Copy in reverse of the first state of Plate 4 of Hogarth's 'The Rake's Progress' (Paulson 135): In this scene two baliffs, one with an arrest notice in his hand, have stopped Tom Rakewell's sedan chair in St. James's Street; Tom is presumably on his way to White's gaming house which can be seen in the background. They are foiled in their attempt to arrest Tom for debt as Sarah Young, the young woman whom he had seduced and abandoned, offers the bailiffs her purse instead. Sarah is now a dealer in millinery as is suggested by the notions falling from her purse. In the right foreground a shoe-black apparently taking advantage of the situation to take hold of Tom's elegant walking stick. Above them a careless lamplighter spills some oil on Tom's head. To the left a Welshman, probably the creditor, honouring St David's day (March 1st) with a leek in his hat, accompanied by his manicured dog, simply watches the scene. In the distance is the gate of St James's Palace with a crowd of sedan-chairs approaching to celebrate the birthday of Queen Caroline
Alternative Title:
Rake's progress. Plate 4 and Tho' prest with debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ...
Description:
Title from text engraved above image., "Plate 4"--Lower right below design., Verses below image in three columns, four lines each: Tho' prest with debts, [the] Beau maintain's his state, ..., The ornamental borders along the left and right edges are printed from a separate plate (images 25 x 2.8 cm, on plate mark 25.7 x 36.5 cm)., A reissue, with a new publication line and with ornamental borders added, of the fourth of eight prints in a series; all are copies of the first states of Hogarth's plates with new verses in the columns below the image; copies were made with Hogarth's consent in 1735. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), page 90., Original publication line: Published with the consent of Mr. William Hogarth by Tho. Bakewell according to Act of Parliament July 1735., and Ornamental borders partially obscure image on left and plate number and text on right.
Publisher:
Publish'd wth. [the] consent of Mrs. Hogarth, by Henry Parker, at No. 82 in Cornhill
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Bailiffs, Dogs, Children, Lamps, Lust, Seduction, Sedan chairs, Seamstresses, Street vendors, Young adults, Ethics, Rake's progress, and Traffic congestion
Satire: an ugly, elderly woman with an elaborate hairdo smiles as she reaches her hand to stroke the face of a handsome young man who holds his hat against his body
Description:
Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with possible loss of plate number from upper right. Cf. British Museum impression, registration no.: 1985,0119.360., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Residue from blue mounting paper on verso.
Publisher:
Pubd. as the act directs May 9th, 1771, by MDarly, (39) Strand
The interior of a jeweller's shop, indicated only by three necklaces festooned on the wall and by a door giving on to the street. A lady sits between two men; one (left) points insinuatingly to a box of ear-rings which he holds, the other applies a boring instrument to her left ear. To her left, a dog barks as he looks up at her startled face. Behind, a weeping schoolboy with a bag of books is being birched by a young woman. Through the door are seen a Highlander blowing bagpipes and a milkmaid screaming for custom
Description:
Title from item., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., and One of a series of 'Drolls.'
Publisher:
Publish'd 24th Octr. 1793, by Robt. Sayer & Co., Fleet Street, London
Subject (Topic):
Bagpipes, Dairy workers, Earrings, Jewelers, Jewelry stores, Necklaces, School children, Women, and Young adults
Title from item., Printmaker identified from the original drawing in the Huntington Library., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Plate numbered '241' in lower left corner., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Manifestations of leap year -- Young women -- Young men -- Female dress, 1800 -- Male dress, 1800.
Publisher:
Published 18th March 1800, by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
A handsome young man embrasses a pretty young woman wearing a fashionable hat as the stand in a grove of trees; he leans toward her, their checks touching. To the right, another pretty young woman peaks out from behind a tree and watches the pair with a distressed look on her face
Alternative Title:
Love and learning and Oxford scholar
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Below title and above imprint statement, six lines of verse in two columns: Beauty invites and love & learning plead; The Oxford scholar surely must succeed, Yet Oh, ye blooming soft inclining fair, Of his too fatal eloquence beware; For see a slighted fair one is behind with jealous eye & most distracted mind.", and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Published 12th May 1786, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Courtship, Couples, Envy, Kissing, Students, and Young adults
Volume 2, page 21. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A young woman playing 'the ballad of Auld Robin Gray' on a harpsichord (inscribed with the maker's name Thomas Kirkman) with a dog standing at her feet, beside another is employed with needlework, a small boy leaning on her leg and reaching up towards her, a third girl stands at the back with a shuttle and thread in hand, an oval frame on the wall behind; oval design, after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Mounted on page 21 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publishd. June 14, 1784, by T. Macklin, No. 39 Fleet Street & C. White, Stafford Row, Pimlico
Subject (Topic):
Young adults, Children, Harpsichords, Needlework, and Sewing equipment & supplies
