Detail of the right side of the first design for William Hogarth's A rake's progress; an older man sits at a table holding the hands of the two young people whose marriage he has just arranged. Only the forearms of the betrothed couple are shown
A scene in St. James's Park: A fashionably dressed couple stroll past a women who sits in on a bench, her head resting on her hand and a dejected look on her face
Description:
Title, numbering, and artist's signature inscribed on verso in black ink in the artist's hand: The neglected fair, no. 267, I. Cruikshank Senr. delt., Drawing signed with artist's initials within image in lower right corner., Date supplied by cataloger., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Saint James's Park (London, England), England, and London.
Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
Alternative Title:
Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14.1 x 7.7 cm.
Publisher:
Sam. Briscoe
Subject (Name):
Apuleius.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
Alternative Title:
Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Publisher:
Sam. Briscoe
Subject (Name):
Apuleius.
Subject (Topic):
Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
Title supplied by curator., Date derived from date of original work., Place of publication based on Dürer's country of residence., Copy after Dürer., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Sex Behavior.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Sex, Interpersonal relations, May-December romances, Couples, Purses, and Horses
Title devised by curator., Signed by the artist in pen at lower right., Date devised by cataloger based on drawing style., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Subject (Topic):
Toasts, Alcoholic beverages, Toasting, Couples, and Kissing
A scene in the Abbey Cloisters. Westminster schoolboys in cap and gown terrify a poor woman and a watchman by turnip-headed ghosts, and by one of their number on stilts who is masked and smoking a flaming pipe. Another, seated on a lamp-bracket, discharges a squirt at the frightened woman who falls, clutching at the fleeing watchman. See British Museum catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15204 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., Ms. note in pencil on front: Page 76, Vol. 2. Watermark 1825., and Watermarked: J. Whatman Turkey Mill 1825.
Publisher:
Sherwood, Jones & Co.
Subject (Topic):
Boys, Fear, Couples, School children, and Watchmen
From left to right, Lieutenant Doyle, Mr. Sone and Captain Foster, all from the 24th Regiment, walking to the right with three ladies on the North Bridge
Description:
Title and printmaker from volume., Probably from: Kay, J. Series of original portraits and caricature etchings by the late John Kay. Edinburgh : Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder, 1837-1838., and Place and date of imprint conjectured from that of book.
Publisher:
Hugh Paton, Carver and Gilder
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland
Subject (Name):
Doyle, William, active 1784., Sone, Samuel., and Foster, William, active 1784.
Subject (Topic):
Couples, Clothing & dress, Military uniforms, and British
A man holds a lady's hand as she descends a flight of stairs overlooking a pond. To the left in the distance are shown two figures in a row boat on the water
Description:
Inscription in pencil on verso: Cut mount to fit shape of inlay piece., Robert Dighton, English draughtsman, 1752-1814., For further information, consult library staff., and Watermark.
