On a wooden platform a crowned goose, representing George III, lays its head on the executioner's block. To the left standing over the goose is a fox with a raised axe. On the far left Lord North and on the right a young man (the Prince of Wales?) dance with joy at each end of the scaffold. A satire on the Prince's dislike of the King and his association with Charles Fox
Description:
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Printmaker from British Museum catalogue., Mounted to 27 x 35 cm., and Characters are identified in pencil above each figure, from left to right: Ld North, Fox, Burke.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Darchery May 30, 1783, St. James's Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, and North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Geese, Foxes, Executions, and Clothing & dress
A squel to the print "The Battle of Cornhill", showing an eastern view of Temple Bar and a view of Fleet Street showing the exterior of Nando's Coffee House and The Devil Tavern; the gates of Temple Bar are closed; at the top of the bar are the heads of Fletcher and Townely, the Jacobites executed for the part if the Scottish raid of 1745-1756 ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Publication place and date inferred from that of the magazine for which this plate was engraved., Plate from: The London magazine, or, Gentleman's monthly intelligencer. London : R. Baldwin, v. 38 (1769), p. 166., Temporary local subject terms: Edward Boehm., and Mounted to 16 x 24 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Fletcher, George, -1745., Towneley, Francis, -1745., and Temple Bar (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Jacobites, Bird's-eye views, Carriages & coaches, City & town life, Clergy, Crowds, Coffeehouses, Decapitations, Executions, Riots, and Taverns (Inns)
The head of Louis XVI lies on the platform at the base of a guillotine, his hands tied behind his back, blood pouring from the blade and his head. The swirls of blood ascend and swirl around the guillotine like clouds of smoke and etched in this cloud are a long speech pleading for justice from the British nation and beginning: Wither, O wither shall my blood ascend for Justice? My throne is seized on by my murderers ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Two lines of text above image: This exact representation of that instrument of French refinement in assassination, the guillotine, is submited to the "Gentlemen of the Phalanx" & other well-wishers to the King & Constitution of Great Britain, by their devoted servants at command, The Assassins of the King of France., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top and bottom.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 16th, 1793, by H. Humphrey, No. 18 Old Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
France and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Decapitations, Executions, Guillotines (Punishment), History, and Foreign relations
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 45. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground an unruly mob including a ragged woman selling a copy of "The last dying Speech & confession of Tho. Idle" and Tiddy Doll, the gingerbread seller."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title engraved above image., Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 11"--Below frame, centered., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap 1. Verss: 27, 28. When fear cometh as desolation and their destruction cometh as a Whirlwind: when distress cometh upon them, then they shall call upon God, but he will not answer., Sheet trimmed to plate mark; right corner worn with loss of last two characters in the date., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 27 x 39.9 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 40.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 45 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. Sep. 30 1747.
Call Number:
Sotheby 54 Box 100
Collection Title:
Plate 54. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground an unruly mob including a ragged woman selling a copy of "The last dying Speech & confession of Tho. Idle" and Tiddy Doll, the gingerbread seller."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title etched above image., Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 11"--Below frame, centered., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap 1. Verss: 27, 28. When fear cometh as desolation and their destruction cometh as a Whirlwind: when distress cometh upon them, then they shall call upon God, but he will not answer.", and On laid paper.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Kinnaird 50K(a) Box 215
Collection Title:
Leaf 45. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground an unruly mob including a ragged woman selling a copy of "The last dying Speech & confession of Tho. Idle" and Tiddy Doll, the gingerbread seller."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title engraved above image., Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 11"--Below frame, centered., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap 1. Verss: 27, 28. When fear cometh as desolation and their destruction cometh as a Whirlwind: when distress cometh upon them, then they shall call upon God, but he will not answer., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark; right corner worn with loss of last two characters in the date.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 747
Collection Title:
Leaf 45. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground an unruly mob including a ragged woman selling a copy of "The last dying Speech & confession of Tho. Idle" and Tiddy Doll, the gingerbread seller."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title engraved above image., Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 11"--Below frame, centered., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap 1. Verss: 27, 28. When fear cometh as desolation and their destruction cometh as a Whirlwind: when distress cometh upon them, then they shall call upon God, but he will not answer., Sheet trimmed to plate mark; right corner worn with loss of last two characters in the date., and Sewn into contemporary blue paper wrappers with the eleven other plates in the series, all on wove paper; inscribed "H. Man. 1798" on front wrapper. With a further brown paper dust wrapper and brown paper envelope, inscribed "Hogarth Industrious and Idle Apprentice. H.S. Man 1796, a gift from his father". For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
publish'd according to act of Parliamt. Sep. 30 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 54. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground an unruly mob including a ragged woman selling a copy of "The last dying Speech & confession of Tho. Idle" and Tiddy Doll, the gingerbread seller."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title etched above image., Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 11"--Below frame, centered., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: "Proverbs Chap 1. Verss: 27, 28. When fear cometh as desolation and their destruction cometh as a Whirlwind: when distress cometh upon them, then they shall call upon God, but he will not answer.", 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 27.1 x 40.4 cm, on sheet 29.2 x 43.5 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 54 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
