Copy of the first state of William Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A harlot's progress" with three naked putti, one painting, one engraving, and one, along with a satyr, lifting the shift of a sculpture of many-breasted Diana of Ephesus. Enscribed on either side of Diana: "Antiquam exquirite matrem. Vir."
Description:
Title etched below image., Verse in Latin from Horace's Ars poetica below image: " ... necesse est. Indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum, dabiturque Licentia sumpta pudenter. Hor.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.) no. 120., and On page 57 in volume 1. With note in Steeven's hand above print: Copy.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 23d, 1782 Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarths Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Diana (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Art, Painting, and Putti
A group of four persons-- the Princess of Wales, Earl of Bute, the Queen, and the King-- stand up and dance before five courtiers who sit, three along the wall on the left, two along the wall on the right. A bagpiper on the left plays, with the words in a bubble: "up stairs, down stairs in my Ladys Bed Chamber". The five courtiers, including a Scotchman, each have speech bubbles commenting on the scene with references to the Irish, the Scotch jig, Italian masters
Alternative Title:
Windsor minuet 1762
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker's name ficticious, an allusion to William Hogarth., Cf. No. 3981 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
A group of four persons -- the Princess of Wales, Earl of Bute, the Queen, and the King -- stand up and dance before five courtiers who sit, three along the wall on the left, two along the wall on the right. A bagpiper on the left plays, with the words in a bubble: "up stairs, down stairs in my Ladys Bed Chamber". The five courtiers, including a Scotchman, each have speech bubbles commenting on the scene with references to the Irish, the Scotch jig, Italian masters. A reversed copy of a print by "Paul Ogarth inv. et scratchavit."
Alternative Title:
Windsor minuit 1762 and Windsor minuet 1762
Description:
Title etched above image., Numberd '19' in upper right corner., and Mounted to 31.8 x 34.1 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
"Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by Hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
Description:
Title from text in image., State and publisher from Paulson., Title from caption above image: The bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ..., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: ibidem., and On page 122 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: .
"Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by Hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
Description:
Title from text in image., State and publisher from Paulson., Title from caption above image: The bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ..., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark: sheet 197 x 210 mm.
"Bidder's ticket for an auction of paintings by Hogarth with ranks of copies of old master paintings stacked outside Cock's auction house attacking paintings by Hogarth as they emerge from his studio: a weeping Magdalene spears the third scene of A Harlot's Progress, a procession of Bacchus encounters Midnight Modern Conversation, and so on."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
Description:
Title from text in image., State and publisher from Paulson., and Title from caption above image: The bearer hereof is entitled (if he thinks proper,) to be a bidder for Mr. Hogarth's pictures ...
Title etched below image., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., False imprint?, Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and "Price 1s. done from [the] French"--Following title.
Publisher:
Avec priuilege du Roy
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Mary Hackabout, now become a harlot and mistress of a wealthy London Jew, kicks over a tea table to divert his attention from the presence of her younger lover when he arrives unexpectedly. A monkey and young black servant boy look on the scene with frighten expressions. On the walls hang paintings with scenes from the Old Testament which amplify the artist's moral message
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 2
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., Copy in reverse of Hogarth's print published in 1732; Bowles at the Mercer's Hall address 1725-1731., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: Debauch'd & then kick'd out of doors, The fate of all Francisco's whores ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., No. 2 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Title from caption etched above image., Satire on William Hogarth, 1697-1764., Sheet trimmed within plate mark resulting in partial loss of statement of responsibility., Six lines of verse below image: Window, wheels, house & churches, where [sic] to them as geese & turkeys ..., and Mounted to 30 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., Byng, John, 1704-1757, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Lyttelton, George Lyttelton, Baron, 1709-1773, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
A group made up mostly of woman gather round the coffin of the harlot in the center of the room. The young boy, the harlot's son, sits beside it on the floor. Many of the women are weeping, but others are engaged in flurtations with the undertaker and the clergyman
Alternative Title:
Harlot's progress. Plate 6
Description:
Title from caption above image., Printer's statement from Plate I of the series., No. 6 of a series of 6 pirated copies of Hogarth's engravings of "A harlot's progress". Imprint varies from the Bowles copy described as no. 2036, Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v.3., Engraved below image, three columns, six lines each, beginning: The sisterhood of Drury Lane, Are met to form the funeral train ..., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Written in contemporary hand below text: Margery. For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Printed for Iohn Bowles at Mercer's Hall in Cheapside
Subject (Geographic):
London (England), England, and London.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Social life and customs, Funeral rites & ceremonies, and Prostitutes
