Plate 62. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
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1
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still image
Abstract:
Fourth state of a plate for a subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair" with the text burnished with only a couple of traces remaining. "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 18.6 x 17 cm, on sheet 25.1 x 19.4 cm., and Mounted on leaf 48 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Plate 62. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fourth state of a plate for a subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair" with the text burnished with only a couple of traces remaining. "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 18.7 x 17.2 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 20.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 62 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 62. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fourth state of a plate for a subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair" with the text burnished with only a couple of traces remaining. "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 18.7 x 17.2 cm, on sheet 23.8 x 20.4 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 62 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 62. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fourth state of a plate for a subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair" with the text burnished with only a couple of traces remaining. "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With ms pencil note in Steevens's hand above: Retouched., and On page 57 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 214 x 177 mm with loss of receipt text.
A subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair". "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, publisher, date, and state from Paulson., Etching on two plates, one for image and one for receipt text:, Etching on two plates, one for image and one for receipt text. Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Hogarth's (?) ms. notes in ink filling in blanks in ticket: date "1733 Dembr." of "the Right Honble. Lord Biron". Ms pencil note in Steevens's hand above prints: See Nichol's Book, 3d edit. p. 179. Ms pencil note in Steevens's hand above this print: Laughing Pit 1st Impression., and On page 57 in volume 1.
Plate 62. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fourth state of a plate for a subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair" with the text burnished with only a couple of traces remaining. "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and On laid paper: sheet 186 x 169 mm.
A subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair". "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, publisher, date, and state from Paulson. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate 62. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Fourth state of a plate for a subscription ticket for "A Rakes's Progress"and "Southwark Fair" with the text burnished with only a couple of traces remaining. "The scene is an audience of men and women in a theatre pit, all but one man laughing uproariously; above them in a box, two gentleman ignore the stage in favour of an orange girl and another young woman who takes a pinch of snuff; another orange girl reaches from the pit to tug at the sleeve of one of the gentlemen; to the left, three musicians protected from the audience by a row of spikes"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
A large crowd of theatregoers file out of a theater and onto the street in a pouring rainfall and high winds that turns umbrellas inside out. One man has fallen and broken his lantern as a woman falls back over him as her shoes are being changed. The audience is a mix of classes, couples, old women, young boys, some carrying laterns, one with a cane
Description:
Title from published print based on this drawing. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Drawer 802.11.01.05., Signed and dated by the artist in lower right., "The artist is said to have based the theatre in this image on the Orchard Street Theatre in Bath, opened in October 1750 near the South Gate, outside the medieval walls of Bath ... The theatre was the first country theatre to be granted a Royal patent and became known as the Theatre Royal, Bath. .... The theatre was closed in 1805."--Dealer's description., and With Joel Spitz's collector's label on verso of mount.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Lanterns, Rain, Theater audiences, Theaters, Umbrellas, Watchmen, and Winds
Volume 2, page 24. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
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1
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still image
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"Admission ticket for the theatre at Wynnstay, the private theatre of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn. ... A full length woman standing in a field in front of the theatre, holding a dramatic mask, others at her feet, in oval frame of laurel with 'Wynnstay' on ribbon at bottom."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item., Artist attribution to Bunbury based on the inclusion of an impression of this print, mounted alongside the original drawing, in Horace Walpole's bound collection of Henry William Bunbury's works. See Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 24 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
