publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 15th 1747 [i.e. not before 1794?]
Call Number:
Hogarth 794.00.00.187 Box 130
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a graveyard with tombstones and sarcophagi, a headless ghost in a monk's robes (crucifix and rosary hanging round his neck) carries his head in his left arm as he walks left toward a sarcophagus inscribed "This monument was erected by Simon Lord Fraser of Lovat &c. &c."; the lefy side is also inscribed "To the memory ofThomas Lord Fraser of Lovat."
Description:
Title etched below image., Re-issue after plate cut down, removing Molteno's publication address?, Lettered below the title, six lines of verse in three sections: Disguis'd thro' life, a layman at [the] block, My headless trunk resumes [the] monkish frock. Doom'd for my crimes in pilgrimage to roam. With weary steps I seek my native home, Where vanity inscribes my Father's tomb, But Justice now denies my carcase room., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed), p. 306., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 147.
Portrait, three-quarter length seated slightly facing right, looking towards the viewer over shoulder, left hand holding a lock of her long hair, holding an oval portrait of Prince Charles Edward, wearing a tartan shawl, with a landscape background
Description:
Title engraved below image., Verse following title: She seems not won, yet won she is at length, In loves war, women use but half their strength., and Scottish Jacobite heroine who helped Charles Edward, the Young Pretender, to escape from Scotland after his defeat in the Jacobite rebellion of 1745-46; married Allan Macdonald of Kingsburgh.
Publisher:
George Bickham?
Subject (Name):
MacDonald, Flora, 1722-1790 and Charles Edward, Prince, grandson of James II, King of England, 1720-1788
Portrait of Samuel Foote performing in his comedy Diversions of the morning; whole length, turned to the left with arms spread out and exclaiming "Oh! Ah! Bitch, what is all this?"; his hat and stick on the ground to the left
Description:
Title etched above image., Original drawing by Francis Hayman is held by the British Museum; see Catalogue of drawings by British artists and artists of foreign origin working in Great Britain ..., v. 2, page 278, no. 2., Printmaker inferred from listed street address; George Bickham the Younger worked out of May's Buildings, Covent Garden at this time., Text below image: Harkee Tedy! Can't you make use of some mechanical means to keep [your] fire alive? Such as whispering to your self. Oh! Ah! Bitch &c., and Watermark: horn on crowned shield, with initials LVG below.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777. and Foote, Samuel, 1720-1777,
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Portrait prints, and Theatrical productions
Title from item., Publication from an unverified card catalog record., Twelve lines of verse in four columns below image: What a racket was made / By the heads of the trade ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Crimes: reference to smuggling -- Committees: Crown Tea Committee -- Reference to Sir Robert Walpole(?), 1676-1745 -- Reference to Henry Pelham, 1695?-1754., and Watermark: fleur-de-lis.
Title from item., Printmaker's name probably a pseudonym., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on the right., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: hall at Oxford -- Thrones -- Clergy -- Sticks: wands -- Male dress: astronomer's Zodiac belt -- Hats: fool's cap -- Devil -- Smoking: bubble pipe -- Military uniforms: officer's uniform -- Furnishings: pedestals -- Satyrs -- Masks -- Curtains -- Writing implements: quills and inkwell -- Furniture: low table -- Lists -- Clubs: White Horse Club -- Literature: quotation from Horace's Epistles, i, ii.27 -- Sermons -- Allusion to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745., and Watermark: Strasburg lily.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Bradley, James, 1693?-1762, Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761, and Brown, Joseph, 1700-17667
"Trade card of Peter Griffin, printseller, at Dial and Three Crowns, Next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street, from the late Overtons; text on sheet at the centre with clock face and three crowns above; with various prints overlapping behind it, including maps, portraits, satires, and ornaments."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Heal,100.32., Imprint engraved at top of plate; date of publication below image, lower right., Engraved above the image is a detailed list of wares for sale: All sorts of maps both foreign & English, fine French, Italian, Dutch, and English Prints; metzo-tinto heads, & historys black, or painted on glass; fitteth up Gent. halls, or large rooms [with] maps or prints on rolers, neatly puts into frames & glasses any of [the] above goods. NB. Where merchants, or sea commanders, country or town chapmen may be supplied wth. quanteties [sic] of the above goods, at the most reasonable rates, for exportation &c., and Date "1747" added in ink in lower right corner. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Sold by Peter Griffin, map & printseller at the Three Crowns & Dial, next the Globe Tavern, Fleet Street
"Portrait of Robert Rich, bust directed to left but looking at the viewer, wearing armour and wide collar; in an ornamental oval with draped curtain beyond; a lion's head prow and an anchor below"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text within image. and Text below the image: "In the Collection of Right Hon. the Lord High Chancellor."
A later state lettered with the name of the famous pugilist John Smith: a bald headed man in profile to left; the artist's father (?); later state with added title; third state with inscription, copy in reverse after Rembrandt
Description:
Title etched below image., Attributed to Benjamin Wilson, after the print by Rembrandt, in the British Museum catalogue., A copy in reverse after Rembrandt's etching. See White, C. Rembrandt's etchings, no. 292, copy 4., Sheet trimmed to close to plate mark on top., On page 207 in volume 3., and Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand on separate scrap pasted below print: This is a mere copy from one of Rembrandt's small heads reversed. On taking it out of the frame in which it had been placed with much precaution, it appeared to have been recently printed off a modern French card. --Caveat emptor. In the year 1788, a gentleman picked it up (price 1s 6d) as a Broker's Shop in Goodman's Fields.
A head-and-shoulders portrait in profile to the left of the Duke of Cumberland in armor, enclosed in a small circular frame inscribed with title, surmounted by laurel branches and resting against the background of flags and weaponry and directly on top of a helmet and two shields with figures. Below, in an elaborate scroll are engraved six lines of verse in French: C'est ce Prince vaillant, dont l'intrepidité, arrête des rebelles, l'insolante fierté ... Beneath the scroll is a design of crossed flags, halberds, with breast plate and helmet in the center. The whole is enclosed in an oval frame that rests on a plinth engraved with six lines of verse in English: Rouz'd by fair Liberty, see William draw his vengeful sword, and daring rebels awe ...
Description:
Title from engraved text around the portrait., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Weapons -- Reference to the Jacobite Rebellion, 1745.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765,
