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73. [The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 March 1736]
Call Number:: Kinnaird 27K Box 210
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirated editions of his letters."
Description:: Title and state from Paulson., "Price 3 shillings"--Following imprint., Verse etched below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in more despair. Dunciad Book I, line III., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]

74. [The distressed poet] [graphic]

Creator:: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created:: [3 March 1736]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirated editions of his letters."
Description:: Title and state from Paulson., "Price 3 shillings"--Following imprint., Verse etched below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in more despair. Dunciad Book I, line III., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit, 235. Repaired losses to corners., and On page 79 in volume 1. Trimmed to: 350 x 397 mm.
Publisher:: Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):: Attics, Cats, Children, Crying, Dogs, Interiors, Milkwomen, Poets, Poor persons, Poverty, Sewing, Spouses, and Writing
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The distressed poet] [graphic]

75. [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

Creator:: Sykes, F., printmaker
Published / Created:: [1738]
Call Number:: 738.00.00.07
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
Description:: Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Bowditch's ms. annotations on the mounting sheet below image; mounted to 32 x 40 cm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Boys, Cold, Poor persons, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

76. [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

Creator:: Sykes, F., printmaker
Published / Created:: [1738]
Call Number:: Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Image Count:: 1
Resource Type:: still image
Abstract:: The figure of the miserable footboy who attends the "Old Maid", copied from William Hogarth's Morning from The four times of the day series; he wears a hat and carries a large prayer book under his right arm. Shivering and gritting his teeth as he walks, he tucks his left hand in the breast of his coat. The background consists of a few scratches for clouds and puddles
Description:: Title devised from British Museum catalogue., Letters 'H' in artist's name and letter P in 'pinx' linked., Publication date from British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., With the title written above the image in Steevens's hand: Three spurrious., Also a note in Steevens's hand discussing the three prints on this page pasted down at top of page., Formerly cataloged with the title: The half-starved boy., and On page 89 in volume 1. Trimmed to plate mark 215 x 511 mm.
Publisher:: publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):: Boys, Cold, Poor persons, and Servants
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The half-starved boy] [graphic]

77. [The retort courteous] [art original].

Creator:: Finucane, Mathias, active 1797-1811, artist
Published / Created:: [1797]
Call Number:: Drawings F516 no. 1 Box D120
Image Count:: 1
Abstract:: A man stands at a shop door leaning on a cask while looking at another man sitting on the pavement who is pointing towards the man. Canisters of tea are displayed in the shop window
Description:: Title from published print based on this original drawing: The Retort Courteous., See British Museum. Catalogue of Political and Personal Satires, vol. 7, no. 9114., Inscription in pencil lower left, below the image: Original., Inscription in ink on verso: The Country and proud London Stone. Finnucane., Inscription in pencil on verso: Original drawing by Finucane for "The Retort Courteous" BM 9114 published 1 August 1797 by Laurie and Whittle., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Topic):: Stores & shops, Poor persons, and Tea
Found in:: Lewis Walpole Library > [The retort courteous] [art original].