Plate 21. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The countess is shown swooning in a chair in her father's house near London Bridge (seen through the window on the left). At her feet a bottle with a label "laudanum" alongside an execution broadside tells us that Silvertongue has been hanged for killing her husband and that she has attempted suicide. Her young child (wearing a leg brace as a result of congenital syphilis) is held up for a last kiss by an old woman, while her father removes her wedding ring. An apothecary strikes the simple-minded servant for procuring the laudanum; a doctor leaves by a door to right. Fire buckets line the hallway. The floor of the room is bare; a heavy chair near a table is overturned, a starving dog chewing at the calf's head on the table. Other decorations include a weight-driven wall-clock, the paintings of Dutch peasant subjects and a man relieving himself against a wall, and a set of ledgers indicates that accounts are kept up to date
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 6
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to: 38 x 46.3 cm., and On page 121 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Children, Death, Dogs, Interiors, Merchants, Nobility, Paintings, Pharmacists, People with disabilities, Physicians, Servants, Suicides, and Syphilis
"A grand bedroom with the countess holding a morning levée attended by her hairdresser while the lawyer, Silvertongue, arranges to meet her at a masquerade; others in the room include a female friend and effeminate men who pay rapt attention to a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist, a young black man who serves chocolate to the party, and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid; playing cards and invitations lie on the floor."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Toilette
Description:
Title etched below image., After Hogarth's painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., No. 4 in a series of 6 images, known as "The toilette.", Series title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2375., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 161., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 231.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 1, 1798, by J. & J. Boydell, N. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
A furious veteran with a wooden leg and bandaged eye and a maid servant attack Sir Cecil Wray with a crutch and a broom, respectively. The maid stands on a piece of paper inscribed,"Tax on servants" and in front of a padlocked door to the "Register Off[ice] for Maid Serv[ants]." On the opposite side of the image, in the background, is the crumbling building of the Chelsea Hospital. A reference to Sir Cecil's proposals to tax the employers of maid servants and to close the Chelsea Hospital that housed disabled veterans
Alternative Title:
Sir Cecil chastised
Description:
Title from item. and Mounted to 28 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Published April 2nd, 1784, by Willm Wells, No. 132 Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
England and Westminster
Subject (Name):
Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805. and Royal Hospital (Chelsea, London, England).
Subject (Topic):
Great Britain, Politics and government, Political elections, Disabled veterans, Servants, Peg legs, Crutches, Brooms & brushes, and Politicians
An obese woman hoisted upon her servant's back as her doctor's prescribed cure for flatulence. The lady asks: "O! dear, doctor, has John studied the book?", her doctor replies: "Aye, aye; nothing requir'd but my book, page 75 -gently John! Gently! Page 75". The black servant exclaims: "Eh! eh! Missey, you makey wind for true." The doctor has some resemblance to John Abernethy
Alternative Title:
Cure for flatulency
Description:
Title etched below image., "A. Sharpshooter" is the pseudonym of John Phillips; see British Museum catalogue., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Published November 30, 1829, by S. Gans, 15 Southampton Street, Strand
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Physicians, Patients, Household employees, Dogs, Flatulence, Black people, House furnishings, Costume, History, Obesity, and Servants
"A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer (right) who faces the accused (left), demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. He shouts: No. No. I've found my Breeches, but consider your Worship how I shall be Quized--The L--d H--h-A--l knows all about it. I never was before the Public but once, shant forget that in a hurry--Yes--yes I found the breeches, but where's my Silver Gilt Trafalgar Medal eh? I'll have it if it costs me a Thousand Pounds. I could'ent live without it. Ay Ay she's the Thief but I will not hang her unless your worship wishes it--If I had her aboard my Ship D--n me I'de give her a round dozen--I would. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men. The woman extends both arms and says pathetically I never robbed you Sir. The lawyer says: There's no proof you cant Harm--her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1827.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Aprons, Boys, Judges, Lawyers, Military officers, Prostitutes, and Servants
"A magistrate sits behind his table listening intently to the angry harangue of a naval officer (right) who faces the accused (left), demure-looking, plainly-dressed woman, wearing a checked apron tucked round her waist, but evidently a prostitute. She is supported by two keen-looking lawyers. The officer, who is paunchy and wears very wide white trousers, stands with legs apart, right arm extended with pointing forefinger. He shouts: No. No. I've found my Breeches, but consider your Worship how I shall be Quized--The L--d H--h-A--l knows all about it. I never was before the Public but once, shant forget that in a hurry--Yes--yes I found the breeches, but where's my Silver Gilt Trafalgar Medal eh? I'll have it if it costs me a Thousand Pounds. I could'ent live without it. Ay Ay she's the Thief but I will not hang her unless your worship wishes it--If I had her aboard my Ship D--n me I'de give her a round dozen--I would. Behind him stand a footboy in livery and two rough-looking men. The woman extends both arms and says pathetically I never robbed you Sir. The lawyer says: There's no proof you cant Harm--her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Sheet trimmed: 26 x 37 cm., Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1827., and Numbered in manuscript at top of sheet: 71.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
William IV, King of Great Britain, 1765-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Aprons, Boys, Judges, Lawyers, Military officers, Prostitutes, and Servants
"A bedroom scene. A plump lady sits in a chair, making gestures of pain with hands and legs, while a hairdresser combs her back hair, and a negress combs a tress pulled forward over the face. Behind (left) another hairdresser combs the tousled hair of a lean man, who registers anguish. Below the design: 'Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair when by poking curiously about on board of Ship, it has become clammed and matted with pitch or tar far beyond all the powers of the comb.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Printmaker and publisher from British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
R. Ackermann
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Bedrooms, Hairdressing, Servants, and Women domestics
Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A bedroom scene. A plump lady sits in a chair, making gestures of pain with hands and legs, while a hairdresser combs her back hair, and a negress combs a tress pulled forward over the face. Behind (left) another hairdresser combs the tousled hair of a lean man, who registers anguish."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Text below title: Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair when by poking curiously about on board of ship, it has become clammed and matted with pitch or tar far beyond all the powers of the comb., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10820 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 120., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
Publisher:
Field & Tuer
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Bedrooms, Hairdressing, Servants, and Women domestics
Title engraved below image., Reduced and reversed copy of this print was published by Sayer on September 10, 1787. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6 , no. 8265., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Young women -- Footman -- Fording -- Pick-a-back -- Queue wig., and Imperfect; sheet trimmed at lower edge.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street, as the act directs
[approximately 1740] and [printed approximately 1825]
Call Number:
740.00.00.63+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on housemaids showing a figure composed from implements connected with their work: 1. A Pattapan (the crown of her hat); 2. Elm platter (the brim): 3. Thimbles (her eyes); 4. Pepperbox (her nose); 5. Puter [sic] Plate (her face); 6. Round Towel (her hair); 7. Hair Sive[sic] (her neck); 8. Elm bowl (her shoulders); 9. Two China basons (her breasts); 10. Two Quart Mugs (her upper arms); 11. a Bunch of Matches (her right hand); 12. a Piked Stair Bursh[sic] (her stomacher); 13. Rowling Pin (Her left forearm); 14. Dusting Cloths (her cuffs); 15. Trencher Bruch[sic] (her left hand); 16. Weapon of Defence (her spit); 17. Iron Scuer[sic] (her right ulna); 18. A Payl (the upper part of her torso); 19. Porrige Pot (her lower torso); 20. Cabbage Net ; 21. Nutmeg grater (these last two fastened at her waist); 22. Crack in ye Pot (her genitals); 23. Bellows (her thighs); 24. Scrubing Brush (her left foot); 25. Thrum mop (her right foot); 26. Pudding Stire (the radius of her right arm); other domestic utensils lie on the ground, within a rococo frame, a cartouche below containing the title and key; beneath is a "letterof Recommendation to a Service" from "Margery Makefree" addressed "To the Lady Crosspatch" extolling the maid's good qualities and making little of the fact that she "had ye Misfortune by a fall to be Crack'd & is become Pot Belly'd"; "P.S. She will come for small wages"."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched within image., Later state with imprint burnished from plate., Original publication attributed by Stephens to Bickham and dated ca. 1740., Publication date of this state from watermark., One of a series of prints representing various tradesmen made up from tools of their own trade., Six lines of a 'letter of recommendation' etched below the cartouche containing key to the implements: To the Lady Crosspatch! Madam, I have lately brought to town a poor wench ..., Cf. No. 2472 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., Watermark: J Whatman 1825., and Window mounted to 36 x 23 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Arcimboldesque figures, Equipment, Servants, and Women domestics
