Title devised by curator., Note below image: "Mr. Walpole in his Anecdotes of Painting &c. Vol. IV, p. 22, speaking of the Cartoons at Hampton Court, observes that Sir James Thornhill "having made copious studies of the heads, hands and feet intended to publish an exact account of the whole, for the use of students: but this work has never appeared." As the present plate was found amoung others belonging to the late Mr. Hogarth, it is not impossible but that it might have been engraved by him for his father-in-law Sr. James's intended publication., Formerly attributed to Hogarth., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 206 in volume 3., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: (See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit, p. 437).
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs May 14, 1781 by Mrs. Hogarth, at the Golden Head, Leicester Field
Four fragments pasted around the inset of Jacob and Laban's flock, from a tankard belonging to the Clare Market Club. (See Paulson no. 25). The four fragments are probably impressions from a large silver platter and show Juno, Neptune, Tellus, and Vulcan
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to Horneck's Happy ascetick and Master of the vineyard
Description:
Title, questionable attribution, and date from Paulson., An unique impression., Sheets trimmed to design., Ms. note mounted below: The Four Elements, represented in Four Compartments, under the figures of Vulcan, Juno, Tellus, & Neptune. These are impressions from some large Piece of Plate, very probably an oblong silver Tea-Table. The smallest is merely the center of the Tankard. See p. 3. Where I found it I have left it., Ms. note in pencil at bottom of sheet: Sold at Gulston's Auction, for £4.14.6f the Tankard. See p. 3. Where I found it I have left it., and On page 6 in volume 1.
Title and date from Paulson., Designed for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., Sheet trimmed., On page 24 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Soldiers sold for slaves., and Numbered in ms. by Steevens (?) in upper left: 9.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
"Frontispiece to John Clubbe, 'Physiognomy'; being a sketch only of a larger work upon the same plan...' (London, 1763); scene outside an inn with the sign of 'The Weighing House', with nine men being assessed along a scale of gravity to levity; at right a man by the inn door operates a pulley to raise a magnet from the crossbeam of the inn sign; the men are balanced in a semi-circle from 'A', 'absolute Gravity', standing on his head, to 'I', 'absolute Levity or Stark Fool', in the middle of the air just beneath the magnet; at the centre, horizontally balanced and with nonchalant expression, is E, 'good Sence'."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Weighing house
Description:
Title, date, artist, printmaker and publication information from Paulson., The degree of Hogarth's involvement in the design is unknown (see Paulson for discussion). Clubbe dedicated the 'Physiognomy' to Hogarth, and the author's son claimed that Hogarth had drawn at least the faces, but that perhaps the rest of the design was by Joshua Kirby, draughtsman and writer on perspective and a mutual friend to Hogarth and Clubbe. The attribution of the engraving to Luke Sullivan is as early as Nichols and Steevens' 'The Genuine Works of William Hogarth' (1808) vol. 1, p. 373., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 199 in volume 2.
An etching of a bust of Hesiod on a pedestal, facing left; with his name in Greek lettering
Description:
Title from Paulson., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : R. Faulder and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, p. 85., Copy of no. 112. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works., and Printed in brown ink.
An etching of a bust of Hesiod on a pedestal, facing left; with his name in Greek lettering
Description:
Title from Paulson., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : R. Faulder and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, p. 85., Copy of no. 112. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Copy., and On page 47 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 17.4 x 11.8 cm.
An etching of a bust of Hesiod on a pedestal, facing left; with his name in Greek lettering
Description:
Title from Paulson., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : R. Faulder and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, p. 85., and Copy of no. 112. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works.
An etching of a bust of Hesiod on a pedestal, facing left; with his name in Greek lettering
Description:
Title, printmaker, artist, and imprint from Paulson., "Ex musaeo Pembrokiano."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Original; at top of page: See Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 162., and On page 47 in volume 1.
