publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pit ticket
Description:
Title from Paulson., Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.6 x 38.2 cm, on sheet 42 x 57 cm., and Plate 82 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
Call Number:
Hogarth 759.11.05.01++ Box 305
Collection Title:
Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pit ticket
Description:
Title from Paulson., Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket., 1 print : etching & engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 315 x 385 mm, on sheet 415 x 585 mm., and Matted to 558 x 710 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pit ticket
Description:
Title from Paulson., Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket., Ms. note: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 367., and On page 186 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 31.5 x 38.3 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 56K(b) Box 215
Collection Title:
Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pit ticket
Description:
Title from Paulson., Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket., and Sheet trimmed to 319 x 387 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
Call Number:
Sotheby 75+ Box 200
Collection Title:
Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pit ticket
Description:
Title from Paulson. and Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
"Bookplate of John Holland; a female figure wearing a helmet and holding a spear and a shield decorated with the arms of the herald painter John Holland: a lion surrounded by eight fleurs-de lis, three putti in the foreground, one putto holding a crown with a lion by the window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, printmaker, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and On page 3 (top right) in volume 1. Plate mark 145 x 119 mm.
"Bookplate of John Holland; a woman with a helmet and a spear, holding a shield with the arms of the herald painter John Holland, depicting a lion surrounded by eight fleurs-de lis, three putti in the foreground, one putto holding a crown with a lion by the window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, printmaker, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 3 in volume 1, top left. Sheet 120 x 106 mm.
"Bookplate of John Holland; a female figure wearing a helmet and holding a spear and a shield decorated with the arms of the herald painter John Holland: a lion surrounded by eight fleurs-de lis, three putti in the foreground, one putto holding a crown with a lion by the window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, printmaker, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., "John Holland, No. 95."--Ms. note below image., and Mounted on blank verso of printed price sheet for Hogarth prints, p. xix; sheet 235 x 156 mm.
"Bookplate of John Holland; a woman with a helmet and a spear, holding a shield with the arms of the herald painter John Holland, depicting a lion surrounded by eight fleurs-de lis, three putti in the foreground, one putto holding a crown with a lion by the window at left."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, printmaker, and date from Paulson. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Title from item., Date based on contemporary annotation "9" in brown ink causing year on invitation to read "1759"., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On leaf 4 of an album of trade cards and invitations., and Contemporary annotations in brown ink fill the blanks.
Title from item., Plate numbered '89' in upper left corner., Plate from: A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1758 and 1759., and Temporary local subject terms: Battle of Minden.
Title from captions in Latin and English below image., Text below Latin title: E tabula Guidonis Reni, 9 pedes et 6 digitos alta 7 pedes lata in aedibus regiis Kensingtonii conservata., Text below English title: From the painting of Guido Reni, 9 feet 6 inches high by 7 feet wide, in the Royal Palace of Kensington., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Cupid, Graces, The, in art, Venus, Gods, and Mythology
A gentleman who wears fool's cap, carries a bauble in one hand and a bell (which he rings) in the other. He is accompanied by another gentleman who carries a halbred as they driving four geese and four turkeys before them on the road "To London" as the sign-post states. The former gentleman says, "This vastly pretty." His companion responds, " This is fine sport, only I am very cold."
Description:
Title engraved above image., Plate numbered '24' in upper right corner., Copy in reverse of a print of the same title published by Edwards & Darly 27 October 1756. See British Museum catalogue no. 3407., Two lines of text below image: Birds of a feather flock together, Like to Like, as the Devil said to the Collier., Related print identifies the two gentlemen as the Duke of Newcastle and Lord Rockingham: Now goose, now turkey, or, The present state of England. See British Museum catalogue no. 3409., and Plate from: England's remembrancer. London, 1759.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782 and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
Title etched above image., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint., Imprint from British Museum catalogue., Publication date possibly later than 1759. See British Book Trade Index online., Two columns of the fable in verse below image: An old revrend [sic] seer had three lads to his sons, stout fellows tis said and a match for three nuns ..., and Mounted to 30 x 44 cm.
Title from item., Publication date from British catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in four columns below image: Whilst Marshal C-t-s [i.e., Contades] & [the] gallant gay B-lio [i.e., Broglie], with their armies advanced in order so droll-o ..., and Mounted to 27 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792, Sackville, George Germain, Viscount, 1716-1785, and Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770
Subject (Topic):
Minden, Battle of, Germany, 1759 and Seven Years' War, 1756-1763
Hearts is trump & has won the game and Hearts is trump and has won the game
Description:
Title from item., Plate numbered '90' in upper left corner., and Plate from: A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1758 and 1759.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Frederick II, King of Prussia, 1712-1786, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Augustus III, King of Poland, 1696-1763, Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, 1717-1780, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761, and Ferdinand, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg, 1721-1792
"Satire on the French king and his nobles melting valuables to make coin to pay war expenses in reaction to the disasters of the year 1759. Louis XV stands on the left holding a broken sceptre that he prepares to add to the crucible; Marshal Belle-Isle crouches on the right cutting up a candlestick; Madame de Pompadour works the bellows. Items of plate lie on the floor, including a vase lettered, "Germain fec" and a box lettered, "Messonier Inv"; on the wall hang portraits of W[illiam] P[itt], lettered "Terror of France", into which a sword is stuck, Newcastle and Fox, the latter two covered by a large cobweb."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Paris coiners 1759
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Temporary local subject headings: Reference to George Germain, Viscount Sackville, 1716-1785., and Mounted to 24 x 37 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. accordg. to act by MDarly, Cheapside
Subject (Name):
Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Pompadour, Jeanne Antoinette Poisson, marquise de, 1721-1764, Belle-Isle, Charles Louis Auguste Fouquet, duc de, 1684-1761, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, and Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768
"Portrait of John Maitland, 1st Duke of Lauderdale, nearly half-length, very slightly to right, looking to front, wearing long curly wig, lace cravat, sash and and jacket with star; in oval frame."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After a painting by Sir Peter Lely. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Smollett, T. A complete history of England. London : Printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher; and R. Baldwin, v. 8 (1759)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 51 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
James Rivington and James Fletcher; and R. Baldwin
Title etched above image; subtitle from below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate numbered '87' in upper left corner., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., A copy in reverse of: No. 36 98 in v. 3 of the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutchmen -- Reference to Amsterdam -- Reference to English privateers.
Title etched above image; subtitle etched below images., Plate numbered '87' in upper left corner., and Plate from: A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1758 and 1759.
An elderly man and woman are sitting in armchairs in front of a cottage, each smoking a pipe. The woman holds a glass, the man a pitcher. They are surrounded by farm animals. A beehive, a birdcage and birdhouses are in the background
Description:
Title from item., Two columns of verse below image on either side of title: Old Darby with Joan by his side, you've oft times regarded with wonder ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Printed for Jno. Bowles & Son at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Dwellings, Livestock, Birdcages, Birdhouses, Beehives, Chairs, and Windmills
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 860); half-length to front, head turned to left, leaning on cloth-covered balcony before her, arms folded, with corsage at the breast of her dress and a plait hanging over her right shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Place of publication transposed from end of publication statement., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1840,0808.73., Mounted on leaf numbered 37 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 860); half-length to front, head turned to left, leaning on cloth-covered balcony before her, arms folded, with corsage at the breast of her dress and a plait hanging over her right shoulder."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1840,0808.73., and Sheet trimmed close to plate mark.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn Fleet-Street
McArdell, James, approximately 1729-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1759]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 309); half-length seated to left, head almost in profile, holding a shuttle in her hands, winding from a ball of thread in her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within image., State from: Smith, J.C. British mezzotinto portraits., Mounted on leaf numbered 46 in an album of 49 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Title etched above image., Plate from: A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1758 and 1759., Text below image: Touch it not, voüce, small, still., Plate numbered '85' in upper left corner., and Temporary local subject terms: Dutchmen.
Title from captions in Latin and English below image., Text below Latin title: E tabula Dominichini Zampieri, 6 pedes et 10 pollices alta, 5 pedes lata, in aedibus regiis Kensingtonii conservata., Text below English title: From the painting of Dominichino Zampieri, 6 feet 10 inches high, by 5 feet wide, in the Royal Palace of Kensington., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
"Portrait of Lucius Cary, Second Viscount Falkland, nearly half-length to right, wearing lace-trimmed collar and slashed doublet; in a roundel."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., After a painting by Sir Peter Lely. See Catalogue of engraved British portraits., Publication information from that of the volume in which the print appeared., Plate from: Smollett, T. A complete history of England. London : Printed for James Rivington and James Fletcher; and R. Baldwin, v. 7 (1759)., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 149 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
James Rivington and James Fletcher; and R. Baldwin
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1759 and 1766]
Call Number:
Folio 75 P839 800 v. 3 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Portraits of ladies in mezzotint.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait after Reynolds (Mannings 1657); seated three-quarter length to front in garden seat with spaniel in her lap, looking to left, wearing shawl, pearls and rose at her breast, landscape behind."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image., State from: Russell, C.E. English Mezzotint portraits and their states., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1902,1011.3739., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and plate number from bottom edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered in lower right corner: 106., Mounted on leaf numbered 23 in an album of 50 prints: sheet 60 x 47 cm., and Bound in full red levant by Lloyd Wallis & Lloyd. For further information consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Rob. Sayer near Serjeants Inn Fleet Street
Coat-of-arms with a naked child, a lamb holding a sprig of thyme as the crest, figures of maternal nature and Britannia as supporters, and the motto "Help"; a landscape beyond, and a rococco frame; below, a ticket for a performance of "a sacred oratorio" composed by George Frederick Handel Esqr. to be performed at the Foundling Hospital. Blank spaces left for the date, month, year, and time of the performance
Alternative Title:
Arms of the Foundling Hospital
Description:
Title from first line of text, below image., Title from Paulson: Arms of the Foundling Hospital., and State and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Foundling Hospital (London, England) and Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
Subject (Topic):
Charities, Britannia (Symbolic character), and Coats of arms
published according to act of Parliament, March 1st, 1759.
Call Number:
Topos Su962 no. 16++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of parkland sweeping into the foreground and sloping towards a river which curves into the distance, with a glimpse of a country house and a small neo-classical building, among trees, on the height to left, with several figures, including women walking in the foreground, others on a bench under a tree and men sitting on chairs to right, discussing plans and drawings; state with Bakewell included as publisher."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Oatlands in Surrey, the seat of The Rt. Honble. the Earl of Lincoln and Vüe d'Oatlands dans la comté de Surry, maison & jardin magnifique du Comte de Lincoln
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhil [sic], Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, Eliz. Bakewell & Hen. Parker in Cornhil [sic], & J. Boydell in Cheapside
published according to act of Parliament, March 1st, 1759.
Call Number:
Topos Su962 no. 15++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View of a large house, with arched windows, castellated walls and twin cupolas, a smaller building to left, connected by a low wall which curves outwards at one point, in parkland with figures on the lawn in front, including a group gathered around a woman who sits in the shelter of a parasol, fishing from the river which curves into the foreground from the right; a small bridge to right and figures in two boats in the centre, cattle on the near bank to right; state with Bakewell included as publisher"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
View of Esher in Surrey, the seat of The Late Right Honourable Henry Pelham Esqr and Vüe d'Esher dans la comté de Surry, maison & jardin magnifique du feu Henry Pelham Ecuyer
Description:
Title from caption below image. and Sheet numbered in a contemporary hand in lower right corner: No. 16.
Publisher:
Printed for T. Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, John Bowles & Son in Cornhil [sic], Robt. Sayer in Fleet Street, Eliz. Bakewell & Hen. Parker in Cornhil [sic], & J. Boydell in Cheapside
