Plate lettered in the top center 'G': Reverse copies of details from Hogarth's "A midnight modern conversation". Each item is numbered; 1. The man who, holding a tobacco-pipe, rises at the further side of the table; 2. The man without his wig who speaks aloud and, standing behind the cleryman, waves his drinking glass; 3. A man smiling and wearing a large wig; 4. The clergyman himself, with a pipe at his lips; 5. The drunken man who staggers in front of the table, emptying the bottle; 6. The bare-headed man who has fallen to the floor
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Printmaker and date from other prints in this series in the British Museum online catalogue., and Plate prepared for: Manuel contentant diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786" in Göttingen.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Eating & drinking, Intoxication, Men, Pipes (Smoking), and Wigs
Plate lettered in the top center 'H': Reverse copies of details from Hogarth's "A midnight modern conversation". Each item is numbered; 1. The fat man with the linen cap on his head, who sits stolidly smoking; 2. The back of the head of the man behind the last; 3. The man who, seen in profile at the side of the picture, sits and sleeps soundly, with his arms folded; 4. The gentleman in the bag-wig, who is about to vomit; 5. The neighbor of the last, who is endeavoring to light his pipe
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Date from other prints in this series in the British Museum online catalogue., and Plate prepared for: Manuel contentant diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786" in Göttingen.
Plate lettered in the top center 'A': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of five figures in the first plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The earl; 2. The merchant; 3. A lawyer; 4. The viscount; 5. His future bride
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '1' in upper right corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Brides, Grooms (Weddings), Lawyers, Marriage, and Merchants
Plate lettered in the top center 'B': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of three figures in the second plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The bride; 2. The groom; 3. The steward
Description:
Title and printmaker from British Museum catalogue., "It is one of a series of illustrative fragments from Hogarth's works ... prepared for "Manuel contenatn diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786." See British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '2' in upper right corner above border.
Plate lettered in the top center 'C': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of four figures in the third plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The viscount; 2. The quack; 3. The child-mistress; 4. The angry woman
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., "It is one of a series of illustrative fragments from Hogarth's works ... prepared for "Manuel contenatn diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786." See British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '3' in upper right corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Anger, Girls, Couples, Quacks, and Marriage
Plate lettered in the top center 'D': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of eight figures in the fourth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. the countess; 2. Silvertongue; 3. the hairdresser; 4. the black servant; 5. and 6. the two men immediately to the right of the countess; 7. the man with his hair in paper; 8. the singer
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., "It is one of a series of illustrative fragments from Hogarth's works ... prepared for "Manuel contenatn diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786." See British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '4' in upper right corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Eating & drinking, Hairdressing, Singers, and Marriage
Plate lettered in the top center 'E': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of six figures in the fifth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. The dying earl; 2. The countess; 3. Silvertongue, escaping through the window; 4. and 5. The watchmen; 6. The head of Solomon, from the tapestry
Description:
Title and from British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '5' in upper left corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Couples, Death, Escapes, Homicides, Singers, Marriage, and Watchmen
Plate lettered in the top center 'F': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of six figures in the sixth plate of William Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered; 1. The dying countess; 2. Her child, kissing her; 3. The old woman; 4. The merchant; 5. The foolish servant; 6. The apothecary; also a sketch at left of a head from one of the paintings
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '6' in upper left corner above border.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Children, Death, Merchants, Mothers, Pharmacists, and Servants
