"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a group of musicians play simple instruments: bagpipes, a salt box, a jew's harp, a dulcimer, a bladder and string.To the left, a group of noblemen raise their arms admiring the performance; a crowd of women stand on the right, and in front of them a fat butcher and another man are seen in shadow. Behind the stage, to left, theatre boxes are crowded with an audience chiefly of ladies, and below is a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate. In the centre background, is a street (perhaps intended as a backcloth) with an inn sign and gallows. To the right, is a conventional stage on which the Italian opera is evidently being performed and men appear to be pressing money on a woman singer. An angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right, and above is a ribbon lettered "et cantare pares et respndere parate". Four lines of verse beneath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Lettered within image, above with title, below with verses beginning, "Brittons attend - view this harmonious Stage ..."., Tentatively attributed to Hogarth by Paulson (2nd ed.) and later (3rd ed., page 34) dismissed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand to right: See Nichols's Biographical anecdotes, 3d edit. p. 164., and On page 49 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
"Satire on Gay's "Beggar's Opera". In the foreground a group of animal-headed singers portraying the principal characters are shown on an outdoor stage beneath which Apollo and a muse are lying, a lyre and guitar beside them. In front of the stage a group of musicians play simple instruments: bagpipes, a salt box, a jew's harp, a dulcimer, a bladder and string.To the left, a group of noblemen raise their arms admiring the performance; a crowd of women stand on the right, and in front of them a fat butcher and another man are seen in shadow. Behind the stage, to left, theatre boxes are crowded with an audience chiefly of ladies, and below is a wall hung with ballads against which two men urinate and defecate. In the centre background, is a street (perhaps intended as a backcloth) with an inn sign and gallows. To the right, is a conventional stage on which the Italian opera is evidently being performed and men appear to be pressing money on a woman singer. An angel carrying a ribbon lettered "Harmony" flies off at top right, and above is a ribbon lettered "et cantare pares et respndere parate". Four lines of verse beneath."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched above image., Lettered within image, above with title, below with verses beginning, "Brittons attend - view this harmonious Stage ..."; a roughened area at lower right could be a sign of the publication line (from the fifth or sixth state) having been removed., Tentatively attributed to Hogarth by Paulson (2nd ed.) and later (3rd ed., page 34) dismissed., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 49 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Print Shop in [the] Strand near Catherine Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Musicians, and Opera singers
In the bottom row four bewigged judges, three of whom are asleep, are seated on the bench in Westminster Hall. In the top row are eight caricatured heads, two representing one of the judges below, the others, two versions of the lame man in Raphael's Sacrifice at Lystra (extreme left) and apostles in Leonardo's Last Supper. The lengthy text explaining the character, caracatura, and outrè etched on a second separate plate below image plate
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Paulson., Print made from two plates; image and text on separate plates., and The judges were identified by Nichols (Biographical anecdotes) as William Noel, Sir John Willes, Henry, Earl Bathurst, and Sir Edward Clive. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Noel, William, 1695-1762, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, and Clive, Edward, Sir, 1704-1771
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Caricatures, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians, Sleeping, and Wigs
In the bottom row four bewigged judges, three of whom are asleep, are seated on the bench in Westminster Hall. In the top row are eight caricatured heads, two representing one of the judges below, the others, two versions of the lame man in Raphael's Sacrifice at Lystra (extreme left) and apostles in Leonardo's Last Supper. The lengthy text explaining the character, caracatura, and outrè etched on a second separate plate below image plate
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Paulson., Print made from two plates; image and text on separate plates., The judges were identified by Nichols (Biographical anecdotes) as William Noel, Sir John Willes, Henry, Earl Bathurst, and Sir Edward Clive. See British Museum online catalogue., On page 1 of volume 3. Sheet trimmed within plate mark: 305 x 209 mm. Only visible plate mark is the one between image and text., and With ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print lower right: Later.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Noel, William, 1695-1762, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, and Clive, Edward, Sir, 1704-1771
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Caricatures, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians, Sleeping, and Wigs
In the bottom row four bewigged judges, three of whom are asleep, are seated on the bench in Westminster Hall. In the top row are eight caricatured heads, two representing one of the judges below, the others, two versions of the lame man in Raphael's Sacrifice at Lystra (extreme left) and apostles in Leonardo's Last Supper. The lengthy text explaining the character, caracatura, and outrè etched on a second separate plate below image plate
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Paulson., Print made from two plates; image and text on separate plates., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Only visible plate mark is between image and text., The judges were identified by Nichols (Biographical anecdotes) as William Noel, Sir John Willes, Henry, Earl Bathurst, and Sir Edward Clive. See British Museum online catalogue., and On page 1 of volume 3: Steevens III.201.1.1. With annotation in pencil in Steevens's hand below print lower right: See Mr. Nichol's Book, 3d edit, page 403. Another note below lower right corner: 3d state.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Noel, William, 1695-1762, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, and Clive, Edward, Sir, 1704-1771
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Caricatures, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians, Sleeping, and Wigs
Plate 65. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the bottom row four bewigged judges, three of whom are asleep, are seated on the bench in Westminster Hall. In the top row are eight caricatured heads, two representing one of the judges below, the others, two versions of the lame man in Raphael's Sacrifice at Lystra (extreme left) and apostles in Leonardo's Last Supper. The lengthy text explaining the character, caracatura, and outrè etched on a second separate plate below plate with image begins: There are hardly any two things more essentially different than character and caracatura ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Print made from two plates; image and text on separate plates., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Only visible plate mark is between image and text., The judges were identified by Nichols (Biographical anecdotes) as William Noel, Sir John Willes, Henry, Earl Bathurst, and Sir Edward Clive. See British Museum online catalogue., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate marks 18.9 x 20.9 cm and 11.7 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 40 x 27 cm., Mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 65 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Noel, William, 1695-1762, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, and Clive, Edward, Sir, 1704-1771
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Caricatures, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians, Sleeping, and Wigs
Plate 65. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the bottom row four bewigged judges, three of whom are asleep, are seated on the bench in Westminster Hall. In the top row are eight caricatured heads, two representing one of the judges below, the others, two versions of the lame man in Raphael's Sacrifice at Lystra (extreme left) and apostles in Leonardo's Last Supper. The lengthy text explaining the character, caracatura, and outrè etched on a second separate plate below plate with image begins: There are hardly any two things more essentially different than character and caracatura ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Print made from two plates; image and text on separate plates., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Only visible plate mark is between image and text., The judges were identified by Nichols (Biographical anecdotes) as William Noel, Sir John Willes, Henry, Earl Bathurst, and Sir Edward Clive. See British Museum online catalogue., On page 1 of volume 3., and With ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print lower right: 2nd state.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Noel, William, 1695-1762, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, and Clive, Edward, Sir, 1704-1771
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Caricatures, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians, Sleeping, and Wigs
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. The Briton, a journal devoted to Lord Bute lies on the foot of the boot; the scroll of "a Scotch Peace" is on the ground at the side. The "Auditor" (Arthur Murphy) bows before the boot. Other adorers include an old clergyman in spectacles. The blockhead, like those used by hairdressers, wears a Scotch "bonnet". On the ground near the pole stands William Hogarth as an old man with ass-ears and holding a print of "The Times" as he rushes forward to appeal to Charles Churchill who walks him from the right with a large whip in his right hand. In the background (right) the sun rises behind a flight of stairs as the Duke of Cumberland and Edward, Duke of York descend
Description:
Title etched above image., A reduced and reversed copy of a print first published by George Townshend. See British Museum catalogue, v. 4, no. 3977., In a later state the number '25' was added in upper right corner, as an illustrations to "The British Antidote to Caledonian poison.", Sheet trimmed to image with thread margins., and On page 296 in volume 3.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
Townshend, George Townshend, Marquis, 1724-1807, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1762]
Call Number:
Hogarth 762.10.23.01 Box 111
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A satire on Lord Bute and Hogarth, with the head of Bute on a pole that rises from a huge jack-boot, the satirical emblem of John Stuart, Earl of Bute. On the boot is a meridian sun or Star of the Garter, a part of the Order's motto partial visible. The Briton, a journal devoted to Lord Bute lies on the foot of the boot; the scroll of "a Scotch Peace" is on the ground at the side. The "Auditor" (Arthur Murphy) bows before the boot. Other adorers include an old clergyman in spectacles. The blockhead, like those used by hairdressers, wears a Scotch "bonnet". On the ground near the pole stands William Hogarth as an old man with ass-ears and holding a print of "The Times" as he rushes forward to appeal to Charles Churchill who walks him from the right with a large whip in his right hand. In the background (right) the sun rises behind a flight of stairs as the Duke of Cumberland and Edward, Duke of York descend
Alternative Title:
Boot and the block-head and Boot and the blockhead
Description:
Title etched above image., Print made by: George Townshend. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Edward Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1739-1767, Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, and Murphy, Arthur, 1727-1805
