"Satire on George II and Robert Walpole, based on a "Visio"n described in "Commonsense, or the Englishman's Journal", 19 March 1737. The king is represented as a satyr, seen from the rear, standing on an altar kicking his left leg and breaking wind; Queen Caroline, as a priestess wearing a bell on her wrist, approaches from the right to administer an enema of "Aurum potabile" (a flavoured brandy); Bishop Hoadly stands behind her followed by men carrying on their heads vessels of gold, several of which have been deposited at the foot of the altar, square pieces of gold having spilled from one. On the left; Robert Walpole dressed as the Chief Magician, dressed in a coat embroidered with dragons and the words "Auri Sacra fames" and carrying a rod, looks up at the satyr; behind him is a procession of couriters with the insignia of the golden rump embroidered on their shoulders; in the foreground Walpole's brother Horatio Walpole holds out a pair of scales, an allusion to his concern to preserve the balance of power in Europe which earned him the nickname, the "Balance Master". A curtain hanging across the top is embroidered with golden rumps."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Printmaker identified as Gerard Van der Gucht by Mark Hallett in Caricature in the age of Hogarth, see p. 137., Design on which this print is based, was attributed to the Earl of Chesterfield by the curator., "Price 1s."--Lower right corner., and Several subjects identified in a later hand below image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760, Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737, Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745, Walpole, Horatio Walpole, Baron, 1678-1757, Hoadly, Benjamin, 1676-1761, Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, and Chesterfield, Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of, 1694-1773
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Bribery, Corruption, Medical procedures & techniques, and Theaters
Title and date from item., Place of publication derived from publisher's known address., From the play by Henry Fielding, which is an adaptation of Le Médecin Malgré Lui by Molière., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Medicine in the Theatre.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. Bowles according to Act of Parliamt and Printed for Thos Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard & John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Subject (Topic):
Lovesickness, False personation, Physician and patient, Physicians, Fans (Ephemera)., and Families
At the Old Theatre by the Portsmouth and Plymouth Company
Description:
Caption title., A playbill., Date from manuscript notation., and From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 11.
Theatre ticket: stage scene with Gregory, the mock doctor, preparing to treat Charlotte, while her father points to his mouth to show that she is dumb; print after a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's The Mock Doctor, on April 20th 1792; above on the same sheet from different plate, a sketch portrait of Henry Fielding; bust, in profile to the left, wearing long wig, hand raised towards mouth
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed in image: W. Hogarth ft., and Cf. Earlier state with printmaker's initials only: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 104.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754 and Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Theatre ticket: stage scene with Gregory, the mock doctor, preparing to treat Charlotte, while her father points to his mouth to show that she is dumb; print after a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's The Mock Doctor, on April 20th 1792; above on the same sheet from different plate, a sketch portrait of Henry Fielding; bust, in profile to the left, wearing long wig, hand raised towards mouth
Description:
Title etched below image., Signed in image: W. Hogarth ft., 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. 104.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754, and Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
A theater ticket with a scene from the play The mock doctor: Gregory, the mock doctor, holds the Charlotte's wrist, as they look at her father who points to his mouth indicating that she is mute. The print after a forgery purporting to be an admission ticket for a performance of Fielding's The Mock Doctor
Description:
Title etched below image. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Subject (Topic):
Benefit performances, Actors, Theatrical productions, and Theaters
Caption title., A playbill., From a bound collection of playbills: [Collection of playbills assembled by Tate Wilkinson]. [England], [between 1748 and 1778]. Mounted on page 106., and Ms. notes. Dated in ms.
Publisher:
Printed by Stephen Martin
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. and Fielding, Henry, 1707-1754.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., First in a series of 8 illustrations to Henry Fielding's The History of Joseph Andrews ... from the 1792 Edinburgh edition, p. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: kitchens -- Kitchen utensils -- Domestic servants: cooks -- Furniture: kitchen tables., and Mounted to 20 x 27 cm.
