Copy in reverse of William Hogarth's "Woman swearing a child to a grave citizen. A pregnant young woman standing to left, swearing on a book before a magistrate who sits at a bench to right, that the child is by an old man wearing a dark wig with a ruff hanging at his waist, while he raises his hands and eyes to heaven, protesting innocence, his wife, wearing a coif and bonnet shakes her fist, upbraiding him, and the true father, a young man, crouches behind the woman, whispering counsel; beside the magistrate to right, a little girl sits teaching a dog to walk on its hind legs
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed with loss of companion prints: Le serment de la fille qui se trouve enceinte and Convoi funèbre des Anglois., A reverse copy after J.V. Schley's print made for: Picart, B. Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Amsterdam : Chez J. F. Bernard, 1723, between pages 90 and 91?, See reference to Schely print in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 309., After William Hogarth., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 11 in volume 1.
Title etched below image., Inscribed in the plate: Vide Fontaine's tales, p. 131., Plate from: Ireland, J. Hogarth illustrated (1st ed.), 1791., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at bottom of print and continuing under print: From John Ireland's Hogarth illustrated., and On page 199 in volume 2.
Copy in reverse of William Hogarth's "Woman swearing a child to a grave citizen. A pregnant young woman standing to left, swearing on a book before a magistrate who sits at a bench to right, that the child is by an old man wearing a dark wig with a ruff hanging at his waist, while he raises his hands and eyes to heaven, protesting innocence, his wife, wearing a coif and bonnet shakes her fist, upbraiding him, and the true father, a young man, crouches behind the woman, whispering counsel; beside the magistrate to right, a little girl sits teaching a dog to walk on its hind legs
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed with loss of companion prints: Le baptême domestique and Convoi funèbre des Anglois., A reverse copy after J.V. Schley's print made for: Picart, B. Ceremonies et coutumes religieuses de tous les peuples du monde. Amsterdam : Chez J. F. Bernard, 1723, between pages 90 and 91?, After William Hogarth., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., See reference to Schely print in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 309., and On page 11 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Paternity, Courtrooms, Couples, Judges, Law & legal affairs, Pregnancy, and Pregnant women
Title from curator., Place of publication based on printmaker's known place of residence and dates active., Plate from: Histoire des chats. A Paris : Chez Maradan ...,1791., "Pag. 117".--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: From a French Book entitled -- Histoire des Chats. Below print: See the following leaf., and On page 48 in volume 1.
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
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Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark to 175 x 116 mm.
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176.
Copy of a detail from Hogarth's Distressed poet, showing Theobald at his writing desk in his attic room, scratching his head under his wig
Description:
Title engraved below image., Below the title are engraved four lines from Pope's Dunciad, Book 1, line 3., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 145, p. 176., and On page 79 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 17.5 x 11.1 cm.
The young couple are seen in a large, well-furnished room that is in a state of disorder after a night's entertainment; the Viscount is collapsed in a chair having just arrived, the clock showing 1:20 a.m. His sword lies at his feet, broken, and a bonnet hangs from his pocket, suggesting his infidelity; the lap dog sniffs at him suspiciously. The wife's evening's activities at home are suggested by the book "Hoyle on whist" open on the rug in the middle of the floor, a deck of cards on the floor below a card table in the next room, and in the foreground two violins, one with its case open, on the back of an overturned chair, suggesting the wife's own infidelity. The estate steward walks away in disgust at his apparent failure to engage either the husband or the wife in addressing the wad of bills that he has in his hands or the ledger under his arm; in his pocket he carries a pamphlet entitled "Regeneration." Through an archway, a disheveled and sleepy servant scratches his cap; the walls are decorated with paintings of religious figures
Alternative Title:
Marriage à-la-Mode, Pl. 2.
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "Tête à Tête" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Lock on wife's forehead added in ink., and On page 113 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 38.6 x 45.6 cm.
The young couple are seen in a large, well-furnished room that is in a state of disorder after a night's entertainment; the Viscount is collapsed in a chair having just arrived, the clock showing 1:20 a.m. His sword lies at his feet, broken, and a bonnet hangs from his pocket, suggesting his infidelity; the lap dog sniffs at him suspiciously. The wife's evening's activities at home are suggested by the book "Hoyle on whist" open on the rug in the middle of the floor, a deck of cards on the floor below a card table in the next room, and in the foreground two violins, one with its case open, on the back of an overturned chair, suggesting the wife's own infidelity. The estate steward walks away in disgust at his apparent failure to engage either the husband or the wife in addressing the wad of bills that he has in his hands or the ledger under his arm; in his pocket he carries a pamphlet entitled "Regeneration." Through an archway, a disheveled and sleepy servant scratches his cap; the walls are decorated with paintings of religious figures
Alternative Title:
Marriage à-la-Mode, Pl. 2.
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "Tête à Tête" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Image 'touched': Stray hair and lock added in ink, presumably by Hogarth.
The young couple are seen in a large, well-furnished room that is in a state of disorder after a night's entertainment; the Viscount is collapsed in a chair having just arrived, the clock showing 1:20 a.m. His sword lies at his feet, broken, and a bonnet hangs from his pocket, suggesting his infidelity; the lap dog sniffs at him suspiciously. The wife's evening's activities at home are suggested by the book "Hoyle on whist" open on the rug in the middle of the floor, a deck of cards on the floor below a card table in the next room, and in the foreground two violins, one with its case open, on the back of an overturned chair, suggesting the wife's own infidelity. The estate steward walks away in disgust at his apparent failure to engage either the husband or the wife in addressing the wad of bills that he has in his hands or the ledger under his arm; in his pocket he carries a pamphlet entitled "Regeneration." Through an archway, a disheveled and sleepy servant scratches his cap; the walls are decorated with paintings of religious figures
Alternative Title:
Marriage à-la-Mode, Pl. 2.
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "Tête à Tête" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Touched in ink eyelid and stray hair on left but no lock., and Formerly on page 112 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
