Plate 31. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 31. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene is of the Southwark fairgrounds in London with attractions. A large sign "The Siege of Troy" hangs in front a church obscuring all but the steeple. A theatrical booth on the left collapses under the sign "The Stage of Mutiny ..."; a lantern sign reads "Ciber [sic] and Bullock's The Fall of Bajazet". There is a china shop, a rope dancer and rope-flyer, a quack doctor, a peepshow, a conjuror (Isaac Fawkes) and broadsword fighter on horseback; in the foreground a black boy plays a trumpet and a young woman a drum
Alternative Title:
Humours of a fair
Description:
Title and publisher from Paulson., Paulson cites an alternative title from Hogarth: Humours of a fair., Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand above print: Southwark Fair /1st Impression., and On page 56 in volume 1. Trimmed to: 359 x 464 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Acrobats, Blacks, City & town life, Crowds, Entertainers, Fairs, Magicians, Peepshows, Puppet shows, Street musicians, and Theatrical productions
Plate 31. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 31. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene is of the Southwark fairgrounds in London with attractions. A large sign "The Siege of Troy" hangs in front a church obscuring all but the steeple. A theatrical booth on the left collapses under the sign "The Stage of Mutiny ..."; a lantern sign reads "Ciber [sic] and Bullock's The Fall of Bajazet". There is a china shop, a rope dancer and rope-flyer, a quack doctor, a peepshow, a conjuror (Isaac Fawkes) and broadsword fighter on horseback; in the foreground a black boy plays a trumpet and a young woman a drum
Alternative Title:
Humours of a fair
Description:
Title and publisher from Paulson., Paulson cites an alternative title from Hogarth: Humours of a fair., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens hand at top of print: [illegible loss] d. Impression (“56 b” added to loss area)., Ms.note in pencil in Steevens hand below print: See Mr Nichol's Book, 3d edit. p. 180., and On page 56 in volume 1. Trimmed to: 360 x 465 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Acrobats, Blacks, City & town life, Crowds, Entertainers, Fairs, Magicians, Peepshows, Puppet shows, Street musicians, and Theatrical productions
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson. and Sheet trimmed to plate mark: 441 x 552 mm.
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 45.1 x 56.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 38 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Ms. note pencil in Steevens hand above print: Second Impression., and On page 97 in volume 1. Sheet 450 x 550 mm.
Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 45.1 x 56.8 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 38 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
"Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Ms. pencil note in Steevens's hand above print: First Impression., Ms. pencil note in Steevens's hand below print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 261., and On page 96 in volume 1. Sheet 445 x 455 mm.
Copy of Basire print after Hogarth: A portrait of Thomas Morell, a classical scholar and friend of Hogarth's, shown "in the character of a Cynic Philosopher"; behind him, an organ aprtially hidden behind a curtain; in front of him on a table is an ink well, brush, and a pile of books; he sits at the table, pen in hand poised above a sheet of paper. On the wall near the door hangs a watch on a ribbon; over it a coat of arms
Alternative Title:
Thomas Morell
Description:
Title, date, and printmaker from the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, no 2., Plate for: Nichols, J. Genunie works of Hogarth. London : Longman [etc.], 1807., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 239., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand under image: Copy., and On page 195 in volume 2.
