A bearded man in a hollow tree reaches out his hand toward a gentleman below. Another man enters the hollow tree at its base. An owl looks on from a branch above; around the base of the tree are lion, boar, cat, and donkey
Alternative Title:
Lawyer's fortune, or, Love in a hollow tree
Description:
Title from letterpress title page on same sheet., Letterpress title page in red and black: The lawyer's fortune, or, Love in a hollow tree / written by **********. Revis'd and compar'd with the first edition in 1705. London : Printed for E. Underhill, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXVI. (Price six-pence)., Title page with woodcut image of an elephant walking a tight-rope., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above frontispiece: Imputed to Hogarth. See N 246. Mounted below: A lengthy ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand on separate sheet mounted beneath., and On page 83 in volume 1.
A bearded man in a hollow tree reaches out his hand toward a gentleman below. Another man enters the hollow tree at its base. An owl looks on from a branch above; around the base of the tree are lion, boar, cat, and donkey
Alternative Title:
Lawyer's fortune, or, Love in a hollow tree
Description:
Title from letterpress title page on same sheet., Letterpress title page in red and black: The lawyer's fortune, or, Love in a hollow tree / written by **********. Revis'd and compar'd with the first edition in 1705. London : Printed for E. Underhill, and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, MDCCXXXVI. (Price six-pence)., Title page with woodcut image of an elephant walking a tight-rope., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above frontispiece: Imputed to Hogarth. See N 246. Mounted below: A lengthy ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand on separate sheet mounted beneath., and On page 83 in volume 1.
The prisoner Gulliver is shown being presented to the Queen of Babilary
Alternative Title:
Gulliver presented to the Queen of Babilary
Description:
Title from Paulson., Caption title below image: Gulliver presented to the Queen of Babilary., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note above print in Steevens's hand: Gulliver 171., and On page 52 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: sheet 14.3 x 7.7 cm.
Judith holding a sword by the cutting edge is posed to cut off the head of Holofernes. The print appears opposite the title page of the printed version of William Hogarth's Judith : An Oratorio, or, Sacred drama ... the musick composed by Mr. William de Fesch, late Chapel-Master of the Cathedral Church at Antwerp. London : Printed in the year MDCCXXXIII
Alternative Title:
Per vulnera servor moret tuâ vivens
Description:
Title and date from Paulson., Engraved caption title below image: Per vulnera servor moret tuâ vivens. Virg. Aeneid., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms, note in Steevens' hand in pencil above print: Judith. Another note next to print on right: See Mr Nichol's Book 3d edit. p. 419., and On page 55 in volume 1.
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Text upper left corner: Frontispiece Vol. 1., Text below image: Vol. 2. page 128., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above this print and another version listed above: Tristram Shandy; in pencil in Steevens's hand on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375., and On page 186 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 14.7 x 8.7 cm.
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Text upper left corner: Frontispiece Vol. 1., Text below image: Vol. 2. page 128., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title, artist, printmaker, date and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Given me by Mr. Robert Dodsley. Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above this print and another version listed below: Tristram Shandy. Ms. note in pencil on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375., and On page 186 in volume 2.
Funeral ticket, with a scene of a funeral procession arrived at a church, the pall being drawn back, the parish clerk on the steps at left, a clergyman reading the exordium of the burial service at the head of the procession; the mourners following the coffin, a crowd of onlookers behind, one man clinging to a pillar to see above the others
Description:
Title from original print as described in Paulson., Receipt text below image: You are desired to accompany [the] corps of [blank] from h[his/her] late dwelling in [blank] to [blank] on [blank] next at [blank] of the clock in the evening. Perform'd by Humphrey Drew, undertaker, in King-Street, Westminster., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., llustration for: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London, 1794., Ms. note in Steevens's hand on page above print: Copy. Note at top of print: From S. Ireland's Hogarth illustrated,, and On page 46 in volume 1.
Publisher:
J. Ireland
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Topic):
Funerals, Undertakers and undertaking, Crowds, and Funeral processions
"Funeral ticket, with a scene of a funeral procession arrived at a church, the pall being drawn back, the parish clerk on the steps at left, a clergyman reading the exordium of the burial service at the head of the procession; the mourners following the coffin, a crowd of onlookers behind, one man clinging to a pillar to see above the others"--British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson., Receipt text below image: You are desired to accompany [the] corps of [blank] from h[his/her] late dwelling in [blank] to [blank] on [blank] next at [blank] of the clock in the evening. Perform'd by Humphrey Drew, undertaker, in King-Street, Westminster., This impression has been cut, with loss of receipt area., Ms. note in Steevens's hand on page above print: Original. Note on mount below print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. P. 419 / Sold at Mr. Gulston's auction for £5.7.6., and On page 46 in volume 1. Plate mounted on sheet: 15.3 x 20.5 cm.
Publisher:
Humphrey Drew
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and England
Subject (Topic):
Funerals, Undertakers and undertaking, Crowds, and Funeral processions