Page 193. Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title devised by curator., Statement of responsibility and date written in ink on verso, in a contemporary hand., and Mounted on page 193 in a volume containing Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his Description of the villa of Horace Walpole (Hazen 2523) and his Catalogue of pictures and drawings in the Holbein Chamber at Strawberry-Hill (Hazen 2619.4). Part of the collection: Portfolio containing 50 drawings by Lady Diana Beauclerk and her daughter Mary, Miss Sebright, Miss Knight, Mrs. Damer, John Gooch, Samuel Lysons, Sir Edward Walpole, and Thomas Walpole (Hazen 3641).
publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pit ticket
Description:
Title from Paulson., Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.6 x 38.2 cm, on sheet 42 x 57 cm., and Plate 82 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants
Plate 69. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 49. Album of William Hogarth prints.
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1
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still image
Abstract:
Originally designed as the subscription ticket for the "Analysis of Beauty" the design, based on Leonardo's Last Supper shows, depicts Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. On the bottom right, a dog peeps over the edge of the table, the cloth and cutlery tossed off to the side. In this state the receipt portion has been cut off and statement of responsibility added
Description:
Title, publisher, and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 16.4 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 21.1 x 25.8 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 69 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 69. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 49. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Originally designed as the subscription ticket for the "Analysis of Beauty" the design, based on Leonardo's Last Supper shows, depicts Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. On the bottom right, a dog peeps over the edge of the table, the cloth and cutlery tossed off to the side. In this state the receipt portion has been cut off and statement of responsibility added
Description:
Title, publisher, and state from Paulson., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 16.4 x 19.4 cm, on sheet 21.1 x 25.8 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 69 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
A subscription ticket for the "Analysis of Beauty", based on Leonardo's Last Supper, depicts Christopher Columbus demonstrating how to make an egg stand on its end. The five observers look at the cracked egg, upright on the table, in amusement at the evidence of an inventive mind at work. Two other eggs intertwined with two eels lie on a plate in the center of the table. A dog peeps over the edge of the table in the foreground; the cutlery is pushed off to one side
Description:
Title, publisher, and state from Paulson., Text engraved below image: "Rec'd [blank] of [blank] five shillings being the first payment for a short tract in quarto call'd the Analysis of Beauty; wherein forms are consider'd in a new light, to which will be added two explanatory prints serious and comical, engraved on large copper plates fit to frame for furniture." N.B. The price will be rais'd after the subscription is over.", A subscription ticket for Analysis of beauty., With the subscription ticket "Columbus breaking the egg", first state, trimmed to the image, mounted on the verso of the t.p., and Trimmed to the image; mounted on verso of title page in Horace Walpole's copy of Analysis of beauty.
"Interior of a kitchen showing servants at leisure: a stout woman dances with a black man in the centre accompanied by a man with a wooden leg who sits playing a violin on the left; watched by others on the right, a young woman standing on a chair and supported by a young man, while a seated man wearing a tricorn smiles and points at her and an elderly woman stands with her arms folded under her apron, a dog at her heels; two posters pasted on the wall behind, shelves, bellows and other kitchen implements in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a print of the same design
Description:
Title from a copy published by Carington Bowles, July 17th, 1770., Unsigned; attributed to Francis Grose., and Date of production based on exhibition history; this drawing was exhibited at the Incorporated Society of Artists in 1767.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Interiors, Kitchens, Servants, Peg legs, Violins, Bellows, and Dogs
"A woman sitting on a stool outside of a cottage, playfully holding a bunch of grapes aloft which a young boy at left reaches towards, a dog leaning against her knee and a girl seen from the back stands behind; oval design after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
In-house title: Woman with grapes teasing boy
Description:
Title from description in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2973., State with spelling of printmaker's name corrected. For an earlier state with printmaker's name misspelled "Shepherd" in statement of responsibility, see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: Going to market., and Mounted on page 15 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd June 1st, 1790, by W. Dickinson, engraver, Bond Street
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 15 May 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 113. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the dog-dealer James Moss; whole length, walking to left on a road beside a wooden fence, carrying two puppies inside his coat, holding hat in his right hand, the left in his pocket; he appears to be blind or very short-sighted; the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: HWBunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., Early (proof?) state, before lettering and before drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, published 15 May 1773 by J. Bretherton and bearing the dedication "To all encouragers of arts & sciences this portrait of the inimitable Mr. James Moss ..." below image, see no. 4721 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 287., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 15 May 1773]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 113. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on the dog-dealer James Moss; whole length, walking to left on a road beside a wooden fence, carrying two puppies inside his coat, holding hat in his right hand, the left in his pocket; he appears to be blind or very short-sighted; the towers of Westminster Abbey in the background."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on later state: HWBunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., Early (proof?) state, before lettering but after drypoint shading added to image. For a later state, published 15 May 1773 by J. Bretherton and bearing the dedication "To all encouragers of arts & sciences this portrait of the inimitable Mr. James Moss ..." below image, see no. 4721 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., Cf. Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, page 287., and Mounted on page 113 of: Bunbury album.