Holograph catalogue of Philip Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfield's library at Ethrope. The manuscript begins with an explanation of the shelving system at the library, followed by an index to the volume which divides the work by book size and language. The entries for each book include information about their shelving position and date published, and include historical, scientific, artistic, and literary works, as well as works on law and architecture. Holdings include biblical commentaries; John Dryden's plays; poems by Stephen Duck; numerous collections of prints and drawings, including William Hogarth's Collection of Prints and Darly's Collection of Caricatures; dictionaries in English, Italian, and French; Thomas Betterton's History of the English stage; and Horace Walpole's History of the royal and noble authors. The manuscript also includes several collections of musical works, including Cervetto's 6 Solos for the violincello and bass
Description:
In English., A note in the preface declares that "this Catalogue was taken in June 1778 by A. Edwards, no. 79 New Bond St. London.", Title from title page., Marbled endpapers., Binding: full red morocco. In gilt on spine: Catalogue Of The Library At Ethrope., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Betterton, Thomas, 1635?-1710., Cervetto, Giacobbe, 1682-1783., Chesterfield, Philip Stanhope, Earl of, 1755-1815., Darly, Matthias., Dryden, John, 1631-1700., Duck, Stephen, 1705-1756., Edwards, A., Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Collectors and collecting, Nobility, Books and reading, Private libraries, and Intellectual life
An attractive young woman in country attire is shown arriving in the yard of the Bell Inn, London. An old woman approaches as a man watches from the doorway of the inn, his servant peaking out from behind him. A wagon with other country girls under the canvas pulls away; a country clergyman on horseback following behind
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 1
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement engraved in the lower right corner of the image., Copy in reverse of Hogarth's print published in 1732; Bowles at the Mercer's Hall address 1725-1731., Verses engraved below image, in three columns, six lines each: See there but just arrived in town, The country girl in homespun gown. Tho plain her drress appears, how neat, Her looks how innocent and sweet ... Ah Polly! thou hadst happy been, If thou his face hadst never seen., No. 1 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below text, written in a contemporary hand: Frances Chartres, Esq, who deserv'd hanging for what he had done & was sentenced to die for what he could not do., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, artist
Published / Created:
[between 1830 and 1852]
Call Number:
Drawings G761 no. 3 Box D123
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A drawing of four scenes, with caricatured figures with large heads and very small bodies. Upper left: A man with a monocle (right) inquires of the butler on a threshold with pillar to his left, "Is your master within. No Mr. Smallfeast he's gone out to dinner. Oh dear me, well your mistress will do just the same. & She's out Sir. How provoking. Well, I'll set down by the fire till they come home. I'm sorry to tell you that that's gone out to." Upper right: A soldier is shot by a man (Turk?) hiding in the tall grass and pointing a rifle. Lower half, left: In a pulpit a bald minister with spectacles rants and he holds up a Bible in his left hand ready to throw it at the sleeping congregation below, " Ye sleepy crew if ye wont hear the owrd of God ye shall feel it." Lower right: A simpleton in artist attire holds up a piece of paper with a stick figure drawing and says, "Don't you think I improve."
Description:
Title from captions written each image., Date of creation based on Grant's known years of activity., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Artists, Butlers, Clergy, Congregations, Soldiers, British, and Sleeping
New Dunciad done with a view of the fluctuating ideas of taste and New Dunciad done with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste
Description:
Title etched above image. The word "fixing" in the title is deliberately scratched out by the artist; "[the]" represents the brevigraph sometimes mis-transcribed "ye"., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., A satire on Hogarth by Paul Sandby., and On page 291 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed: 18.6 x 22.3 cm.
New Dunciad done with a view of the fluctuating ideas of taste and New Dunciad done with a view of fixing the fluctuating ideas of taste
Description:
Title etched above image. The word "fixing" in the title is deliberately scratched out by the artist; "[the]" represents the brevigraph sometimes mis-transcribed "ye"., Printmaker and publication date from British Museum catalogue., and A satire on Hogarth by Paul Sandby.
"Satire on the negotiations for the Peace of Paris. A lion and lioness (the King and Queen) look in alarm from the window of a coach (Great Britain) as it crashes against a large rock. Lord Bute, the driver, and Princess Augusta, who has been sitting beside him, fall headlong to the ground and the horses (bearing names connected with British actions in the Seven Years War: "Germany", "Guardeloup", "Pondechery", "America", "Martinico" and "Quebec") run off. Bute cries out, "De'el dam that Havanna Snuff its all most blinded me". The postilion, Henry Fox, lies on the ground having hit his head on a rock labelled "Newfound Land"; a speech balloon lettered "Snugg" emerges from his mouth. Behind him Pitt, holding a whip, grasps the leading horse's reins; the Marquis of Granby gallops up to assist him, together with William Beckford (who was shortly to become Lord Mayor of London) and the Duke of Newcastle. In the foreground is a conflict involving a number of journalists: Bute's supporters, Arthur Murphy and Tobias Smollett shoot their pistols at Pitt, and further to the right Charles Churchill, in clerical robes, fires a cannon labelled "North Briton" at them, causing another man to fall to the ground his arm resting on a copy of the Gazetteer (the fallen man must be either Charles Say, editor, or John Almon, contributor to the Gazetteer, an anti-Bute newspaper), with the headline, "A letter from Darlington" (a reference to Henry Vane, 2nd Earl of Darlington, a relation of Bute's by marriage). The British lion beside Churchill urinates on the Scottish thistle. Behind this group, the Duke of Cumberland runs forward anxiously mopping his bald head, having lost his wig. In the background are Lord Mansfield and the Earl of Loudon, the latter suggesting that they retreat (a reference to his failure to capture Louisbourg from the French in 1757). To the right a group of Scotsmen are driven off by two Englishmen with whips; another Scot sits on the ground scratching himself."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Fall of Mortimer, Coach overturned, and Coach overturn'd
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., and Four columns of verse below image: With raptures Britannia take notice at last, proud Sawney turn'd over by driving too fast ...
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, Granby, John Manners, Marquis of, 1721-1770, and Mortimer, Roger de, Earl of March, 1287?-1330.
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Politics and government, Cannons, Carriages & coaches, Journalists, National emblems, British, Scottish, and Newspapers
Title etched above image., Below image: An account of the blocks their origin &c., with an escutcheon showing a jack boot in the center of text., Plate numbered: 49., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: land tax, 1762 -- Barbers: wig blocks -- Newspapers: North Briton -- Auditor -- Coffee-houses: Cocoa Tree Coffee House -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Reference to William Pitt the Elder -- Pugilists: Nailer ('Nail'em') -- Trades: coachmen -- Coachmen: fighting coachman, Stephenson 'Flogg'em.', and Mounted to 31 x 27 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774
The central figure of this satire is Lord Bute who stands on a chest labeled "Treasure Box". He is surrounded by his supporters, including Hogarth, and other members of the administration, Smollett, Murphy, Bedford, Dashwood, Townshend, Talbot, Kirby, etc. A satire on Bute's administration and his handling of tax reform and peace with France
Alternative Title:
Set of blocks for Hogarth's wigs
Description:
Title engraved above image., Attribution to Paul Sandby from Gunn., First state, as described in British Museum catalogue: plate without additional text and before addition of gallows., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Below image: An account of the blocks their origin ..., and "Price 6".
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Anglo-French War, 1755-1763, Barbers, Engravers, Devil, and Wigs
Title from item., Attribution to Paul Sandby from Gunn., Third state, with an addition of a gallows on far right. See British Museum catalogue., Publication date inferred from earlier states., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below image: An account of the blocks their origin &c., with an escutcheon showing a jack boot in the center of text., "Price 6"., and Temporary local subject terms: Taxes: land tax, 1762 -- Barbers: wig blocks -- Newspapers: North Briton -- Newspapers: Auditor -- Coffee-houses: Cocoa Tree Coffee House -- Emblems: jack boot for Lord Bute -- Reference to William Pitt the Elder -- Pugilists: Nailer ('Nail'em') -- Trades: coachmen -- Coachmen: fighting coachman, Stephenson 'Flogg'em.'
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Smollett, T. 1721-1771 (Tobias),, Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805, Bedford, John Russell, Duke of, 1710-1771, Dashwood, Francis, Sir, 1708-1781, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Talbot, William Talbot, Earl, 1710-1782, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Kirby, Joshua, 1716-1774
Subject (Topic):
Taxation, Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Anglo-French War, 1755-1763, Barbers, Engravers, Devil, Wigs, and Gallows
Title etched below image., Plate numbered '3' in upper right corner., Plate from: The British antidote to Caledonian poison ... for the year 1762. [London] : Sold at Mr. Sumpter's bookseller, [1763]., Temporary local subject terms: Street scenes -- Coffee-houses -- Male dress: Roman armor -- Emblems: jack boot (Lord Bute) -- Buildings: warehouse -- Reference to the peace negotiation in Paris, 1762: territorial concessions -- Reference to the East India Company -- Excise -- Whigs -- Chancellors -- Vehicles: go-cart -- Buildings: hospital., and On page 296 in volume 3. Sheet: 7.1 x 10.3 cm.
Publisher:
E. Sumpter
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), National emblems, Scottish, and British
