"A fashionably-dressed young woman reclining to left on a garden bench, looking provocative; roses and a sign-post lettered 'Spring Guns set here' behind to right, and a tree behind to left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date range for publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 2010,7081.1943., For a larger version with the same title, engraved by John Raphael Smith and published by Carrington Bowles in 1780, see no. 5814 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Numbered "303" in lower left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish’d as the act directs
Title etched at top of image., Publication date from advertisement in The Public Advertiser, February 7, 1766., Fifteen lines of verse on a scroll within image: Tell to me, if you are vitty, whose wooden leg is in de City, eh, biene [sic] drole, 'tis de great Pity ..., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Royal Exchange -- St. Stephen's Chapel -- St. Paul's Cathedral -- Temple at Stowe -- Stilts -- Medical: crutch -- Gout -- Islands: Ireland -- New York -- Caduceus -- Emblems: trumpet of Fame -- Republicans: Lord Chatham, 1766 -- Reference to Lord Chatham's pension., Watermark: countermark: royal crown with initials GR below., and Mounted to 29 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Sold by T. Ewart in the Strand
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Engraving of William Hogarth’s 1748 painting ‘O the Roast Beef of Old England’ (London, Tate Britain), which he had himself published as a print. The scene is set at the Gate of Calais (after the painting in the Tate Gallery) with a fat monk prodding a large sirloin of beef carried by a cook, on either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of thin soup as he gazes in amazement at the beef; on the left, three market women with crosses hanging from their necks admire a skate in a basket of fish; on the right, two ragged men carry a large pot of soup while another drinks from a bowl, and a Scottish soldier cowers beneath an archway; in the middle distance, to left, Hogarth himself is seen sketching at the moment when a soldier’s hand takes him by the shoulder; beyond, through the gate, is a religious procession
Alternative Title:
Gate of Calais
Description:
Title engraved below image., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; Sayer's premises in Fleet Street were not numbered until ca. 1766. See British Museum online catalogue., Text of Theodosius Forrest’s cantata 'The Roast Beef of Old England' printed in letterpress beneath image in two columns., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 180., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign public opinion, French, Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1766]
Call Number:
766.00.00.18+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Inside a large room, a bearded man dressed in a fur-lined short coat and a fur hat, in a Dutch-style, sits at the table assessing the contents of a bottle he is holding up in his right hand. With his left hand he holds open a book. Several other volumes are heaped on the table, next to which is an ink-well and hour-glass. A sad-looking woman stands next to the table, waiting for the medicine. Another woman enters through the door on the right. Several containers, including bottles and jars, stand on the floor around the room. In the background, a man sitting at a long bench is busy mixing contents in a mortar, while another man, standing next to him, is adding to it some liquid. On the shelf above them are many more bottles and jars
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 27 x 37 cm.
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Following imprint: Price sixpence., Explanation of numbers applied to persons and objects in the print added below image., Earlier state without plate number. Cf. No. 4143 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: Royal Exchange -- See-saws -- Laws & statutes: repeal of the Stamp Act -- Personifications: America as a native man -- Mythology: Minerva -- Mythology: Mercury -- Ships -- Commerce: bales of merchandise -- Reference to the fall of the Rockingham Administration -- Devil -- Gout -- Medical: crutch., and Watermark: Vryheyt.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Grenville, George, 1712-1770, Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792, Norton, Fletcher, 1716-1789, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Five columns of verse below image: A monkey once as stories say delighted with a cat to play and yet appear'd to public eyes, the sage Grimalkin to despise ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: thistle and white rose of Stuarts -- Royal crown -- Animals -- Pictures amplifying subject: A view of Chatam [sic] -- Pictures amplifying subject: A view of the Isle of Bute -- Scots -- Male dress: Highlander's dress., and Mounted to 32 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, and Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782
"Satire on the Stamp Tax of 1765 showing Britannia presenting "Pandoras Box" (the tax) to America (represented by a native American) who appeals to Minerva; the goodess advises "Take it not" pointing to Liberty prostrate on the ground and attacked by a snake and a thistle. Mercury (standing for Trade) turns to America saying, "It is with Reluctance I leave ye" as he moves towards the king of France who, in turn, offers a purse of money to an irradiated boot (Lord Bute). Above a zephyr blows forcefully towards the tree of Liberty beside which stands a man saying "Heaven grant it may stand" beside whom a crown and sceptre lie on the ground. In the background, sailors stand on a shore beside three ships one with a broom at its masthead indicating that it is for sale; one points towards a gibbet labelled, "Fit Entertainment for St[am]p M[e]n"; a group of men beside the gibbet, identified by Stephens as Stamp Men or excisemen, complain, "We shall all Starve", "By G[o]d I'll rob first!, "Ay, ay, necessity has no Law"."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Sc---h government and Scotch government
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from The gazetteer and new daily advertiser. See British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., In lower right corner: Price 6d., Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: America as a native man -- Liberty -- Loyalty -- Mythology -- Pandora's box -- Acts: Stamp Act, 1765 -- Emblems: Caduceus; cap of liberty; thistle as Scotch influence; serpent as treachery; boot as Lord Bute -- Emblems: Boreas as Lord North -- Liberty Tree -- Mercury as commerce -- Ships for sale, with broom at the mast-head -- Purse with money., and Mounted to 22 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774 and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Mercury, and Minerva
Title from item., Publication date from advertisement in The public advertiser. See no. 4127 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Three columns of text below image describing the procession: Last night the body of that poor politician Anti-Sejanus was privately interred in the criminal vault in St. Sepulchre's Churchyard ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Processions: funeral procession -- Reference to the Rev. James Scott, 1733-1814, pseud. Anti-Sejanus -- Literature: reference to Sejanus by Ben Jonson, 1572-1637 -- Reference to John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, "Jemmy Twitcher" -- Cattle drivers -- Vehicle: horse cart -- Reference to Sir John Fielding -- Buildings: gate with clock., Watermark: Vryheyt on the right, with countermark L V G on the left., and Mounted to 30 x 48 cm.
Title from British Museum catalogue., Publication date based on the beginning of Chatham's administration, July 30, 1766., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of title., Three columns of verse below image: The monkey Scot no more shall boast, 'tis he at C-t who rules the roast ..., Temporary local subject terms: Emblems: thistle and white rose of Stuarts -- Royal crown -- Emblems: jack boot as Lord Bute -- Pictures amplifying subject -- British Lion -- Ministries: Pitt's ministry, 1766., and Mounted to 33 x 49 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Conway, Henry Seymour, 1721-1795, Grafton, Augustus Henry Fitzroy, Duke of, 1735-1811, Portland, William Henry Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of, 1738-1809, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Camden, Charles Pratt, Earl, 1714-1794, Beckford, William, 1709-1770, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
Subject (Topic):
Cats, Dogs, Fireplaces, Monkeys, National emblems, British, and Scotland
A copy after Hogarth's The search night: a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at right with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the left, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far left; a watchman on the right holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
Description:
Title etched below image., Publisher based on address., Design is a questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., 1766 date from Nichols, Genuine works, vol.2, p. 239, according to Lewis Walpole local card catalogue record., Trimmed sheet., and On page 200 in volume 2.
