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19. The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G- Polly Peachum and Captn. Macheath. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [April 1728]
- Call Number:
- 728.04.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the popularity of the Beggar's Opera in the form of a medley print. At top left a print shows two oval portraits, Lavinia Fenton as Polly Peachum on the left and Thomas Walker as Macheath on the right, two short columns of verse beneath. In the centre lies a print depicting a debased Parnassus: in the foreground muses drink from a barrel, one vomiting; a woman wearing a hat hands a basket to a muse sitting in a dust-cart drawn by a Pegasus; a cornucopia lies upended on the ground: in the background, is a boxing match surrounded on two sides with a temporary stand from which flies the flag of St George and to the right of which a bull and a bear are preceded by Apollo playing a fiddle; beneath are four lines of verse describing the scene. Behind the Parnassus print another shows the ghost of Jeremy Collier rising from his grave holding the pamphlet in which he had condemned "The Immoratlities of the English Stage", four lines of verse beneath. This print is overlaid by a smaller oblong print with four verses and portraits of Caleb D'Anvers (Nicholas Amhurst) Jonathan Swift, Alexander Pope and Lavinia Fenton (as Polly Peachum). On the left is a print in which Democritus and Heraclitus examine a globe together, eight lines of verse beneath. In the centre is an engraved address 'To Polly Peachum' quoted, according to the earlier state from The Daily Journal, April 19, 1728. At lower left is a print with a stage where a Apollo descends on a cloud to judge between rival singers (Faustina and Cuzzoni) to whom a group of gentlemen with asses' ears listen without judgement, two columns of verse beneath explain the scene. On the right, a scene by a river where a balance has been set up in which the Beggar's Opera outweighs Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Addison, Nicholas Rowe and Thomas Otway; the personification of trade collapses in the arms of George II, assisted by Queen Caroline; verses beneath claim that the popularity of the Beggar's Opera is indicative of the sorry state of the country. At bottom right is a scene in Newgate with men and women sitting round a table on which is a punch bowl and pipes; they are toasting a laureated John Gay who sits at the centre, saying 'The Beggers Opera for yr', 'G(a)y for ever', 'Let's vote him King of the Beggers' and he responds, 'Yov'e done me too great an honour but I'll -'; a small child stands beside the table; two columns of verse beneath."-- British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title from text engraved above image., "Poet G-" refers to John Gay., Later state, lacking references to 'Daily Journal April 19th. 1728' below the verses "to the Tune of the Soldier and ye Sailor" and to 'Daily Journal April 10 1798' below those "To Polly Peacham". Cf. Compare no. 1806 in v. 2 of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 45 x 34 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Gay, John, 1685-1732, Gay, John, 1685-1732., Fenton, Lavinia, 1708-1760, Walker, Thomas, 1698-1744, Collier, Jeremy, 1650-1726, Bordoni, Faustina, 1697-1781., Amhurst, N. 1697-1742. (Nicholas),, George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1760., Caroline, Queen, consort of George II, King of Great Britain, 1683-1737., Swift, Jonathan, 1667-1745., Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744., Heraclitus, of Ephesus., Democritus, approximately 460 B.C.-approximately 370 B.C., and Cuzzoni, Francesca, 1696-1778.
- Subject (Topic):
- Social life and customs, Anecdotes, facetiae, satire, etc, Pegasus (Greek mythology), Apollo, Muses (Greek deities), Parnassus, Mount (Greece), Prints, Prisons, and Theaters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The stage medley representing the polite tast [sic] of the Town & the matchless merits of Poet G- Polly Peachum and Captn. Macheath. [graphic]
20. Very slippy-weather [graphic]
- Creator:
- Gillray, James, 1756-1815, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [10 February 1808]
- Call Number:
- 808.02.10.06
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In front of Humphrey's print shop window, a man sits on the pavement, having fallen backwards; his legs are splayed up, his wig is falling off, and coins spill from his pockets. The man's predicament is unobserved by four men studying the Gillray prints displayed in the shop window, each identifiable: a gentleman with a quizzing glass held to his eye; a military officer; a coachman; and a young dustman carrying a pair of skates under his arm, his nose eaten away by syphilis. From the cobblestone street a dog looks at the man. Through the shop door, two men, one an obese cleric, are shown examining a print
- Alternative Title:
- St. James's Street
- Description:
- Title etched below image., One of a set of seven weather-themed prints with the same signature and imprint, all etched by Gillray from drawings by Sneyd. See British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd February 10th, 1808, by H. Humphrey, No. 27 St. James's Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London
- Subject (Name):
- Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817.
- Subject (Topic):
- City & town life, Clergy, Coach drivers, Falling, Merchandise displays, Military officers, British, Older people, People associated with commercial & service activities, Prints, Syphilis, Stores & shops, Thermometers, Weather, Window displays, and Printing industry
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Very slippy-weather [graphic]
21. [Photographs of street protests and the Atelier Populaire printing workshop].
- Published / Created:
- [1968-1998]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1643
- Container / Volume:
- Box 2
- Image Count:
- 5
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 36 black and white photographs of the Atelier Populaire at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts and scenes of the general strike and student uprisings in Paris, May 1968 by Marc Riboud, Philippe Vermès, and unidentified photographers, Box 1: 18 photographs printed in 8 x 10 inch format depicting multiple stages of poster production at the Atelier Populaire in the printmaking studios of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. 16 of the photographs were taken by Philippe Vermès and have his and his studio's ink stamps on the versos; many have annotations suggesting a 1998 printing date and linking them to the exhibition "Paris 1968: Posters from the Atelier Populaire", August 31-October 1, 1998 at Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. The remaining two photographs in this group are inscribed on the versos "Philippe Vermès" and "Marc Riboud", and were likely printed circa 1968, and Box 2: 18 photographs printed in 12 x 16 inch format, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers. The photographs depict scenes from the Paris general strike, student uprisings, and street protests of May 1968, including police dressed in riot equipment, streets barricaded with burning cars, protesters wearing protection against tear gas and standing on street barricades, and student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit addressing crowds with a megaphone
- Description:
- The Atelier Populaire ("Popular Workshop") was established in Paris in May 1968 by students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts to support the ongoing protests and strikes then occuring in France. The members were students, faculty, workers, and artists who used the school's printmaking studios to anonymously produce lithographed and screen-printed political posters that were distributed for free., Marc Riboud (1923-2016) was a French photojournalist., Philippe Vermès (1942-) is a French photographer and one of the co-founders of the Atelier Populaire., Inscriptions in French., From the Johan Kugelberg Collection of Paris May 1968., and Inscriptions and ink stamps on photograph versos.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France, Paris, and Paris (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, Riboud, Marc., Vermès, Philippe, 1942-, Atelier populaire, and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art students, College students, Political activity, General Strike, France, 1968, Labor movements, Lithography, Political posters, French, Political violence, Print workshops, Printmakers, Prints, Technique, Protest movements, Riots, Screen process printing, Serigraphy, and Students
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photographs of street protests and the Atelier Populaire printing workshop].
22. [Photographs of street protests and the Atelier Populaire printing workshop].
- Published / Created:
- [1968-1998]
- Call Number:
- GEN MSS 1643
- Container / Volume:
- Box 1
- Image Count:
- 18
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- 36 black and white photographs of the Atelier Populaire at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts and scenes of the general strike and student uprisings in Paris, May 1968 by Marc Riboud, Philippe Vermès, and unidentified photographers, Box 1: 18 photographs printed in 8 x 10 inch format depicting multiple stages of poster production at the Atelier Populaire in the printmaking studios of the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts. 16 of the photographs were taken by Philippe Vermès and have his and his studio's ink stamps on the versos; many have annotations suggesting a 1998 printing date and linking them to the exhibition "Paris 1968: Posters from the Atelier Populaire", August 31-October 1, 1998 at Aronson Gallery, Parsons School of Design, New York, New York. The remaining two photographs in this group are inscribed on the versos "Philippe Vermès" and "Marc Riboud", and were likely printed circa 1968, and Box 2: 18 photographs printed in 12 x 16 inch format, taken by an unidentified photographer or photographers. The photographs depict scenes from the Paris general strike, student uprisings, and street protests of May 1968, including police dressed in riot equipment, streets barricaded with burning cars, protesters wearing protection against tear gas and standing on street barricades, and student leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit addressing crowds with a megaphone
- Description:
- The Atelier Populaire ("Popular Workshop") was established in Paris in May 1968 by students from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts to support the ongoing protests and strikes then occuring in France. The members were students, faculty, workers, and artists who used the school's printmaking studios to anonymously produce lithographed and screen-printed political posters that were distributed for free., Marc Riboud (1923-2016) was a French photojournalist., Philippe Vermès (1942-) is a French photographer and one of the co-founders of the Atelier Populaire., Inscriptions in French., From the Johan Kugelberg Collection of Paris May 1968., and Inscriptions and ink stamps on photograph versos.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France, Paris, and Paris (France)
- Subject (Name):
- Cohn-Bendit, Daniel, Riboud, Marc., Vermès, Philippe, 1942-, Atelier populaire, and École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts (France)
- Subject (Topic):
- Art students, College students, Political activity, General Strike, France, 1968, Labor movements, Lithography, Political posters, French, Political violence, Print workshops, Printmakers, Prints, Technique, Protest movements, Riots, Screen process printing, Serigraphy, and Students
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > [Photographs of street protests and the Atelier Populaire printing workshop].
23. [Soulagement en prison] [art original].
- Creator:
- Newton, Richard, 1777-1798, artist
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 1793]
- Call Number:
- Drawings N481 no. 10 Box D305
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Sixteen men are seated at an oval table in Windsor arm-chairs smoking long-stemmed tobacco pipes, drinking from glasses and tankards, and engaging in conversation. The figures include Lord George Gordon, William Holland, William Lloyd, Thomas Townley Macan, James Ridgway, Henry Delahay, Charles Pigott, Daniel Holt, Daniel Isaac Eaton, William Williams, Doctor Watson, and Joseph Gerald. On the far right a female servant brings in fresh tobacco pipes and a bottle and the walls include various prints and pictures including landscapes, 'three witches addressing Macbeth', and satires
- Description:
- Title and date based on Newton's aquatint print after this image. and Later published aquatint described in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7, no. 8339.
- Subject (Name):
- Gordon, George, 1741-1779, Holland, William, active 1782-1817, Macan, T. T. (Thomas Townley), Ridgway, James, Symonds, H. D. (Henry Delahoy), Pigott, Charles, -1794, Holt, Daniel, and Eaton, Daniel Isaac, -1814
- Subject (Topic):
- Conversation, Eating & drinking, Drinking vessels, Prints, Pictures, Pipes (Smoking), and Tobacco pipes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Soulagement en prison] [art original].
