A young, richly dressed and very tipsy youth staggers towards the viewer over the top of a hill. His wig is flying off; his neckwear is disarranged. In the crook of his right arm he carries a straw-covered wine bottle and a half full wine glass in his right hand. His tricorne hat flies off to his left. In the background, at the base of the hilll, is a town. Just below the top of the hill, to the right of image, appears a woman supporting a very sick drinker. To the left, in the background, is a tavern with a table set out on the lawn. Four drinkers, in various stages of drunkenness, sit around the table. In upper left corner, above the tavern, is engraved a screen with three staffs of music
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Engraved song sheet with four stanzas of song below image: A pox on those fools who exclaim against wine ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark., and Cataloger's note on verso: Date of first publication 1715?
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Samuel Lyne at the Globe in Newgate Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Drinking songs, Intoxication, Alcoholic beverages, and Taverns (Inns).
The text lists probable expenses of a "batchelor-housekeeper" in comparison with those of a married man. Below the list are four columns of quotations on married bliss from various poets. In the etching, a lady and a gentleman on the left stand with their hands joined before an old man in a robe, with beard and a laurel wreath, who is marrying them. He may be personifying honor. Behind the young couple stand figures personifying health and happiness. Over their heads fly two putti with torches, one holding a wreath over the head of the gentleman. To the right, in front of the old man, is an altar with rolls of paper burning on top of it. Further to the right stands a figure personifying plenty, holding a full cornucopia and pointing to the figure of Virtue who, leaning on a large disk representing sun, holds up a chain attached to the figure of Envy with a snake in her hand and fallen down from the altar steps. Four small children are playing between the figures of Virtue and Plenty and in front of a high pedestal on which stands the figure of Hymen
Alternative Title:
Apology for matrimony
Description:
Imprint from illustration., Broadside illustrated at top of sheet with an etching by Gravelot (plate 16.8 x 23.8 cm.)., Companion broadside to Fore-warn'd, fore-arm'd, or, The batchelor's monitor. [London] : John Osborn, 1741., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Literature: quotation from John Milton, 1608-1674 -- Literature: quotation from Alexander Pope, 1688-1744 -- Literature: quotation from Thomas Otway, 1652-1685 -- Literature: quotation from Nicholas Rowe, 1674-1718 -- Literature: quotation from John Dryden, 1631-1700 -- Literature: quotation from Aaron Hill, 1685-1750 -- Literature: quotation from James Shirley, 1596-1666 -- Personifications -- Mythology.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament by John Osborn in Pater-Noster Row
BEIN BrSides By6 1741: With manuscript key. Mutilation at foot of imprint., Engraving by Gravelot., 'Price three-pence'--Lower right corner of sheet., Letterpress broadside poem printed, illustrated with etching at top of sheet (plate mark 19.2 x 30.8 cm.), Political satire directed against Lord Carteret, the Duke of Argyll and other opponents of Sir Robert Walpole., Tentatively attributed to George Bickham on verso by the curator., Note on verso in unidentified hand: For Mr. Robt. Boudoin., and 1 print on laid paper : etching ; plate mark 19.1 x 30.8 cm., on sheet 32 x 34 cm., mounted.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Cooper
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745. and Carteret, John, Earl Granville, 1690-1763.
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Six stanzas of of verse in three columns below image: Who be dat de coach box do sit on? ..., Temporary local subject terms: House of Lords: motion to dismiss Sir Robert Walpole -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Members of Parliament -- Newspapers: The Gazetteer -- Newspapers: Quack Doctor -- Emblems: Trade, trampled -- Vehicles: coach -- Flags -- Money: bags of money -- Exchequer tallies -- Globe -- Asses -- Mules -- Horses -- Personifications: figure of Fame -- Rebuses -- Emblems: fool's cap -- Badges: miniature badges with fool's cap -- Bills: 1740-1741 -- Taxes: 1740-1741 -- Traps -- Trident -- Wooden swords -- Whips -- Philip Cavendish, d. 1743 -- Ralph Freeman, 1707-1772., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
Publisher:
Printed for G. Bickham, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Marlborough, Charles Spencer, Duke of, 1706-1758, Sherlock, Thomas, 1678-1761, and Ombersley, Samuel Sandys, Baron of, 1695-1770
Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, preceded by instructions: Tune, London is a fine town: First is the King of Pru---a with his men of might ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: King John by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616., and Watermark: Pro Patria.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title from item., Sixteen lines of verse in four columns below image, preceded by instructions: Tune, London is a fine town: First is the King of Pru---a with his men of might ..., Temporary local subject terms: Literature: King John by William Shakespeare, 1564-1616., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Blackmoos [sic] head, Exeter Change
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor, 1685-1740, Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762, Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Francis II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, 1708-1765, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743, Elizabeth Farnese, consort of Philip V, King of Spain, 1692-1766, Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756, and Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745
Title from item., Possibly by Bickham., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had [the] original Reason., Fifteen stanzas of verse in five columns below image: All ye friends to merry ditty, Pray attend and I will fitt ye ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Motion for dismissal of Sir Robert Walpole -- Mottoes: Pro Patria Mori -- Conventions: allusion to the Pardo Convention, 1739 -- Emblems: Commonwealth as a coach -- Fairs: allusion to Bolingbroke's fair -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Signs: signboard -- Clergy: bishop -- Vehicles: coach -- Preferments -- Bills: place bill -- Pension bill -- France as a French ape -- Newspapers -- Allusion to Barcelona -- Literature: allusion to Vindication of the miracles, by Richard Smalbroke, 1672-1741 -- Speeches: allusion to Gage's speech against registering of seamen, December 1740 -- Animals: Viscount Bolingbroke as a bull -- Cardinal Fleury as a fox.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickham at the Black Moors Head, Exeter Change, by authority
Subject (Name):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
Title from item., Printseller's announcement following imprint: Where may be had [the] original Reason., Fourteen stanzas of verse in five columns below image: All ye friends to merry ditty, Pray attend and I will fitt ye ..., Another state, with imprint and printseller's announcement partially burnished from plate. Cf. No. 2490 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Temporary local subject terms: Motions: motion for dismissal of Sir Robert Walpole -- Mottoes: Pro Patria Mori -- Conventions: allusion to the Pardo Convention, 1739 -- Emblems: Commonwealth as a coach -- Fairs: allusion to Bolingbroke's fair -- Buildings: Exchequer -- Signs: signboard -- Clergy: bishop -- Vehicles: coach -- Preferments -- Bills: place bill -- Bills: pension bill -- Emblems: France as a French ape -- Newspapers -- Allusion to Barcelona -- Literature: allusion to Vindication of the miracles, by Richard Smalbroke, 1672-1741 -- Speeches: allusion to Gage's speech against registering of seamen, December 1740 -- Animals: Viscount Bolingbroke as a bull -- Animals: Cardinal Fleury as a fox., and With spine title: Caricatures anglaise 1740.
Publisher:
Sold by G. Bickham [...]
Subject (Name):
Fleury, André Hercule de, 1653-1743 and Bolingbroke, Henry St. John, Viscount, 1678-1751
Title etched at top of plate above image., A satire against Walpole. See Foxon., Verse: "Who be de noble lady dere ..."., Letterpress broadside poem printed, illustrated with hand-colored etching at top of sheet (plate mark 21.3 x 32.2 cm.)., Lewis Walpole Library 741.04.07.01+: Temporary local subject terms: Buildings: White Hall -- Buildings: Treasury -- Personifications: Justice -- Britannia (Symbolic character)., and Unidentified watermark.
Publisher:
Published according to act of Parliament, April the 7th 1741, and sold by J. Tinney, at the Golden Lion, in Fleet-Street, and at the print and pamphlet-shops
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745 and William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765
