Sacheverell sits at a table opposite a bishop wearing a mitre. He flicks his pen at a devil that flies to the left. The bookshelves on the wall behind them is filled with books. On the floor are a papal tiara and cope
Alternative Title:
Pope and the devil vanquish'd by a flurt from the doctors pen
Description:
Engraved broadside; title from caption above image., Publication date from another state in British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ten lines of verse below image: I no such seconds* need to plead my cause ..., Cf. No. 1499 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2., Bowditch's manuscript annotations on the mounting sheet., and Mounted to 35 x 45 cm.
Title from caption above image., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Four columns of verse below image: What! is the Parliament dissolv'd at last? ..., Temporary local subject terms: Parliamentary elections, October 1710 -- Whigs -- Wills -- Pallbearers -- Grave-diggers -- Emblems: calves' heads and axes -- Physicians -- Medical: dying patient -- Allusion to King Charles I -- Dr. Pede, fl. 1710 -- Touchin, fl. 1710., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on mounting sheet; mounted to 32 x 45 cm.
Signatures: A²., Referring to the Sacheverell trial., Drop-head title., Imprint from colophon., Price from colophon: Price 2d., and Disbound; remnants of binding to gutter. For further information, consult library staff.
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves as a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., State before black Latin cross added. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate 3"--Lower left corner., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 32 x 38.8 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 4 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves as a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., State before black Latin cross added. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and "Plate 3"--Lower left corner.
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves as a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., State before black Latin cross added. See Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Plate 3"--Lower left corner., and On page 60 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 31.6 x 38.5 cm.
Plate 4. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45) and attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print of after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Series title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., State with black Latin cross added in center below design (since state 2) and with many additions to design. See Paulson., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.9 x 39 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 4 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 4. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45) and attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to arrest her; pinned to the window frame are prints of Captain Mackheath (the hero of "The Beggar's Opera") and Dr Sacheverell (the High Anglican clergyman impeached in 1710), the wig-box of James Dalton, highwayman, sits above the bed, and one of several beer tankards on the floor carries the name of a Drury Lane tavern. A kitten plays at Moll's feet. A copy of Bishop Gibson's "Pastoral Letter to ..." serves a butter dish. Above the window on the left is a print of after a Titian painting depicting the angel staying the hand of Abraham as he is about to slay Isaac. Medicine bottles on the window sill suggest that Molly is already ill with the disease that will later kill her
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Series title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., and State with black Latin cross added in center below design (since state 2) and with many additions to design. See Paulson.