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., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 102 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 35.6 x 40.9 cm.
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
Plate 30. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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 On page 103 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 35.6 x 40.8 cm.
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
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
Title from caption etching below image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 18 x 12 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Eating & drinking, Occupations, Pipes (Smoking), and Tailors
Leaf 88. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A whole length figure looking to left carrying under his left arm a roll of material; in his right hand is what appears to be a yard measure. He is dressed macaroni-fashion with a large looped club, looped hat, and ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., and Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Octr. 29, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Occupations, and Textiles
Leaf 88. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A whole length figure looking to left carrying under his left arm a roll of material; in his right hand is what appears to be a yard measure. He is dressed macaroni-fashion with a large looped club, looped hat, and ruffled shirt."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from vol. V: Caricatures, macaronies, & characters. [London] : Pubd. by MDarly, 39 Strand, 1772., Plate numbered "v. 5" in upper left corner and "7" in upper right corner., First of three plates on leaf 88., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.6 x 12.6 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act Octr. 29, 1772, by M. Darly, 39 Strand
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Clothing & dress, Dandies, British, Hairstyles, Occupations, and Textiles
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on sides., First state? Lacks plate number. Cf. No. 4637 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Temporary local subject terms: Trades -- Domestic service: footman -- Female dress: high heel shoe., and Watermark: Strasburg bend with initials L V G below.
Publisher:
Publish'd according to act, Octr. 12, 1772, by MDarly, 39 Strand
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Horseback riding, Occupations, Servants, and Shoemakers
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
April 1833.
Call Number:
833.04.00.02+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A cat is hanging from a tree outside St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in Old Street, London, condemned by a man dressed as a Quaker, with a tartan cloak. The on-lookers call him a 'Merry Andrew' (i.e. a person who amuses others by ridiculous behavior), believing him to be a resident of the building behind (renamed St Andrew's). The Quaker has a number of petitions and bills under his arm. Between 1830 and 1847 the M.P. for Wigtownshire, Sir Andrew Agnew, introduced four bills to the House of Commons attempting to enforce the better Observance of the Sabbath. On his third attempt Charles Dickens wrote 'Sunday Under Three Heads' (1836), a personal attack on Agnew, whom he described as a fanatic, motivated by resentment of the idea that those poorer than himself might have any pleasure in life. Agnew left Parliament in 1837, ending the campaign
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. by G. Tregear, 123 Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Hangings (Executions), Occupations, and Street children
Titles from text below images., Date of publication based on watermark from related print at The Lewis Walpole Library., Four designs on one plate, each individually titled., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published by Charles Tilt, 86, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Occupations, and People associated with commercial & service activities
Boitard, Louis-Philippe, active 1733-1770, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1767]
Call Number:
767.00.00.03+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on fashionable life described in a sub-title as "Address'd to the Professors of Driving, Dressing, Ogling, Writing, Playing, Gambling, Racing, Dancing, Duelling, Boxing, Swearing, Humming, Building, &c. &c. &c." with broad space flanked by large buildings leading down to the sea. On the left, "The Academy for the Noble Art of Boxing NB Mufflers provided for delicate Constitutions" through the windows of which a pugilist can be seen addressing a yong nobleman, and two men boxing. Beside this a theatre into which a large crowd enters via a staircase, encouraged by a zany standing on a balcony with three actresses, two actors wearing turbans and another dressed as a soldier; the sign above refers to notorious hoaxes of the earlier part of the century: "Britannia Humm'd Or the Tragedy of the Secret Expedition [presumably the Expedition on Rochefort, 1757], A Mock Tragedy to which is added a Farce call'd The Pregnant Rabit Woman [i.e., Mary Toft], Together with the Adventures of the Bottle Conjurer [see BM Satires 3022, 1868,0808.3875], and Polish Jew [Henry Simons]. As likewise the taking ye Standard at the Battle of Dittingen." The next house is built in a variety of styles; beyond, the sea the sun rises "for the Vigilant". In the foreground fashionable people are shown as described in a key below: 1. "British Nobility disguis'd", three women dressed in French style in an open carriage are bowed to by 2. a foppish young man "Return'd from the Polite Tour"; behind him 3. "Foreign Insolence [is] express'd by the French Valet de Chambre daring to Insult 4. English Bravery in Distress [an old sailor with a wooden leg], reduc'd to ask Alms in his Native Country, after having courageously lost his limbs in Defence of it on board a Privateer & unjustly kept out of his Prize-money"; next is 5. "The Optical Ogle, or polite Curiosity", a young gentleman peering at the women in the carriage through an eye-glass; 6. "An Author", a miserable gentleman with his hands tucked into the breast of his coat who is barked at by two dogs; by contrast, 7. "A Player" reclines comfortably in a sedan chair, a footman walking before him; 8. describes a scene at the door of the house on the right, "The Industrious Tradesman thrust off with Contempt, expecting a just Debt to be paid, to make room for a high Life Gambler [also in a sedan chair], politely usher'd in to receive his Debt of Honour"; behind this group is, 9. "A Feather of the Turf", a man mounted on a high gig drives two horses, and 10. "The Balance of Merit in this happy Climate for useless Exotics, [where] A French Dancing Master obtains 300£ pr. Ann. & a clear Benefit worth near 300£ more, while the Ingenious English Shipwright, tho' Assistant to the Honour Profit & Defence of his Country, by hard Labour barely obtains 40£ pr. Ann."; on the left, 11. a hearse drives into the scene with "The Corps[e] of a Blood, conveying to Interment, who boldly lost his Life in a Duel defending the Reputation of a Prostitute"; 12. is the house beside the sea, "Modern Architecture The Corinthian, Venetian, Gothic & Chinese huddled in one Front,"; 13. an old woman leaning out of an upper window calling to a woman and two men at the door represents "Modern Hospitality in the Character of Old Age, left to take care of Furniture, & answer Duns that the Family is in the Country"; 14. fishing boats at sea are reminders that "One British Buss [fishing boat] of more service to the Community than ten Italian Singers"."--British Museun online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of text below image: Explanation. 1 British Nobility disguis'd, 2 Return'd from the Polite Tour, 3 Foreign Insolence express'd by the French valet de chambre daring to insult 4 English Bravery in distress ..., and Mounted to 26 x 35 cm., window mounted to 29 x 41 cm.
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles at the Black Horse in Cornhill & Carington Bowles in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779 and Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
