The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letting down the image of Jack Hall basphems: "Ha this will do G-d D- me". On the table before the speakers is a pamphlet with a print of Jack Shepard. Ben Jonson's ghost, holding a lit candle, rises to the stage on the left. In Horace Walpole's catalog, this print is referred to as "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime, a satire on farces."
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Price six pence".--Lower right corner., Caption below image: This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney-sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy ... [Signed] Vivat Rex., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
The stage of a theatre, with halters suspended over three managers of theatres; the labels issuing from the mouths of these persons have characteristic words. Wilks dangles Punch. The Laureat Cibber dangles Harlequin and invokes the Muses. Booth letting down the image of Jack Hall basphems: "Ha this will do G-d D- me". On the table before the speakers is a pamphlet with a print of Jack Shepard. Ben Jonson's ghost, holding a lit candle, rises to the stage on the left. In Horace Walpole's catalog, this print is referred to as "Booth, Wilks and Cibber contriving a pantomime, a satire on farces."
Alternative Title:
Three heads are better than one
Description:
Title etched above image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., "Price six pence".--Lower right corner., First state of the print with motto in banner at top of image misspelled: "Vivetur ingenio"., Caption below image: This print represents the rehearsing a new farce that will include [the] two famous entertainments Dr. Faustus & Harlequin Shepherd to wch. will be added Scaramouch Jack Hall the chimney-sweeper's escape from Newgate through [the] privy ... [Signed] Vivat Rex., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., On page 22 in volume 1., Ms. note in pen in Steevens's hand below: Booth, Wilks and Colley Cibber., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below: See Nichols Book 3d ed p. 143.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Cibber, Colley, 1671-1757., Jonson, Ben, 1573?-1637., Thurmond, John, active 1724-1749., and Wilks, Robert, 1665?-1732.
Title from item., Printmaker's name mostly illegible., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Animals.
"The clowns Kirby and Chatterley, one dressed in female costume, dancing."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., The one character is identified as William Simmons Chatterley., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on laid paper backing.
Publisher:
Pub. 5th of Jany. 1812 by T. Palser, Bridge Road, Lambeth
Subject (Name):
Chatterley, William Simmons, 1787-1822. and Grimaldi, Joseph, 1779-1837.
Subject (Topic):
Actors, British, Clowns, Dance, and Theatrical productions
The description of this slide reflects the way that Erdoes organized 35mm slides. Erdoes arranged his slides in labeled containers that were sub-divided into labeled sections. The title for this image has been transcribed from its sub-section label; images of other slides from the same sub-section share the container title. The date listed here reflects a span of known dates associated the sub-section. In some cases, titles have been expanded to note particular individuals who appear frequently and who were identified by Erdoes in captions. Individual slide captions have not been transcribed or captured during digitization.
Subject (Geographic):
San Juan Pueblo (N.M.)--Social life and customs
Subject (Name):
Hopi dance and Hopi indians
Subject (Topic):
Clowns, Indian dance --Southwest, New, and Indians of North America--Southwest, New
Title etched below image., Place of publication derived from language of text., Date supplied by curator., In ink lower margin: Gall. Berliner Witzen [?] 1816?, 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 (Name):
Gall, F. J. 1758-1828. (Franz Joseph),
Subject (Topic):
Phrenology, Skulls, Quacks & quackery, Clowns, Spectators, Drums (Musical instruments)., and Medicine shows
V. 5. Caricature magazine, or, Hudibrastic mirror.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Social satire: a crowd enjoy themselves at a fair ground, with a troupe of harlequins performing on a stage."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate numbered "364" in upper right corner., Plate from: Woodward, G.M. Caricature magazine, or Hudibrastic mirror. London : Thomas Tegg, [1808?], v. 5., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Leaf 77 in volume 5.
Design consists of male figures from various social classes, professions, ethnic groups, all caricatured, arranged in four horizontal rows all riding two-wheeled bicycles. Below four columns of verse commenting on the various types depicted: parson, lawyer, 'Cit', miser (a caricature of a Jewish man), dandy, tailor, balck man, Quaker, clowns, hunter, etc
Alternative Title:
Four and twenty hobby-horses all of a row
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four columns of verse in letterpress below title: Hobby's the word, and, onward sliding, all London Town is set a-riding ..., Publisher statement in etched below image., Printer statement in letterpress below verses., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., and Watermark: J. Whatman Turkey Mills.
Publisher:
Published May 1st, 1819, at R. Ackermann's Repository of Arts, 101 Strand and Printed by L. Harrison, 373, Strand
Subject (Topic):
Bicycles & tricycles, Clowns, Ethnic stereotypes, and Occupations
Title from caption below image, in letterpress., Publication date from manuscript note below title., Several lines of letterpress text below title., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 40 x 26 cm.
