"Portrait of the singer, performing at Vauxhall; holding sheet music, resting on ballustrade in front of him; an orchestra in background; in oval with ornaments at top."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Darley as performing in the orchestra at Vauxhall
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker from signature on earlier state: Barlow sculp., Later state, with printing plate cut down on right and left sides, removing part of the ornaments above portrait. Title has also been re-etched to fit the new dimensions, with printmaker's signature and imprint statement removed from the plate in the process. For the earlier state with the imprint "Published as the act directs by W. Locke, Septr. 1st, 1792", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1862,1011.643., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, page 10., Inlaid to 55 x 38 cm., and Mounted on page 35 in an album containing material relating to Spring Gardens, Vauxhall, with the spine title: Vauxhall miscellany.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Darley, William, approximately 1756-1809, and Vauxhall Gardens (London, England)
publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 7, 1771.
Call Number:
771.03.07.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Two ballad singers, one of them standing on top of an overturned large basket, are singing to a small but pleased-looking crowd by the entrance to an inn. A child standing in front of the basket is reaching up to offer the singer a coin
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Signed "M." in the lower right corner., Earlier state without imprint date and with alterations to the design. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6, no. 6557., Temporary local subject terms: Allusion to Election Committee -- Allusion to Wood's Hotel -- Covent Garden -- Allusion to scrutiny -- Allusion to political grapes -- Election favors -- Voting: plumpers -- Ballad singers -- Placards -- Key to the Back Stairs -- Allusion to Hervey Redmond, 2nd Viscount Montmorres, 1746?-1797 -- Allusion to John Churchill, , fl. 1784., and Watermark in center of sheet: fleur-de-lis with initials G [or C?] R.
Publisher:
Pub. as the act directs by W. Holland, No. 66 Drury Lane
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Wray, Cecil, Sir, 1734-1805, and Great Britain. Parliament
Subject (Topic):
Political elections, Elections, 1784, Canvassing, and Singers
"Dibdin stands smiling beside a harpsichord (left) directed to the left, and leaning slightly forward, left hand extended. In his right is a paper inscribed 'Oddities Wags'. On each side of the harpsichord is a tripod supporting a lighted candle-sconce. He is giving a musical entertainment. In the text he is ridiculed as Petronius Broadgrin, noted for consummate effrontery, and he is recommended the works of Joe Miller as a repertory of jokes."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Printmaker from original issue, published by Bentley & Co., March 1, 1791, for the Attic Miscellany, under title, A Musico-Oratorical Portrait., Above image: Engraved for the Carlton House Magazine., Plate from: Carlton House magazine, September 1794., Another state, with different title. Cf. No. 7953 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Clipping of a fictitious letter to the editor of the Carlton House Magazine from "Dollabella" pasted on verso.
"A girl dancing holding out in both hands a garland of roses. Her looped up skirt has a short train. From her head-dress of flowers and feathers hangs a piece of striped drapery which is worn over one shoulder, tied with tassels at the waist and falling in heavy folds down her back."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., On same sheet: An opera girl of Paris in the character of Diana., and Watermark: J Taylor.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street & J. Smith, No. 35 Cheapside as [the] act directs
Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate has been reduced with the text eliminated, leaving only traces of the first line of text
Description:
Title, date, and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 16.3 cm, on sheet 23.1 x 19.8 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 60 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate has been reduced with the text eliminated, leaving only traces of the first line of text
Description:
Title, date, and state from Paulson. and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 173 x 161 mm, on sheet 245 x 207 mm.
Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate has been reduced with the text eliminated, leaving only traces of the first line of text
Description:
Title, date, and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 16.2 cm, on sheet 25.5 x 21.1 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate has been reduced with the text eliminated, leaving only traces of the first line of text
Description:
Title, date, and state from Paulson. and Plate mark 175 x 160 mm, on sheet 245 x 207 mm.