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1. The fancy ball at the Upper Rooms, Bath [graphic]
- Creator:
- Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- Octr. 1, 1826.
- Call Number:
- 825.10.01.05
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Imprint statement altered. Ms. '6' added over last digit of year 1825.
- Publisher:
- Published by Sherwood & Co.
- Subject (Geographic):
- England, Bath., and Bath (England)
- Subject (Topic):
- Masquerades and Social life and customs
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The fancy ball at the Upper Rooms, Bath [graphic]
2. Charles reveling at a masquerade [art original]
- Creator:
- Dodd, Daniel, artist
- Published / Created:
- [between 1752 and 1793]
- Call Number:
- Drawings D639 no. 8 Box D117
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The eighth drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fortune. One brother, Edward, husbands his wealth and on his death, passes on his fortune; whilst the other brother, Charles, squanders his, leaving his family destitute and In this eighth drawing, Charles is dressed in costume at a crowded masquerade with other elaborately dressed party goers in an elegant ballroom
- Description:
- Title from pencil notation below title., Signed "Dodd" in lower left and numbered '8' in ink in the upper right., Date range based on artist's active dates., and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Topic):
- Allegorical drawings, Ballrooms, Costumes, Masquerades, and Parables
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Charles reveling at a masquerade [art original]
3. Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V
- Creator:
- Earlom, Richard, 1743-1822, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 August 1800]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 800.08.01.08++ Box 310
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays. The painting above the door, the mural on the back wall, and the portrait near the window illustrate the theme
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., In lower left corner: Size of picture 3 ft. by 2 ft. 4 in., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., No. 5 in a series of 6 images. Series title engraved below image., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2748., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 162., and Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 232.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Aug. 1, 1800, by J. & J. Boydell, No. 90, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Biblical events, Brothels, Homicides, Interiors, Judges, Masquerades, Rake's progress, and Spouses
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage á la mode. engraved from the original picture / [graphic] : Plate V
4. A view of the canal, Chinese building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade / [graphic] =
- Creator:
- Grignion, Charles, 1721-1810, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [not after 1760]
- Call Number:
- Topos L847 no. 64+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A circular building (the Rotunda) in the background and a Chinese structure on a lake reached by a bridge"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Terminal date of publication based on printseller's street address. See British Museum online catalogue., Later reissue of a print published in 1752. See British Museum online catalogue., "Publish'd according to act of Parliament"--Below image., and Plate numbered "74" in upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Robt. Sayer at the Golden Buck, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England and London.
- Subject (Topic):
- Gardens, Canals, Rotundas, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A view of the canal, Chinese building, Rotundo, &c. in Ranelagh Gardens, with masquerade Vüe du canal, du bâtiment, Chinois, de la Rotunda, &c. des Jardins de Ranelagh, un jour de masquarade / [graphic] =
5. Masquerade ticket [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1727]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Satire in the form of a mock admission ticket; a masquerade consisting of debauched looking characters in costume; at left, 'A', 'a sacrifice to Priapus', an altar to Priapus decorated with ram's heads and antlers, in front of which the figure of Time is stabbed by a bishop and a butcher, his blood pouring into a bowl held up by a monkey in a surplice; opposite at right, burning hearts on an altar to Venus and Cupid decorated with doves and wigs; at the back of the room, a painting of a Bacchic subject, to either side shelves with jellies and cakes, labelled provactives, and two signs with the obscene pun 'Supper below'; to either side, 'B', two 'Lecherometers' in the form of barometers, at left labelled 'Expectation Hope Hot desire Extreem Hot Moist Sudden Cold', at right 'Cool Warm Dry Changable Hot moist Fixt'; above the design at centre, a clock with Heidegger's face at top, the hour hand 'Wit', the minute hand 'Impertinence', the second hand 'Nonsense', to either side a lolling unicorn and lion, stroking their tails between their legs. Cf. British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image., State, date, and printmaker from Paulson., State with "Prouocatiues" changed to "Provocatives"., Caption below title: A. a sacrifice to Priapus. B. a pair of Lecherometers shewing [the] companys inclinations as they approach em. Invented for the use of ladys & gentlemen by [the] ingenious Mr. H[eidegge]r., "Price one shiling."--Lower left corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 150 / Great masquerade., and On page 46 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748,
- Subject (Topic):
- Allegories, Animals, Goddesses, Gods, Erotica, Masquerades, and Sacrifices
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Masquerade ticket [graphic].
6. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "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 left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Pasquin No. XCV"; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Text and image from two plates., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 26 in volume 1.
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
7. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 72K(f) Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Ben John[son]; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, and date from Paulson., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Plate with text lacking; top plate with image only. Sheet 13.4 x 18.2 cm.
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
8. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "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 left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Ben John[son]; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, and date from Paulson., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 26 in volume 1.
- 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
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
9. Masquerade, Argyll Rooms [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hunt, George, active 1824-1831, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- 1826.
- Call Number:
- 826.00.00.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on right and left edges., and Temporary local subject terms: Quadrille -- Costume, 1826 -- Reference to Paul Pry -- Skeletons: The Living Skeleton.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. for the proprietor by Geo. Hunt, 18 Tavistock Stt., Covt. Garden
- Subject (Topic):
- Cooks, Dances, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Masquerade, Argyll Rooms [graphic]