A ragged sansculotte sits astride a lamp brackets high above a square where a crowd, all wearing bonnets-rouges and all watching the beheading of Louis XVI. He fiddles as he smiles down at the scene. Hanging below him from the same lamp post are two monks and a bishop, their hands bound. Further in the distance are more hung bodies and a cathedral in flames
Alternative Title:
Pinnacle of liberty
Description:
Title etched below image, left., One line of text below title: Religion, justice, loyalty, & all the bugbears of unenlighten'd minds, farewell!, and Mounted to 47 x 30 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 12th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Sansculottes, History, Clergy, Crowds, Fires, Guillotines (Punishment), Hangings (Executions), Liberty cap, Revolutions, and Scales
Pictorial lettersheet view of crowd watching hangings carried out by the first (San Francisco) vigilance committee of 1851
Alternative Title:
Samuel Whittaker and Robert McKenzie rescued from the authorities
Description:
Title from text printed below image. and Spelling of "Furniture" on sign in this image differentiates it from a variant in the Robert B. Honeyman collection (BANC PIC 1963.002:151) with spelling "Fourniture."
Publisher:
Justh, Quirot & Co.
Subject (Geographic):
California, San Francisco, and San Francisco.
Subject (Name):
San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851 and San Francisco Committee of Vigilance of 1851.
Subject (Topic):
Hanging, Lynching, Vigilance committees, Hangings (Executions), and Lynchings
Caption title., First line: William Newitt aged ..., A crudely printed broadside with numerous typographical errors, the text in three columns., With woodcut illustration at top illustrating the scene of the execution: a crowd watching four men hang from the gallows., Includes a report on the executions of William Newitt (for stealing 30 sheep), Thomas Maynard (for forging a payment of £1,900), Stephen Sandford and Will Lesslie (for an extensive burglary); the men were hanged on 31 December 1829. The final paragraph reports the extraordinary story of a failed plot (led by Sandford) to blow up Newgate prison and effect an escape., and Laid down; dated "Thursday Dec. 31st 1829" in contemporary manuscript. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Bishop, printer, 14 Shorts Gardens, Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Newgate (Prison : London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Thieves, Forgery, Trials (Robbery), Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Caption title., First line: James Head was indicted for having set fire to a barn in tho [sic] occupation of John Overall, of Wakeley, and burning thereby an immense quantity of corn, his property, on the 27th Aug. last. ..., Printed in two columns. The first column gives an account of the crime and the trial; the second column, headed "Hertford, March 17, 1819," begins with an account of Head's execution and continues with sections headed "A copy of the letter, sent by the unfortunate man to his wife" and "A prayer.", and Mounted on thick paper. Repairs to edges in a few places, notably the upper left corner, where the letter "T" in "Trial" was carefully replaced in facsimile. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Catnach, printer, Monmouth-Court, 7 Dials
Subject (Geographic):
England and Hertford.
Subject (Name):
Head, James, -1819
Subject (Topic):
Arson, Executions and executioners, and Hangings (Executions)
Two gentlemen on horses race down a barren, rocky hillside, with one rider in the lead. In the distance is a man hanging from the gallows
Description:
Title from manuscript annotation on mount., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Manuscript annotation on mount: A little too slow; mounted to 23 x31 cm.
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., March 3d, 1764.
Call Number:
Hogarth 764.03.03.02+ Box 200
Collection Title:
Plate 84. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The figure of Time reclines against a broken column surrounded by symbols of destruction: a collapsing church tower, dead trees, a bankrupcy notice served on Nature, a tombstone, a clock without hands, Phaeton falling from his chariot, a will, a shop-sign for "The World's End", a gallows, a burning impression of Hogarth's print "The Times" and broken objects, including an artist's palette, hour-glass, crown, rifle, bell, bottle, and broom. Two medallions on either side of the caption and their surrounding text concern the Line of Beauty. Three more columns of text between the medallions include quotes in Latin from Tactius and Maximus of Tyre, with an English translation
Alternative Title:
Bathos, or, Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures and Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Title engraved above image: Tail piece. The Bathos., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 319 x 335 mm, on sheet 394 x 558 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Aesthetics, Death, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Signs (Notices), Time, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., March 3d, 1764.
Call Number:
Sotheby 81+ Box 205
Collection Title:
Plate 84. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The figure of Time reclines against a broken column surrounded by symbols of destruction: a collapsing church tower, dead trees, a bankrupcy notice served on Nature, a tombstone, a clock without hands, Phaeton falling from his chariot, a will, a shop-sign for "The World's End", a gallows, a burning impression of Hogarth's print "The Times" and broken objects, including an artist's palette, hour-glass, crown, rifle, bell, bottle, and broom. Two medallions on either side of the caption and their surrounding text concern the Line of Beauty. Three more columns of text between the medallions include quotes in Latin from Tactius and Maximus of Tyre, with an English translation
Alternative Title:
Bathos, or, Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures and Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson. and Title engraved above image: Tail piece. The Bathos.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Aesthetics, Death, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Signs (Notices), Time, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., March 3d, 1764.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 85K(a) Box 225
Collection Title:
Plate 84. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The figure of Time reclines against a broken column surrounded by symbols of destruction: a collapsing church tower, dead trees, a bankrupcy notice served on Nature, a tombstone, a clock without hands, Phaeton falling from his chariot, a will, a shop-sign for "The World's End", a gallows, a burning impression of Hogarth's print "The Times" and broken objects, including an artist's palette, hour-glass, crown, rifle, bell, bottle, and broom. Two medallions on either side of the caption and their surrounding text concern the Line of Beauty. Three more columns of text between the medallions include quotes in Latin from Tactius and Maximus of Tyre, with an English translation
Alternative Title:
Bathos, or, Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures and Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Title engraved above image: Tail piece. The Bathos., and 1 print : etching and engraving, on laid paper ; plate mark 320 x 338 mm, on sheet 394 x 558 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Aesthetics, Death, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Signs (Notices), Time, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
publish'd according to act of Parliamt., March 3d, 1764.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 84. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The figure of Time reclines against a broken column surrounded by symbols of destruction: a collapsing church tower, dead trees, a bankrupcy notice served on Nature, a tombstone, a clock without hands, Phaeton falling from his chariot, a will, a shop-sign for "The World's End", a gallows, a burning impression of Hogarth's print "The Times" and broken objects, including an artist's palette, hour-glass, crown, rifle, bell, bottle, and broom. Two medallions on either side of the caption and their surrounding text concern the Line of Beauty. Three more columns of text between the medallions include quotes in Latin from Tactius and Maximus of Tyre, with an English translation
Alternative Title:
Bathos, or, Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures and Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Title engraved above image: Tail piece. The Bathos., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to right of print: See Mr. Nicholls's Book, 3d edit. p. 402., and On page 199 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 31.6 x 33.4 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Aesthetics, Death, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Signs (Notices), Time, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
