A young man, facing the viewer, looks to the right, his right hand resting on a long, simple cane. On his left, a dog is jumping and barking enthusiastically. To his right is an old, gnarled tree and in the background a building, probably a farmhouse,...
Description:
Title devised by cataloger.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt.Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, as the act directs
"Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the lef...
Alternative Title:
Bad taste of the town
Description:
Titles, state, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Senesino, -1759?,, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
"Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the lef...
Alternative Title:
Bad taste of the town
Description:
Titles, state, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Senesino, -1759?,, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
"Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the lef...
Alternative Title:
Bad taste of the town
Description:
Titles, state, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748, Senesino, -1759?, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
Copy of William Hogarth's satire on the "bad taste of the town", with different verses engraved below. The image is of a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Picc...
Alternative Title:
Bad taste of the town
Description:
Titles, state, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748, Senesino, -1759?, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
"A fat squat and ugly woman sits on a sofa next a tall dandified officer (right) who makes his address, his hand on his breast. She turns to him complacently, her feet awkwardly resting on a stool. Their two dogs face each other, each with shape and m...
Alternative Title:
Had I heart for falshood fram'd, I ne'er could injure you and Had I heart for falsehood framed, I never could injure you
Description:
Title from later state.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 10, 1823 by G. Humphrey 27 St. James's Stt
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Military officers, Dogs, Couples, and Courtship
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1 March 1777]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 53. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on bookmaking: a portly man grins as he makes a note in a small book as another scowls miserably, hands in pockets; on the left, three dogs bark at the pair, above them the wall has been chalked "45" and "[Wil]kes" (alluding to John Wilkes, se...
