"A rural scene with a hustings where ailing men are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Third in a series Four prints of an election., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Dedication engraved below image: To the Honble. Sr. Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 1st impression., Sheet trimmed to: 43.4 x 55.7 cm., and Formerly on page 174 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Card games, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Political elections, and Riots
Plate 41. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A rural scene with a hustings where ailing men are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Third state with the words 'Milicia Bill' on the coat pocket of the crippled voter in the left foreground., Third in a series Four prints of an election., Dedication engraved below image: To the Honble. Sr. Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath. This plate is most humbly Inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.6 x 55.9 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 41 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Card games, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Political elections, and Riots
"A rural scene with a hustings where ailing men are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Third in a series Four prints of an election., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Dedication engraved below image: To the Honble. Sr. Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath. This plate is most humbly inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Card games, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Political elections, and Riots
Plate 41. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A rural scene with a hustings where ailing men are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Third state with the words 'Milicia Bill' on the coat pocket of the crippled voter in the left foreground., Third in a series Four prints of an election., and Dedication engraved below image: To the Honble. Sr. Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath. This plate is most humbly Inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Card games, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Political elections, and Riots
BEIN K8 D44 Rg697: Text uncut. Imperfect: t.p. and p. 85 badly mutilated and mounted; wrapper frayed and mounted., Signatures: [A]¹B-F⁸G³., The wrapper for the cards has title: Geometre and the mechanick powers represented in a pack of playing cards, made and sold by J Moxon att the Attlas in Warwick lane London., and First part (p. 1-53) probably written by Joseph Moxon.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by J. Moxon at the Atlas in Warwicklane
Subject (Topic):
Geometry, Mechanics, Card games, and Playing cards
"A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (left) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her left. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the printseller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer, a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print (reversed) appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather', 1808."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted.
Publisher:
Pubd. Jany. 11th 1796 by H. Humphrey, New Bond Street
A game at whist at a round card-table. 'Betty' (right) holds out, with a triumphant grin, the ace of spades with which she is about to take the seventh consecutive trick. Her mistress, Miss Humphrey, sits on her right. The two men are said to be Tholdal, a German, who turns his head in astonishment towards Betty, and Betty's partner, Mortimer, [or, according to Wright and Evans, Mr. Jeffrey (presumably the enemy of Mrs. Fitzherbert) and Watson (presumably the printseller), but in 'Scientific Researches' (23 May 1802) the former is identified by Wright as Tholdal, and in 'Connoisseurs . . .' (16 Nov. 1807) 'Watson' is identified by him as Mortimer, a picture-dealer and restorer. A scene in Bond Street, shortly before the removal to St. James's Street. This print appears in Humphrey's shop window in Gillray's 'Very Slippy-Weather',"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Copy in reverse. Cf. No. 8885 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., No. 4 in an album of 10 prints., and Bound in half calf with marbled paper boards and spine title "Colored caricatures" in gold lettering.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Card games, Chairs, Floor coverings, Gambling, and Playing cards
Title etched below image., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Cribbage -- Furniture: card table -- Ladder-back chairs.
Publisher:
Pubd. Oct. 1st, 1799, by R. Ackermann, No. 101 Strand
Title in ink on mount., Date and place of publication supplied by curator., Possibly be Henry Monnier., Above image, in ink: Tadia., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Physician and patient, Physicians, Card games, and Spouses
"In a palatial room, lit by elaborate cut-glass chandeliers, three games are in progress, one in the foreground, with an officer leaning over one of the women players. Another officer in full dress uniform with sword and plumed helmet admires himself in a pier-glass."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., and Watermark: J. Whatman 1823.
Publisher:
Published by Pyall & Hunt, 18, Tavistock Strt. Covent Garden
