Scene inside a pagoda of the Indian goddess Kamaetzma, with a man seen at center standing on a ladder that disappears into a hole in the floor. The man's left arm is extended, and he has apparently just added to the pile of fruit and flowers on the floor. Additional fruits are stacked in baskets behind the man on the right. Beside the hole, to the left of the man, sits a naked child adorned with flowers. In the background are statues of various multi-armed deities, mounted animal heads, and a bell hung from the wall
Alternative Title:
Inside view of the pagoda of Kamaetzma
Description:
Title etched below image., Variant state, with added publication line, of a plate from: Hurd, W. A new universal history of the religious rites, ceremonies, and customs of the whole world ... London : Printed for Alexander Hogg, [1780?]., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with probable loss of text above image., and Temporary local subject terms: Cherubs.
Publisher:
Published by Alexr. Hogg
Subject (Geographic):
India
Subject (Topic):
Religion, Rites and ceremonies, Interiors, Pagodas, Ladders, Children, Fruit, and Idols
Manuscript, in a single hand, of a letter from Mason to Horace Walpole, in which Mason writes that he has read Walpole's tragedic play, The Mysterious Mother, several times and has provided a sketch of alterations he believes necessary to improve the denouement. The list of alterations accompanies the letter, which consist of dialogic emendations at specific page and line numbers. At the end of the letter, a note signed by Walpole states his reasons against adopting Mason's suggestions, "because they woud totally have destroyed my Object."
Description:
William Mason (1724-1797) was a poet, editor, and gardener. In 1747, his poem "Musaeus, a Monody on the Death of Mr. Pope" was published to acclaim and quickly went through several editions. In 1775, he published the Poems of Mr Gray, a friend who was a great influence on his own work. Ten years later, William Pitt nominated him for the post of Poet Laureate, but he turned it down. Among Mason's other works are the historical tragedies Elfrida (1752) and Caractacus (1759), as well as a long poem on gardening, The English Garden (1772-1782). Indeed, Mason was an influential garden designer, designing several flower gardens for his friends and patrons, especially for Richard Hurd, Lord Jersey, and Lord Harcourt. In 1797 he fell and injured his leg while entering his carriage, and died several days later at his rectory in Aston., In English., Typed transcript available in object file., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Mason, William, 1725-1797. and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.
Subject (Topic):
English drama (Tragedy), Family, Incest, Religion, and Theater
Supplements the author's Bibliographie des livres ... russes d'histoire de 1800-1854, published in 3 vols., 1892-93; and P. P. and B. P. Lambin's Russkai︠a︡ istoricheskai︠a︡ biblīografīi︠a︡, 1855-64, published in 10 vols., 1861-94., In Cyrillic characters., and Published by the Imperial academy of sciences, St. Petersburg.
"Design in an oval. A burlesque coat of arms symbolizing the supposed character of the Unitarians represented by Priestley. After the title is engraved: 'Address'd to those Peaceable Subjects of this Kingdom who prefer the Present happy Constitution to that Anarchy & Bloodshed so Zealously sought for by these restless advocates for Priestly & Paine's Sophistical Tenets.' A printed explanation is attached to the print. The shield rests on a vulture which grasps in its beak and claws the motto: 'Under these Garbs do we act.' On a shaded (sable) ground a harpy suckles young harpies and holds up the cap of Liberty with a pendent banner on which is a crown surrounded by drops of blood. On a border round the shield are ten groups of ten intertwined serpents. The crest is the Devil and a number of fiends attacking a glory of rays surrounding a triangle, symbolizing the Trinity. The supporters are (dexter) Religion, a veiled woman holding a book and cross, her foot on a skull, and (sinister) Hypocrisy, a woman with the feet of a bird of prey, reading a book, and holding (concealed) a dagger with a notched blade; a trumpet is slung to her waist; a small wallet containing 'a bandelure' (see BMSat 7829) hangs from her neck in place of a cross. She tramples on a crown. She wears a ragged drapery, intended to suggest humility, over a rich garment. 14 July 1792."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Five lines of prose below title: Addressd to those peacable subjects of this Kingdom who prefer the present happy constitution to that anarchy & bloodshed so zealously sought for by these restless advocates for Priestly & Paine's sophistical tenets., and Watermark: J Whatman.
Publisher:
Pub. July 14, 1792, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Paine, Thomas, 1737-1809. and Priestley, Joseph, 1733-1804.
Subject (Topic):
Harpies (Greek mythology), Dissenters, Religion, Unitarians, Coats of arms, Devil, Demons, Emblems, Liberty cap, Symbols, and Vultures
BEIN Zc72 +930rk 11: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection., Cover title., and "(Signed) The Founder"--P. 66.
BEIN Zc72 +930rk 5: From the William and Lucille Riker Papers in the Paul Kagan Utopian Communities Collection. San Francisco address (p. [2]) crossed out and "Holy City" is written following the word "Headquarters." , Signed: Mother Lucille., Also contains poem: The queen. Signed: Lucille Riker, M.L.R.Q., and Printed in red and brown.
Purcell, Richard, approximately 1736-approximately 1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1746 and 1766]
Call Number:
Hogarth 765.00.00.38+ Box 200
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers
Description:
Title from caption below image., Charles Corbet is one of the many pseudonyms of Richard Purcell. See Union List of Artists Names., Copy of No. 2285. See v. 3 of Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 140.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping
