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31.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Collection Title:
Leaf 20. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 4
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., and Formerly on page 118 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

32.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
Published / Created:
according to act of Parliament April 1st 1745.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 17K Box 300
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V.

33.
Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

Creator:
Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 April 1745]
Call Number:
Sotheby 20++ Box 300
Collection Title:
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
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
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., and After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Adultery, Allegorical prints, Biblical events, Brothels, Fighting, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, and Spouses
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate V

34.
[Revels, Covent Garden bagnio, 1736] [graphic].

Published / Created:
[1736?]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 219. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and date from note in ink below image, on mounting page., Sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of text., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Temporary local subject terms: Gaming-table -- Male costume, 1736 -- Female costume, 1736 -- Table settings -- Furniture., Folded to 23.1 x 25 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 219 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Prostitutes, Eating & drinking, Alcoholic beverages, Gambling, Sconces, and Beds
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > [Revels, Covent Garden bagnio, 1736] [graphic].

35.
The doctors in labour, or, A new whim wham from Guildford being a representation of [the] frauds by

Published / Created:
[1726]
Call Number:
726.00.00.26+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Print with twelve panels relating to the affair of Mary Toft, "the rabbit breeder": from top left, she is held aloft by two men and a Harlequin or Merry Andrew, she has a rabbit in either hand; she pursues a rabbit while working in a field; she dreams of being impregnated by rabbit, Cupid is shown on a cloud beside her bed holding a rabbit in either hand; she is seated in a chair attended by two women while the two men and Harlequin discuss the monstrous birth; Harlequin demonstrates that he can express milk from her breast; Harlequin feels "the rabbets leapin in her belly" while two men look on; she sits on the edge of a bed and Harlequin kneels to seize a rabbit that emerges from her skirts while a doctor raises his hands in surprise, wishing to anatomize the animal; Harlequin stands behind a table holding a balance in which he weighs dung removed from the rabbit explaining to two men that this will allow him to judge whether the animal had "breath'd in air"; doctors and midwives discuss the phenomenon around a table and Harlequin enters claiming that the birth must be "praeternatural"; a crowd of gentlemen are welcomed to the bagnio in Leicester Square where Toft is housed; two men spy from the door to Toft's room as another hands her a dead rabbit; Toft, weeping, is led away to Bridewell by two constables while Harlequin "sits upon Repenting stool, Cursing his fate in being made a Fool. See British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
New whim wham from Guildford
Description:
Title etched above images. and Trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Toft, Mary, 1703-1763
Subject (Topic):
Christianity, Superstition, Demonology, Births, Brothels, Cupids, Fools & jesters, Fraud, Law enforcement, Physicians, Pregnant women, and Rabbits
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The doctors in labour, or, A new whim wham from Guildford being a representation of [the] frauds by which [the] Godliman woman, carried on her pretended rabbit breeding; also of [the] simplicity of our doctors, by which they assisted to carry on that imposture discover'd their own skill, & contributed to [the] Mirth, of His Majesties liege subjects. [graphic]

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