A copy based on Hogarth's Satire on flase perspective: A view of a tower, staircase, bridge over a river
Alternative Title:
Satire on false perspective
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker and artist statemetns inscribed in reverse on print., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 239., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit, page 333., and On page 168 in volume 2.
A cherubic Mercury (left) and Jupiter (right) sit on a rock in a mountainous and tree-dotted landscape. Mercury holds his caduceus in his left arm and rests his foot on a small shield (?) while Jupiter seated on the ground to the right, holds his arm around the neck of a swan. On a shelf above Mercury's head a rooster looks down on the scene
Description:
Title from item. and Numbered in plate: 265.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Mercury (Roman deity) and Jupiter (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Children, Caduceus, Roosters, Swans, Nudes, and Myths
"A gaily-dressed young woman sculling a naval officer who sits in the stern, holding his cane in the water and looking through a single eye-glass at a swan accompanied by a cygnet. A King Charles dog puts its paws on the edge of the boat and looks at the swan. The admiral is in naval uniform with a pigtail queue. The lady wears a feathered hat tilted forward on her high-dressed hair and a low-cut bodice; on the stern of the boat is a design of a cupid riding on a dolphin. The water winds among lawns, trees, and bushes. In the middle distance two ladies are fishing; one holds a rod over the water, the other, seated beside her, holds up a fish."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Admiral Purblind just run a-ground by Peggy Pullaway
Description:
Title from item. and Publication date erased from plate. Date conjectured from another, smaller version. See no. 5819 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London. Publish'd as the Act directs
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., State with "Frontispiece" burnished from above image., and Mounted to sheet 255 x 205 mm, with single red line border.
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
Description:
Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Etched above image: "Frontispiece.", Sheet trimmed to: 22.5 x 18 cm., and Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
Description:
Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Etched above image: "Frontispiece.", Sheet trimmed to: 22.5 x 18 cm., and Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
Description:
Title from caption engraved below image., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Etched above image: "Frontispiece."
Title supplied by curator., From: Biblia, Nuremberg: Anton Koberger, 1483., Appeared earlier in the Low German Bible published by Quentell in Cologne, ca. 1478., and This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing.
Publisher:
Anton Koberger
Subject (Topic):
Blindness in the Bible, Birds, Swans, and Blind persons
