White, George, approximately 1684-1732, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1722 and 1740]
Call Number:
Portraits R178 no. 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from caption below image., Printmaker and date and place of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1950,0520.24., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of printmaker's name.
"Portrait seen almost half-length slightly to right within oval frame, his head turned to face l, wearing armour, sash, neckcloth and long, full wig."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a similar print
Alternative Title:
John Dux Marlborough, March. Blanfort
Description:
Title from caption below image., Artist and date from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., Text on edge of oval frame in print: Armis circumdatus ipse suscitat, eratasque acies in praelia cogit.--Virg. 9 aenid., and Mounted on paper support: 328 x 237 mm.
"The south prospect of the Church of St. Clement's Danes in the Strand; with complete tower and spire; figures in foreground including street traders and a stationary carriage on the left"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Saint Clements Church in the Strand
Description:
Title from text above image., State with a strip added at the top to show the alterations to the tower and steeple. See British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Dedication below image: To [the] Rt. Honble. Brownlow Caecill Earl of Exeter ... this plate is humbly dedicated by John Kip., and Sheets trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by I. Smith in Exeter Change in the Strand
"Portrait of William Talbot, three-quarter-length, slightly turned to the left, seated on a chair with a mortar-board in his hand, dressed in a chimere over his rochet with the robes of the Chancellor of the Garter about his shoulder, a periwig on his head and bands at his neck, the purse of the Great Seal on a sideboard beyond, his arms below."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1858,0213.212., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 6 (formerly E) of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
"Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen reflected in the glass. From the left side of the screen an electoral candidate walks towards a voter grasping him by his right hand and with his left slipping a purse into the man's pocket. The voter is identified in the verses as a member of a corporation in a borough where only such members could vote; his leg is shackled by a chain. His wife listens to a clergyman who stands in a doorway assuring her "bribery no sin". The devil hovers over the candidate touching the voter on the shoulder and holding a blank scroll. Two boys in the foreground point to the transaction, one holding a wooden shoe, symbol of the oppressive French regime. The screen itself is adorned with little stars, at the top the years 1715-1722 are marked on the seven folds and the names of various acts passed by the previous government, "Quarantine Act .../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Election carried by bribery and the devil
Description:
Title from caption in ribbon above image., Questionable attribution to Hogarth in unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four stanzas of verse below image: Here's a minion sent down to a corporate town, in hopes to be newly elected ... That betrays the whole kingdom to slav'ry.", and Imperfect impression: sheet trimmed to 162 x 175 mm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
"Satire on the general election of 1722 showing a grand room with two long windows and a pier glass between; to the left of this is a screen with seven folds. On the right three men, one holding a staff of office, can be discerned behind the screen reflected in the glass. From the left side of the screen an electoral candidate walks towards a voter grasping him by his right hand and with his left slipping a purse into the man's pocket. The voter is identified in the verses as a member of a corporation in a borough where only such members could vote; his leg is shackled by a chain. His wife listens to a clergyman who stands in a doorway assuring her "bribery no sin". The devil hovers over the candidate touching the voter on the shoulder and holding a blank scroll. Two boys in the foreground point to the transaction, one holding a wooden shoe, symbol of the oppressive French regime. The screen itself is adorned with little stars, at the top the years 1715-1722 are marked on the seven folds and the names of various acts passed by the previous government, "Quarantine Act .../South Sea Act/Act to indemnify S.S. V[illai]ns/Part of ye Succession Act repeal'd/Septennial Act".--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Election carried by bribery and the devil
Description:
Title from caption in ribbon above image., Questionable attribution to Hogarth in unverified card catalog record., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four stanzas of verse below image: Here's a minion sent down to a corporate town, in hopes to be newly elected ... That betrays the whole kingdom to slav'ry.", Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet; mounted to 33 x 44 cm., and Dated '1722' in unknown contemporary hand after title.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England, Scotland., and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company. and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Elections, 1722, Membership, Quarantine, Law and legislation, Inheritance and succession, Naturalization, Political corruption, Elections, Bribery, Children, Clergy, Devil, Mirrors, Screens, and Political elections
"Portrait ... three quarter length standing directed to left, head turned to left shoulder, glancing towards the viewer, left hand on hip, holding a shepherd's staff at her side in right, wearing an gown with ermine trimmed bodice and cape, small ruff around her neck and a plume in her hair which is dressed up; after Ellys."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.5226., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Matted to 381 x 277 mm.
"Portrait of Lady Charlotte Finch, three-quarter length, sitting resting left elbow on a grassy bank, head on her hand, holding a few flowers on her lap in right hand, wearing a low-necked gown with large, lacy sleeves, and large drop earrings."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.1425., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on leaf numbered 13 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm. Ms. notes in black ink by unknown hand below image, misidentified as "Miss Fuller.", and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by J. Faber at the Golden Head in Bloomsbury Square
