In the upper image, a dwarf hunchback in a costume resembling Spanish military uniform of the 16th century walks to the right, holding in his right hand a banner on which is engraved the title of the series. He is looking back over his shoulder at another figure in a similar period costume, who follows him while beating a large drum. In the lower image, two similarly dressed dwarf hunchbacks face each other in a posture suggesting readiness for a fight. The figure in the foreground holds his pike at the ready, while his companion in the background rests his on left shoulder
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title from item., Two images etched on one plate. Title from top image., Title page and 1st plate from a series of plates showing a variety of social interactions between two or more hunchbacks, most of whom are also dwarfs. Other plates in the series are numbered but not titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
In the upper image, a dwarf hunchback in a costume resembling Spanish military uniform of the 16th century walks to the right, holding in his right hand a banner on which is engraved the title of the series. He is looking back over his shoulder at another figure in a similar period costume, who follows him while beating a large drum. In the lower image, two similarly dressed dwarf hunchbacks face each other in a posture suggesting readiness for a fight. The figure in the foreground holds his pike at the ready, while his companion in the background rests his on left shoulder
Alternative Title:
Collection of droll figures
Description:
Title from item., Two images etched on one plate. Title from top image., Title page and 1st plate from a series of plates showing a variety of social interactions between two or more hunchbacks, most of whom are also dwarfs. Other plates in the series are numbered but not titled., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, No 53 in Fleet Street
A layout using letterpress showing the interior of Westminster Hall, layed out for the trial of William Lord Byron for killing William Chaworth in a duel; trial was held in April 1765
Description:
Caption title. and Publication date based on date of the trial.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England). and Byron, William Byron, Baron, 1722-1798
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1765?]
Call Number:
765.00.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a chemist's workshop, a man sits at a table made of a slab of wood placed over a brick structure, as he mixs the contents of a pot placed on a burner. A large mortar with pestle and a couple of glass bottles stand next to the burner. To his left, a young man with a hat covering part of his face is reading aloud from a sheet of paper while a third man, in a tall hat, is looking over his shoulder
Alternative Title:
Dutch chemist
Description:
Title from item., Publication date from an unverified card catalog record., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
"Satire on Hogarth's attack on Charles Churchill, "The Bruiser" (Paulson 215). Hogarth, his upper body an ass and the lower part a lion, sits on a three-legged stool on a dais with a painting of "The Bruiser" attached to a ladder as if to an easel; his dog sits at the foot of the ladder. Hogarth has a large boot (alluding to his allegiance to Bute) on his right leg, a bottle of aqua fortis hanging from one ear, a palette lettered "Line of Booty" slung around his neck, an apron into which is tucked a palette knife, a burin tied to his right front leg and a paint brush tucked into its cloven hoof; a "Smush pot" is falling down the steps of the dais spilling its contents on to a sheet labelled "Patirotism". A satyr standing on the ladder holds a notice reading, "Ha! Ha! Ha! said Old Will Now You shall see ye boasted Work of all the Antient & Modern painters, Your Raphael, Rubens, Carrach Outdone! I'll shew you a Picture done by Myself! A Picture Indeed! Ho! Ho! Ho! Ho!/What the Devil had he to do with the more Sublime Branch of Painting or vile Politicks, whose Talent consisted in low Humour? Ne Sutor ultra Crepidam." Hogarth turns back snarling at Wilkes and Churchill who stand behind him, the former holding a pair of horns, labelled "Horn Fair". Churchill, in clerical dress, writes with a large quill in a book, "The Life and Opinions of Willm. Hogass the Pannell Painter and his last dying Speech and Conf" and sheet hangs below the book which reads, "Since Willie has shown us the Dog & the Bear./Who scruples to own but They're much on a par?/The Bear has been baited & terribly bangd,/ And the Dog when his day comes deserves to be H-gd." Behind these two hangs a curtain on which is lettered in reference to Hogarth's Sigismonda, "This Curtain Hangs Here to preserve from Vulgar Eyes the Beauty of the inestimable Picture representing a Harlot blubbering over a Bullock's Heart; Painted by Willm. Hog-Ass, at the Golden Blockhead in Lie[...]er Fields."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publisher and date from the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on sides., Below title: The principal charecters [sic] by Mr. Hog-ass, Mr. Wi-k-s, Mr. Church-ll, &c. -- Walk in, ge'men & ladies, walk in!, Possibly a restrike, line with price below imprint burnished out., Below design: "Now shewing away at Sumpters Political Theatrical Booth facing St. Brides Church, Fleet Street.", After Jefferyes Hamett O'Neale? See British Museum online catalogue., See earlier state published by Edward Sumpter. Cf. No. 4085 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764
Title etched below image., Date of publication from unverified data in local 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: Trades: pewterers -- Kitchen utensils.
A picnic on the grounds of an elegant house are disrupted by dogs who steal the meat and a fist-fight that erupts between one of the attendants and the landowner(?).
Description:
Title from item., Publication date based on costume. Cf. Brooke and Laver., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
A courier on horseback blows his horn as he approaches a small building with a sign board dangling from its post "Popularity, The Blown Bladder by W P". A bandaged foot (gouty) resting on a stool is sticking out the door; crutches resting against the side of the hovel. Behind the rider is a cushion with a royal crown, decorates with thistles labeled B-e (for Lord Bute) and M-d (for the Earl of Mansfield). Three young trees on the lower right represent the three British kingdoms. A quotation from Book II of Virgil's Aeneid in lower right corner of image
Description:
Title etched at top of image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Second state, as described in the British Museum catalogue, with the large cushion substituted for the public house behind the duke; It intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., A satire intended to express that Lords Bute and Mansfield though not in the cabinet, overshadowed the King., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Truman's notes about the print are shelved as: LWL Mss Group 1 File 23., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778
Title etched below image., Publication date from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1868,0808.4371., A reduced copy of no. 4128 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Plate engraved for: The British Antidote or Scot's Scourge. See British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: Economy -- Law: taxation without representation -- Ships: ships for sale (with brooms at masthead) -- Prisons -- Personifications: America as a native man -- Newfoundland: reference to the Newfoundland fisheries -- Frenchmen -- Spaniards -- Reference to Havana -- Reference to Guadeloupe -- Reference to Philippines -- Money: colonial dollars -- General Warrants -- Lighting: save-all -- Excisemen: Stamp men -- Reference to the dismissal of Henry Seymour Conway, 1721-1795., Mounted to 34 x 44 cm., and Watermark: Vryheyt.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Grenville, George, 1712-1770
Wilson, James, approximately 1735-approximately 1786, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1765 and 1775]
Call Number:
765.00.00.88+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A Dutch interior with two Puritan men asking the parents of Saartje to marry her to Reinier Adriaansz. On the left in the background a young girl eavesdrops at the door. On the wall is a portrait of a girl and a seascape with two sailing vessels. On the right windows with curtains and another frames painting (or mirror?). A scene from the comedy "Jan Claasz. of de Gewaande Dienstmaagd".
Alternative Title:
Marriage consultation
Description:
Title engraved below image, with quotation on either side: Well, quoath her parents, be it so: Sukey was ready months ago. Had but an husband offer'd: Eighteen my friends, a ticklish time: Let Johnny take her in her prime ... The very thought my rage alarms, Shall Summer marry Winter., Imprint from impression in the British Museum., Publication date from British Museum online catalogue., After the 1738 pastel by Troost in the Mauritshuis, The Hague, inv. no. 180., Imperfect: sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt Sayer, Print & Map Seller, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Marriage proposals, Parents, and Puritans
