publish'd February 5, 1752 according to act of Parliament.
Call Number:
Paulson 752.02.05.03.2++ Impression 4
Collection Title:
Leaf 36. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The child Moses is being delivered up by his mother Jochebed (who has been acting as wet nurse) to Thermuthis, the daughter of Pharaoh (Exodus, ii.10; after the painting in the Foundling Museum); to right, the mother/nurse is handed coins by a steward as her son clings to her and looks at his adoptive mother warily; to the left, two female attendants, one a Nubian enslaved woman whispers the secret of Moses identity to her colleague. The scene is identified as being in Egypt by a small crocodile and an Egyptian figure with a snake wrapped around its torso beneath the throne; in the left corner an incense burner. In the background are pyramids and a sphinx
Alternative Title:
Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter
Description:
Title from caption below image., Added title and state from Paulson., After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Second state with caption. See Paulson., 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 42.1 x 52.3 cm, on sheet 43 x 54.6 cm., and Printed on laid paper.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Egypt
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader), and Thermuthis (Biblical figure),
As described in the Gospel of St. Luke Chapter X, verse 30, a Samaritan is shown ministering to a traveler who had been beaten, robbed, and left half dead along the road. A priest and a Levite who ignored the injured man are shown on the left in the background. On the right, the Samaritan's white horse is tethered to a branch near a stream; a waterfall flows from high cliffs also on the right. A second scene depicted on lower plate with caption: The Foundation Stone of this Hospital was laid by Rahere prior of the order of St. Augustin, in the II year of the reign of Henry 1st MCII in pursuance of a vow made to St. Bartholomew
Description:
Title and secondary, smaller image engraved on second plate below image of the Gospel scene., "Vol. II, No. 56"--Lower left., "Size of picture 13f, 8i by 16f, 9I, in length"--Lower left, below volume numbering., and "St. Luke Chap. X, ver. 30."--Lower right.
Publisher:
Published Feby. 24th 1772 by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside London
Subject (Name):
St. Bartholomew's Hospital (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Charity, Horses, Parables, Priests, Robberies, and Waterfalls
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
Description:
Title engraved below image., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 5 in a series of 6 images. Series title engraved below image., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2748., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 162., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 232.
Publisher:
Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
Jackson, John Baptist, 1701-1780?, printmaker, artist, publisher
Published / Created:
[1742]
Call Number:
742.00.00.18++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Left plate of a triptych; a procession of people, left to right, with two pairs of men in the foreground, a bearded man to left, giving a coin to a woman who carries a child, another man standing behind him, under the arches of a large building, a woman on the right, looking eagerly ahead; mountains and a pyramidical obelisk in the background."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Opus hoc admiratione sane dignum, cunctorumque ...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger based on title of original painting by Titian., Place of publication based on known location of J.B. Jackson., Six lines of Latin text in lower left corner of image: Opus hoc admiratione sane dignum, cunctorumq[ue] ..., and One of a series of twenty-four chiaroscuro woodcuts after seventeen paintings in Venice: Opera selectiora. For description of series, see British Museum online cat. registration number: 1918,0713.28.
A painting on metal showing Tobias with an angel; on the right a view of the landscape, beyond a large rock in the foreground. According to the story in the Book of Tobit (5.5-6) Tobit's son Tobias meets an angel without realising he is an angel. The angel tells Tobias what to do with a giant fish that Tobias has caught (Book of Tobit, 6.2-9).
Title from caption below image., For a possible later state with the text "Musée Francais" etched below title, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1859,0806.432., and Date of publication from description of a variant state in the British Museum.
Publisher:
Imprimé par Ramboz
Subject (Topic):
Massacre of the Holy Innocents and Biblical events
Plate 36. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Pharaoh's daughter (Thermuthis) greets Moses who stands grasping the belt of his birth mother (Jochebed) as a man fills her hand with coins. Behind them in the distance is a sphinx and pseudo-Egyptian buildings. Behind the pharaoh's daugther a black servant whispers into the ear of a female attendant
Alternative Title:
And the child grew, & she brought him unto Pharaoh's daughter, & he became her son. And she called his name Moses
Description:
After Hogarth's 1746 painting: Moses brought before Pharaoh's daughter. One of a set of four paintings for the Council Room of the Foundling Hospital., Title from Paulson., Fourth state with Warton's lines omitted; second and third 'and' written as ampersands. See Paulson., and Printing date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Moses (Biblical leader) and Thermuthis (Biblical figure)
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Blacks, Children, Mothers, and Servants
Title from caption below image., Text in lower left corner of plate: Size of the picture, 4 f. 9 1/2 i. by 6 f. 4 3/4 i. in height., Etched coat of arms below image bearing the motto: Fari quae sentiat., Plate XXIV from: A set of prints engraved after the most capital paintings in the collection of ... the empress of Russia. London: J. & J. Boydell, 1788, v. 1., and Mounted to 55 x 39 cm.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 1st, 1775, by John Boydell, engraver in Cheapside
In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
Description:
Title engraved below image., The engraver's initials 'R.F. Ravenet' are a mistake for 'S.F.' or Simon François., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Plate 34. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; the Saint to right, Felix and two priests on a dais, one sitting, asleep, beside the governor, two clerks in front of the bench at which St Paul stands, a figure with the Roman standard and a scroll to left, a soldier to right and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais ..."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title, publisher and state from Paulson., Added title from caption below image., Quotation from Acts 24-25 engraved below image: And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and Judgment to come, Felix trembled., Text below quotation: From the original painting in Lincoln's Inn Hall painted by Wm. Hogarth., State with quotation from Warton, printmaker's name, and date of publication eliminated., and Copy of Hogarth's print of the same title, with fewer figures and distinquished because it is not the reverse of the original painting.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint,
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Judicial proceedings, and Parables
