near Lincolns Inn
Title from item., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to Haymarket -- Alcohol: reference to gin -- Devil -- Nicknames: Squintum (George Whitefield)., and Mounted to 33 x 45 cm.
Titles from images., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "5"., With: Angular carrics / MDarly invt. 1762. Numbered: '6'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Title from caption etched below image., Title, verse, and imprint in the form of a rebus., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The following words in the title are represented by a images: Lord Bute as a boot, city by a panorama of London with a view of St. Paul's dome, bridge by an image of a bridge, hole by a black circle with uneven edges., Two columns of verse below title: Ye lards & ye gents t[hat] far nor[ward] do d[well] attend [to] my c[all] & I'll serve you [all] [well] ..., Watermark: fleur-de-lis., and Mounted to 36 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
Sold in May's [buildings], Covent [Garden] [that is, George Bickham]
Title etched above image., Publication date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Behold a scene of real nat'ral life, a wretched author with a scolding wife ..., See: The Wonderful Magazine, v. 1, page 338., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Poverty -- Printers' devils -- Furniture -- Maps: wall map.
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before1762]
Call Number:
760.00.00.88+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Tall, elegantly dressed elderly gentleman stands in center of a room looking with disgust over his left shoulder at large round tripod table on which lies a crying infant in a straw basket. He holds a raised cane in his right hand and a tricorne hat under his right arm. From his left side hangs a tasselled sword. The baby's basket has a ribbon inscribed 'To Simon Spindleshanks, Esq.' Behind his master, to the left, stands a grinning manservant who is showing delight in what he has brought about. In the background are beautifully panelled walls hung with two paintings which amplify the subject of the print. The one on the left depicts a violent storm; in the one on the right Delilah with Samson asleep at her knee, beckons soldiers to enter the room
Alternative Title:
Plague of a single state, Enraged batchelor, and Enraged bachelor
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date inferred from John Smith's address at Cheapside., Two columns of verse below image: Batter'd, deseas'd, and past his youthfull pranks, lo here a bantling, laid to Spindleshanks ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials GR below.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, & John Smith in Cheapside
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Two columns of verse on either side of title: What signifies the food a doit? So it allays the appetite ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Slang: 'a knowing one' -- Slang: 'coal' (money) -- Food: oysters -- Dishes: tankard -- Beverages: beer -- Wine -- Pickpocketing.
A copy in the same direction as Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair". The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of a young woman selling oranges and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another young woman selling oranges reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; on the lower edge, three musicians are protected from the audience by a row of spikes
Description:
Title engraved below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Copy after no. 130 in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.).
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, and Theaters
A copy in the same direction as Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair". The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of a young woman selling oranges and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another young woman selling oranges reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; on the lower edge, three musicians are protected from the audience by a row of spikes
Description:
Title engraved below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Copy after no. 130 in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.)., and 1 print : mezzotint with etching on laid paper ; plate mark 154 x 155 mm, on sheet 218 x 144 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, Food vendors, Laughter, Orchestras, Snuff, Theater audiences, and Theaters
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 from Paulson. Paulson and British Museum catalogue date the print as 1742, but Sayer did not move to 53 Fleet Street until 1760. See British Museum online catalogue., 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 to plate mark., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark to 246 x 351 mm with loss of imprint signature; mounted onto an engraved map (with color) of Ireland (285 x 395 mm).
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
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 from Paulson. Paulson and British Museum catalogue date the print as 1742, but Sayer did not move to 53 Fleet Street until 1760. See British Museum online catalogue., 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 to plate mark., and On page 98 in volume 1. Plate mark 247 x 350 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
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 from Paulson. Paulson and British Museum catalogue date the print as 1742, but Sayer did not move to 53 Fleet Street until 1760. See British Museum online catalogue., 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 to plate mark., and On page 98 in volume 1. Plate mark 248 x 353 mm.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Title from caption etched above image., Publication place and date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 30 x 39 cm., mounted again to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Mylne, Robert, 1734-1811
Title from item., Two images sided by side on one plate., Another state, with different publisher's name in imprint, of No. 3496 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Architecture: German palace -- Military uniforms: French soldiers' uniform -- Austria soldiers' uniforms., and Watermark: Britannia(?).
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament, Jany. 21, 1760, and sold by Wm. Holland under the Royal Exchange
Subject (Name):
Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, and Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1757]
Call Number:
757.09.08.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Publisher from address in imprint., Temporary local subject terms: Reference to negligence of American interests -- Animals: donkey -- Food: turnips -- Vehicles: chariot -- Reference to the Electorate of Hanover., Watermark: Strasburg lily with initials L V G below., and Matted to 49 x 61 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. according to act at the Acorn in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Title from item., Publication date inferred from publisher's address., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Ralph's wife and sow as gossips tell, both at a time in pieces fell ..., Temporary local subject terms: Clergy: vicar -- Tithes -- Farms --Vehicles: hay wagon., and Mounted to 40 x 30 cm.
Title from item., Publication date inferred from edition described in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Ralph's wife and sow as gossips tell, both at a time in pieces fell ..., Another state, by a different publisher. Cf. No. 3794 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Farms --Vehicles: hay wagon.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street & John Smith in Cheapside
A pyramid-shaped monument with a caricatured portrait in profile of Wolfe; the plinth engraved with the text: 'Set honour in one eye and death in tother and I will look on both indifferent and let the gods so speed me as I love the name of honour more than I fear death.' At the foot of the monument lies a dead lion with the words 'Here lies honour' engraved on its hind leg. A dog with a collar labelled 'Minden' (an allusion Lord George Sackville's disgrace at the Battle of Minden) turns back and barks at the image: 'Honours a jest & all things show it. I thought so once but now I know it." He steps with his paws on a laurel wreath
Description:
Title etched beneath image., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth., One line of text above image: A living dog is better than a dead lion. Cf. Ecclesiastes ix.4., Reference to John Gay's quote on his tomb: Life is a jest; and all things show it, I thought so once; but now I know it., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit, p. 454. Spurious., and On page 185 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 34.7 x 23.1 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785 and Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
A pyramid-shaped monument with a caricatured portrait in profile of Wolfe; the plinth engraved with the text: 'Set honour in one eye and death in tother and I will look on both indifferent and let the gods so speed me as I love the name of honour more than I fear death.' At the foot of the monument lies a dead lion with the words 'Here lies honour' engraved on its hind leg. A dog with a collar labelled 'Minden' (an allusion Lord George Sackville's disgrace at the Battle of Minden) turns back and barks at the image: 'Honours a jest & all things show it. I thought so once but now I know it." He steps with his paws on a laurel wreath
Description:
Title etched beneath image., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth., One line of text above image: A living dog is better than a dead lion. Cf. Ecclesiastes ix.4., and Reference to John Gay's quote on his tomb: Life is a jest; and all things show it, I thought so once; but now I know it.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785 and Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
A pyramid-shaped monument with a caricatured portrait in profile of Wolfe; the plinth engraved with the text: 'Set honour in one eye and death in tother and I will look on both indifferent and let the gods so speed me as I love the name of honour more than I fear death.' At the foot of the monument lies a dead lion with the words 'Here lies honour' engraved on its hind leg. A dog with a collar labelled 'Minden' (an allusion Lord George Sackville's disgrace at the Battle of Minden) turns back and barks at the image: 'Honours a jest & all things show it. I thought so once but now I know it." He steps with his paws on a laurel wreath
Description:
Title etched beneath image., Formerly attributed to William Hogarth., One line of text above image: A living dog is better than a dead lion. Cf. Ecclesiastes ix.4., Reference to John Gay's quote on his tomb: Life is a jest; and all things show it, I thought so once; but now I know it., and Sheet trimmed to 346 x 248 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785 and Wolfe, James, 1727-1759
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Trades: cooks., Mounted to 24 x 17 cm., and Subject identified in two later inscriptions below image as cook at the Rainbow Tavern in Fleet Street.
Title devised by curator., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record. Possibly later than 1760, based on use of wove paper., Sheet trimmed within plate mark including rounding corners that results in partial loss of design., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 27 x 31 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Lyres, Masks, Musical instruments, and Picture puzzles
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
760.00.00.111+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on prostitution set in a brothel in which all the men have been given the heads of apes and the women those of cats. In the centre of the room a prostitute sits on the knee of an old man who fondles her, her legs splayed; she holds a glass in one hand and a flask in the other. A magistrate wearing a lace edged hat and holding a large candle stands over them. Constables with staves stand in the open door, behind which the prostitute's pimp (referred to as her bully in the verse beneath) is hiding; he is dressed as a grenadier. On the right, the brothel-keeper holds up a tally-board pointing out one of the symbols to three men who are startled at the entry of the constables; one is seated at a table holding a glass, another holds a large candle. On the table is a large flask, another rests on the floor beside a big jug, and another lies broken in pieces. In the background on the right a couple peer from being the curtains of a large bed. Hanging from the ceiling is a large birdcage on which a bird is perched."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Description:
Title supplied from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue., Reissue by Sayer of a print published anonymously around 1730. See no. 1860 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., Terminal date of publication based on publisher's street address; according to the British Museum online catalogue, Sayer moved from his "opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street" premises in 1760. A later date is also possible, as the series that included this print was advertised in Robert Sayer's catalogue for 1766; see no. 1858 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: Alas! poor whore, thourt fairly trap'd, Tho' by thy spark so sweetly lap'd; And for thy midnight vice and folly, Your fate is now to mill your dolly ...
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Interiors, Prostitutes, Military uniforms, Judges, Watchmen, Canopy beds, Birdcages, Doves, Wine, and Bottles
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "15"., With: [Profile of a man with a large chin and nose andwearing a hat, smaller view of a man in profile below] / My. Darly 1762. Numbered: '16'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Title and publication date devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on sides., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Military: veterans -- Wooden legs -- Animals: donkey -- Military: disabled soldier.
Title and publication date from British Museum catalogue., Printmaker from British museum catalogues., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of price and verse below the image., Subject identified by O'Donoghue as Wormald, Johnny (of Halifax)., Temporary local subject terms: Worrall or Wormald, John, fl. 1760-1771., Mounted to 16 x 13 cm., and Inscribed on verso in contemporary hand: Jemmy Worrall a natural of Hallifax in Yorkshire alive in 1771.
A three-quarters length portrait of a man in a hat, sleeping
Description:
Title from ms. not in Steevens's hand on an impression in the Lewis Walpole Library., Note in Paulson's Hogarth's graphic works (1962): not by Hogarth., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below print mark: one of Hogarth's club., and On page 235 in volume 3.
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "47"., With: [Portait of a man in a cap] / MDarly fect. No. 48., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Darly, Matthias, approximately 1720-approximately 1778, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not before 1762]
Call Number:
Folio 72 760 D37
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "21"., With: [Profile of man in a jockey hat, two small profiles below] / M. Darly fect. 1761. Numbered: '22'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "13"., With: [Two men wearing hats facing each other] / My. Darly del. et sculpt. 1762. Numbered: '14'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "29"., With: Profiles of two men in jockey caps / MDarly fect. 176[2?]. Numbered: '30'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "51"., With: [Profiles of four men]. No. 52., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Title devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "59"., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "49"., With: [Profile of a man in a cap] / MDarly sculpt. 1762. No. 50., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "55"., With: [Two men in profile, facing] / MD 1762. No. 56., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "45"., With: [Profile of a man wearing a hat] / My. Darly sculpt. No. 46., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "57"., With: [Profile of a man with a large jaw] / MD 1762. No. 58., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "27"., With: [Profile of an old woman with curly hair] / MDarly fect. Numbered: '28'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "31"., With: [Profile of man wearing habit] / My. Darly sculpt. 1762. No. 32., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "23"., With: [Profile of man with a large forehead and long hooked nose]. Numbered: '24'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "39"., With: [Profile of smirking man] / Mary Darly fect. No. 40., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "43"., With: [Multiple profiles of caricatured faces] / MD 1762. No. 44., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "41"., With: [Profile of a frowning man] / MDarly fect. 1762. No. 42., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "37"., With: [Profile of man in a cap] / My. Darly fect. No. 38., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "33"., With: [Profile of old man] / MD 1762. No. 34., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "19"., With: [Profiles of two men facing] / My. Darly 1762. Numbered: '20'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "11"., With: [Profiles of two men, top one with a hat] / My. Darly 1762. Numbered: '12'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "25"., With: [Profile of an ugly woman in a cap, surrounded by five small profiles of men] / MD 1762. No. 26., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "17"., With: [Profiles of two men with large lower lips]. Numbered: '18'., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "53"., With: [Profiles with big noses and chins]. No. 54., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".
Title from British Museum catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth; now thought to be by Platt., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark: J. Whatman., and Possibly a 19th century copy?
Titles devised by cataloger., Imprint from title page accompanying prints., Plate from: A book of caricaturas : on 59 copper-plates, with [the] principles of designing in that droll & pleasing manner, with sundry ancient & modern examples & several well known caricaturas / by M. Darly. Cornhill [England] : Printed for R. Wilkinson, No. 58 in Cornhill, [176-?]., Plate numbered: "35"., With: [Profile of man with closed eyes] / MDarly fect. No. 36., Reissue., and Not bound; in box labeled "Darly 1763".