A scene in London, possibly near St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, shows a musician at an open window holding his ears against the noise of the street; a pregnant ballad-seller chants while her baby cries and a parrot above her head on the lamp post squawks; a milkmaid and other street-traders cry their wares; one small boy plays a drum while another urinates under the startled gaze of a small girl who holds a rattle and stands by a house made of toy blocks; an itinerant oboist plays; a dustman carries his basket and a bell; a knife-grinder sharpens a cleaver, a dog barking at his feet; on the roof at the right two cats fight (both shown with arched backs) just beyond the chimney from which a chimney sweep emerges. A sign to the left of the musician's window advertises The Beggar's Opera. A sign on the building to the right reads "John Long Pewterer." In this state the horse on the extreme right is black (white in the earlier state), the boy's slate trailing on the ground was only half shaded in the earlier state, but is now darkened
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., "Price 3 shillings"--Following imprint., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Blocks (Toys), Cats, Children, City & town life, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Musical instruments, Musicians, Noises, Occupations, Parrots, Street vendors, and Urination
Caption title., Publication date from Foxon., Verse begins: 'Tis well we live in such a fickle place, Where Novelty was ever follow'd more than Grace ... One Foll makes many, if't be really so, Monkies and Monsters are the best to show., "Price 2 d."--Following imprint., "Beware of wretched halfpenny wooden cuts."--Below imprint., and With a large woodcut below the title and preceding the letterpress text: Madamoiselle Javellot is shown on stage flanked on either side by chandeliers wtih her performing dogs in costumes in front and a musician in the background, left, behind the curtain.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Morphew, near Stationers Hall
Subject (Name):
Pinkethman, William, -1725 and Bartholomew Fair.
Subject (Topic):
Opera, Theater, Animals in human situations, Dogs, Fairs, Musicians, Theater curtains, and Trained animals
Title from item., Later state, with additions to title, as described in British Museum catalogue., Temporary local subject terms: Music: 'Ballanamonioro' by Charles Morris, 1745-1838 -- Music: 'God save great George, our king' by Henry Carey, 1690?-1743 -- Opposition to Irish Propositions -- Music: concertos -- Coalition., and Mounted to 37 x 56 cm.
Publisher:
Published 25th April 1785 by Thomas Cornell, [Bruton] Street
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, Norfolk, Charles Howard, Duke of, 1746-1815, Smith-Stanley, Edward, 1752-1834, Mansfield, David Murray, Earl of, 1727-1796, and Auckland, William Eden, Baron, 1744-1814
In a tavern, sailors in uniform are carousing; one dances with a woman in the centre, as another plays a violin on the left in front of diamond-patterned casement windows; others are drinking (mugs in hand) or smoking clay pipes. A couple kiss and embrace in the background. A ship model hangs from the ceiling. A fat dog (or cat?) lies at the feet of the musician
Description:
Title engraved below image., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in loss of imprint and verses. Missing text and sheet dimensions supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 2010,7081.1068., Below title is a song of sixty-nine lines in three columns 'A Sailor's life's a life of woe, ... And swig the flowing Can., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Publish'd 21st April 1791 by Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Dance, Eating & drinking, Kissing, Model ships, Musicians, Sailors, Smoking, and Taverns (Inns)
Volume 2, page 33. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Volume 2, page
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of ladies and gentlemen in fashionable dress promenading under tall leafy trees. Two ladies sitting on the left while a man offers them a dish of fruit; the Prince of Wales in a tricorn hat walking on the right with a lady on each arm; the lady on his left wearing three-feathers in her hat; a group of musicians on the far left, one playing a small trumpet; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gardens of Carlton House with Neapolitan ballad singers
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker attributions to Dickinson and Bartolozzi from the British Museum online catalogue, where it is noted that Bartolozzi engraved the faces of the figures only; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2342., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication below title: To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, this print from the original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr., in the possession of His Ronal [sic] Highness, is by permission dedicated by His Royal Highness's most faithfull servant, W. Dickinkinson [sic]., and Mounted on page 33 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 10th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 Bond Street, & W. Austin, drawing master, St. James Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Estates, Trees, Music ensembles, Musicians, and Trumpets
Volume 2, page 33. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Volume 2, page
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group of ladies and gentlemen in fashionable dress promenading under tall leafy trees. Two ladies sitting on the left while a man offers them a dish of fruit; the Prince of Wales in a tricorn hat walking on the right with a lady on each arm; the lady on his left wearing three-feathers in her hat; a group of musicians on the far left, one playing a small trumpet; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gardens of Carlton House with Neapolitan ballad singers
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker attributions to Dickinson and Bartolozzi from the British Museum online catalogue, where it is noted that Bartolozzi engraved the faces of the figures only; see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2342., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication below title: To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales, this print from the original drawing by H. Bunbury Esqr., in the possession of His Ronal [sic] Highness, is by permission dedicated by His Royal Highness's most faithfull servant, W. Dickinkinson [sic]., Mounted on page 103 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs., and 1 print : stipple engraving and engraving in sepia ink on laid paper ; sheet 50.8 x 65.6 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 10th, 1785, by W. Dickinson, No. 158 Bond Street, & W. Austin, drawing master, St. James Street
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, and Carlton House (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Estates, Trees, Music ensembles, Musicians, and Trumpets
Two goats in fine dress dance together, accompanied by two musicians playing an oboe(?) and a bass. In the right foreground is a large drum
Description:
Title etched below image., 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 Mounted to 27 x 32 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Dancers, Goats, Monkeys, Minuets, and Musicians
"Satire on foreign opera singers based on "The Beggar's Opera Burlesqued"; animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage with musicians and audience in the foreground; beyond, to left, theatre boxes with an audience of ladies and below a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate; to right, a conventional stage scene; an angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right. On either side hang scrolls listing the presents given to Farinelli, copied from Hogarth's Rake's progress, Plate 2; ten lines of verse below."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Italian eunuch's glory
Description:
Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Formerly attributed to Hogarth, now dismissed. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort., and On page 49 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
A girl in peasant dress shown full length holds a hurdy-gurdy or vielle suspended round her neck. She wears a neckless and pinned at her breast, a nosegay of flowers. Her face is in profile as she turns her head to the right away from the viewer
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printed on one sheet with: Madlle. Heinel in the character of a sultana., and Watermark: J Taylor.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street, & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside, as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
France.
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Musical instruments, Musicians, and Organ grinders
