Plate 71. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A defense of the unpopular ministry of John Stuart, third Earl of Bute, Hogarth takes off from a print published in August 1762 "John Bull's House sett in Flames". He depicts a London street scene in which the half the buildlings are in flames as the political factions either stir the flames or are battling to extinguish them. The fire is the Seven Years' War and the houses, Germany and France; the two men clasping hands are France and Spain who had recently joined in the fight against England
Description:
Title etched below image., Second state as described by Paulson, with 'HERMIONE' and the door and doorway to the house with the burning globe have been darkened with added seriese of diagonal lines. For other changes to the design, see Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mar., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 30.5 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 36.9 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 71 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, Fires, Fire fighting, Firefighting equipment, and Signs (Notices)
Fairholt, F. W. (Frederick William), 1814-1866, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1842]
Call Number:
SH Contents F171 no. 1 Box 100
Image Count:
1
Description:
Title from published based on this drawing., Mounted on a 1843 printing of the wood engraving based on this drawing which had been engraved for: A catalogue of the extensive and most valuable collection of engraved portraits ... as originally collected by Horace Walpole. [London] : Smith and Robins, printers, [1842]., and Attributed to Fairholt who drew illustrations for the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue. See London magazine, ca. 1843.
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A companion to Plate I, the firefighters have become gardeners and the water flows onto the trees in pots that surround the statue of Henry VIII, royal steams of benevolence. Lord Bute is the head gardener
Alternative Title:
Pl. 2
Description:
Title etched below image., Date, publisher, and state as described by Paulson., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Plate II. Ms. note beneath image: Times, Plate 2; proof taken during the life-time of Hogarth., Ms. note in ink on square of paper mounted below in Steevens's hand: This second part of The times (for and impression of which the late Lord Exeter paid Mrs. Hogarth ten guineas, the money to be returned if she published the plate) is every way inferior to the first. Since the death of Mrs. Hogarth, it is become the property of the Boydells., and On page 193 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, and Gardens