Title etched above image., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Numbered 'Ptale [i.e., plate] 15' in upper left corner., Placement instructions 'Page 35' in upper right corner., Two lines of text below image: D--n [i.e., damn] thee don't play thy tricks with me ... ., Plate from: Eccentric excursions, or, Literary & pictorial sketches of countenance character & country in ... England & South Wales / by G.M. Woodward, 1796., State with title on plate. Cf. No. 8944 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Temporary local subject terms: Food: ham -- Slang: 'gammon'.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Allen & West, 15 Paternoster Row
Subject (Name):
Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Candlesticks, Gardens, Lamps, Farmers, Restaurants, Tearooms, and Waiters
Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 4 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 135): In this scene two baliffs, one with an arrest notice in his hand, have stopped Tom Rakewell's sedan chair in St. James's Street; Tom is presumably on his way to White's gaming house which can be seen in the background. They are foiled in their attempt to arrest Tom for debt as Sarah Young, the young woman whom he had seduced and abandoned, offers the bailiffs her purse instead. Sarah is now a dealer in millinery as is suggested by the notions falling from her purse. In the right foreground a shoe-black apparently taking advantage of the situation to take hold of Tom's elegant walking stick. Above them a careless lamplighter spills some oil on Tom's head. To the left a Welshman, probably the creditor, honouring St David's day (March 1st) with a leek in his hat, accompanied by his manicured dog, simply watches the scene. In the distance is the gate of St James's Palace with a crowd of sedan-chairs approaching to celebrate the birthday of Queen Caroline
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress. Plate 4 and Tho' prest with debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 4"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: Tho' prest with debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the fourth of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image on left and plate number and text on right.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Bailiffs, Dogs, Children, Lamps, Lust, Seduction, Sedan chairs, Seamstresses, Street vendors, Young adults, Ethics, Rake's progress, and Traffic congestion
Title below image., Plate engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., With embossed ownership stamp of Thomas Mackinlay., and Printed 1843?
Four funerary lamps (numbered "I" to "IV"), two rings (each numbered "V"), and an earring (numbered "VI"). These original objects on which these images are based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched below image of large funerary lamp at top of plate., "Tab. VIII"--Upper right corner., Mounted on page 164 of Richard Bull's copiously extra-illustrated copy of: Walpole, H. A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 13., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; sheet 25 x 21.8 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and For further information, consult library staff.
Four funerary lamps (numbered "I" to "IV"), two rings (each numbered "V"), and an earring (numbered "VI"). These original objects on which these images are based were part of the collection which Conyers Middleton acquired in Rome in 1723-4 and sold to Horace Walpole in 1744
Description:
Title from index on signature A of volume., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate appears., Plate from: Middleton, C. Germana quaedam antiquitatis eruditae monumenta ... Londini : Apud R. Manby et H.S. Cox ..., 1745., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Ex aere" etched below image of large funerary lamp at top of plate., "Tab. VIII"--Upper right corner., and Mounted on page 180 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
"Trade card for Thomas Sandby, junior; the daughter of Dibutades embracing her lover and outlining his shadow on the wall, while he holds a lamp on left; within oval on pedestal."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Sandby Junior
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Silhouette painting -- Lighting: oil lamps., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 1st, 1791 by T. Sandby, St. Georges Row, London
"Pitt, thickly coated with feathers, stands terrified between Sheridan and Fox. Only his face, hands, and (bare) feet are uncovered. He turns his head in profile to the right towards Fox, clasping his hands. Fox, much caricatured, and grinning broadly, pushes a dripping mop in his face. Its stick is inscribed 'Remonstrance of the People'. He has dipped it in a steaming cauldron (of tar) inscribed 'Rights of the People', under which are blazing papers: 'Sedition Bill', 'Ministerial Influence', and 'Informations'. Round Pitt's neck is a noose, the rope from which hangs over a lamp-bracket. On the lamp is a crown; on the post a placard: 'Fate of the Sedition Bill'. Sheridan (left), with a sinister glare, raises in both hands a huge cap of 'Libertas', from which feathers shower down on Pitt's head. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Retribution, tarring and feathering, or, The patriots revenge, Patriots revenge, and Tarring and feathering
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., One line of quoted text below title: "Nay & you'll stop our mouths, beware your own.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 26th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, and Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Tarring & feathering, Lamps, Liberty cap, Petition, Right of.., and Sedition
Drawing the gothic lantern that eventually hung "in the well of the staircase" according Horace Walpole's account in his 1774 Description of the Villa of Horace Walpole. Date of creation based on the appearance of the gothic lantern, as originally designed by Richard Bentley ca. 1755 before Walpole added colored and stained glass to the lower panes
Alternative Title:
Sir Horace Walpole's gothic lamp
Description:
Title from item., Unsigned and undated drawing., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England) and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
"Pitt as hangman stands beside a fire of faggots immediately outside the door of the 'Crown & Anchor' (name on door-post). In his right hand is an axe; he drops an open book into the flames, and looks over his shoulder at Reeves who is disappearing into the tavern. On one page (right) is the trunk of a tree surmounted by a crown and the words 'The Royal Stump', on the other: 'No Lords No Commons No Parliame[nt] Damn the Revolution'. He wears a long coat with a hangman's noose tied round his waist, a round hat, and wrinkled gaiters. From his pocket protrudes a book: 'Ministerial Sincerity and Attachment a Novel'. He says:"Know, villains, when such paltry slaves presume To mix in Treason, if the plot succeeds, You're thrown neglected by: - but if it fails, You're sure to die like dogs!" Reeves, with hands outstretched in protest, says: "O Jenky! Jenky! have I gone through thick & thin for this ?" From his coat-pockets hang papers: '£400 pr Ann, To the Chairm[an] of the Crown & Anchor', and, 'List of Spies Informers Reporters Crown & Anchor Agents'. On the right Fox, Sheridan, and Erskine blow at the fire; the two former on hands and knees, Erskine, in wig and gown, between them, an arm across the shoulders of each. Smoke and the lower parts of the adjacent houses form a background. ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Crown and Anchor-libel burnt by the public hangman
Description:
Title etched below image., One line of text below title: To the charman [sic] & members of the truly loyal association at the Crown & Anchor, this small token of gratitude for favors receiv'd is respectfully dedicated by the author., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 34 x 48 cm.
Publisher:
Pubd. Novr. 28th, 1795, by H. Humphrey, N. 37 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, Erskine, Thomas Erskine, Baron, 1750-1823, Reeves, John, 1752?-1829., Jenkinson, Charles, 1727-1808., and Association for Preserving Liberty and Property against Republicans and Levellers (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Axes, Bonfires, Executioners, Lamps, and Taverns (Inns)
"A young woman, three-quarter length, sitting at a table, directed to right, wearing jewels in her hair, a portrait on a ribbon around her wrist, and a fur tippet, right hand holding a quill, resting on a sheaf of papers, left elbow on a box on the table, the hand supporting her head, looking dreamily to right, lit by a table lamp to right."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Publication date inferred from dates of business of publishers., Sitter identified in an unverified card catalog record as Peg Woffington., Not in J.C. Smith's British mezzotinto portraits. London : Henry Sotheran & Co., 1883., Temporary local subject terms: Female dress, ca. 1755 -- Lighting: lamp -- Writing implements: inkwell -- Miniatures worn as jewelry., and Printseller's stamp in lower right corner: S.W.F.
Publisher:
Sold by Edwd. Fisher in Leicester Fields & by Ryland & Bryer in Cornhill
