Portrait of Henry IV, half-length, slightly turned to the left, holding his sceptre against his left shoulder and a rose in his right hand, with a small beard and moustache and a turban with a jewelled brooch, dressed in an embroidered doublet lined with ermine with a chain of office about his neck; in a rectangular frame with ornaments including at the top with two lions with a paw each on a rose with a crown overhead. Below another crest with weapons with banners labeled "Lancaster".
Alternative Title:
Henry the Fourth and Henry IV
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: "Taken from a Picture at Hampton Court, Herefordshire.", and Plate to folio ed. of Rapin and Tindal's History of England, 1732-1733.
"Portrait of Charles I, set into a classical frame in robes of state and with symbols in the foreground."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
King Charles I
Description:
Title from text in image., Text below image: "From an excellent Original in the Royal Palace at Hampton Court.", and Plate from: Rapin de Thoyras, M. The history of England. London, Printed for James, John and Paul Knapton, 1732-47.
Title from text in image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of text., and "Plate to Mechell's ed. of Rapin and Tindal's Hist. of England 1732."--Catalogue of engraved British portraits.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark at bottom., Text titled, "The regal table since the Conquest", engraved in the lower left of plate. Text titled, "Officers of the University", engraved in the lower right of plate. Names of months followed by number of days in each month engraved in form of a border at the bottom of plate., Not in the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of prints and drawings in the British museum ., Temporary local subject terms: Almanacs, Oxford -- Regalia: Oxford University., and For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Trinity College (University of Oxford) and Bathurst, Ralph, 1620-1704.
Mary Hackabout, now become a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover when he arrives unexpectedly. A monkey and young black servant boy look on the scene with frighten expressions. On the walls hang paintings with scenes from the Old Testament which amplify the artist's moral message
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., Copy in reverse of Hogarth's print published in 1732; Bowles at the Mercer's Hall address 1725-1731., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: Debauch'd & then kick'd out of doors, The fate of all Francisco's whores ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., No. 2 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
A group made up mostly of woman gather round the coffin of the harlot in the center of the room. The young boy, the harlot's son, sits beside it on the floor. Many of the women are weeping, but others are engaged in flurtations with the undertaker and the clergyman
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 6
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., No. 6 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: The sisterhood of Drury Lane, Are met to form the funeral train ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Written in contemporary hand below text: Margery. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Funeral rites & ceremonies, and Prostitutes
Title from text above image., Dedication below image in lower left: To George Pitt Esqr. ... this prospect is humbly inscrib'd by ... Saml. & Nathl. Buck., Text below image in lower right: Sudley or Sewdley Castle, the manor was anciently call'd Suflengh ..., Plate numbered "8" at lower left corner of image., and Mounted on cardboard secondary support.
"Portrait, half-length to left, looking to front; wearing a hat, ruff, fur-trimmed coat, doublet, and medal of the Garter on a ribbon around his neck; holding a baton in his left hand; in an oval frame decorated on top with crown and star in centre, leopard on left and ram on right, placed behind a pedestal, with coat of arms in front; illustration to Tindal's 'The continuation of Mr. Rapin's History of England' (London)."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Artist from British Museum catalogue., Text at bottom of image: "Obt. XIX die Apr: Ano. MDCVIII.", Plate engraved for: "The heads of the kings of England, proper for Mr. Rapin's history, translated by N. Tindal, M.A.", and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark with possible loss of text.
A copy in reverse, with variations, of Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A midnight modern conversation". The title of the music before the singer with spectacles at the top of image is "An ode for New Years Day"; the other singers hold music with the title “Sicilian sisters, tuneful nine”. One of the singers holds up a quizzing glass (left).
Alternative Title:
Ode for New Years Day
Description:
Title from first lines of verse., Date from British Museum catalogue., Another state of this print without verses, but with the etched title: The musical group., Verse continues: "... No wonder such should be the consequence, for tuneful sounds oft suit with want of sense.", and Sheet trimmed on three sides.
"Portrait, half-length to the left, his left hand on hip, looking towards the viewer, holding a letter addressed to him as Secretary for War in his right hand at waist level, wearing a dark coat, cravat and long, pale wig; arms below; lettered state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print was issued., Plate no. 33 from: Faber, J. Kit-Cat Club : done from the original paintings of Sr. Godfrey Kneller. London : Tonson and Faber, [1732-1735]., Plate numbered "33" in lower right corner., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 570 (leaf numbered '163' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
J. Tonson & J. Faber
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764, and Bath, William Pulteney, Earl of, 1684-1764.
