- Published / Created:
- [between 1770 and 1800?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 770.00.00.191 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler (looking left) mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy, and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the rightt, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the left a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras frontispiece and explanation
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title: "The basso releivo, on the pedestal, represents the general design, of Mr. Butler, in his incomparable poem, of Hudibras. Viz. Butler's genious in a car lashing around Mount Parnassus in the persons of Hudibras & Ralpho, Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance the reigning vices of his time.", Copy in reverse of no. 504 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 82.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Britannia (Symbolic character), Religion, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Parnassus, Mount (Greece), Tombs & sepulchral monuments, and Vice
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Frontispiece and its explanation [graphic].
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- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 770.00.00.200 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras with his hat in hand approaches a lawyer who sits in an elaborately carved chair on a rise. In front of the lawyer are his two clerks at a low table, at his side, shelves of books and papers. On the right in the foreground is a carved figure of Justice holding scales. In the background on the left two women stand in the doorway. In the left foreground are two dogs, one of whom watches the action attentively while the other lies with its head turned away
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title begins: To this grave [sic] man, the knight repairs, for counsel in his law-affairs; ..., Copy of no. 515 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 93.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Clerks, Dogs, Justice, Law offices, Lawyers, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras and the lawyer [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 770.00.00.196 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Hudibras and Ralpho are in the stocks, the knight's boots, sword and pistols taking the place of the fiddle; a sympathetic widow, accompanied by her maid, addresses Hudibras while villagers gather round to mock, and a small boy urinates on Ralpho's foot"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Lettered below image with verse beginning: "She vow'd she would go see the sight and visit the distressed knight: and 'twas not long before she found him, and his stout squire in the pound ...", Copy in reverse of no. 509 in theCatalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 87.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, History, Children, Peasants, Servants, Stocks (Punishment), Urination, and Widows
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras in tribulation [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 770.00.00.194 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras has arrested the fiddler with a wooden leg and is leading him to prison (seen on the left) while Ralpho attaches his violin to the stocks; a ragged child with a hoop, a well-dressed woman, and two young man look on.
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said the high, outragious Mettle, of Knight, began to cool and settle ...", Copy of no. 507 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 85.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England. and Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- Puritans, Children, Couples, Criminals, Games, Horses, People with disabilities, Violins, Women, Stocks (Punishment), and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras triumphant [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 770.00.00.195 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher wielding clubs; to the left, Ralpho is held by a man with a rope and another with a sword
- Alternative Title:
- Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., After Hogarth., Twenty-four lines of verse in four columns, two on either side of the title below image: Meanwhile the other campion, Yerst, in hurry of the fight disperst ... restor'd this fiddle and his case.", Copy of no. 508 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 86.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain and England.
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Puritans, Butchers, Crowds, Fighting, Peasants, Shoemakers, and Women
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras vanquish'd by Trulla [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [late 18th century?]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 770.00.00.193 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Hudibras and Ralpho encounter a mob armed with sticks; in the foreground to right, a one-legged fiddler, a butcher and a dancing bear with his leader. On the left, a woman reaches out her arms
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Copy of the Hogarth print., Caption below, on either sige of title beginning: "The catalogue and character of th' enemies best men of war; whome ina bold harangue [the] knight defies, and challenges to fight. H' encounters Talgol, routs the bear, and takes the fidler prisoner; conveys him to enchanted castle, there shuts him fast in wooden bastile.", Copy in reverse of no. 506 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 84.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
- Subject (Topic):
- History, Bears, Crowds, Butchers, Musicians, People with disabilities, Puritans, Riots, and Trained animals
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Hudibras's first adventure [graphic].
7.
- Published / Created:
- [1708]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Verse begins: "Ye commons and peers,", Attributed to Benjamin Bragge as vendor by Foxon on strength of a Daily Courant advertisement., Fourteen stanzas in this edition., Mounted on leaf 48. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- sold by Benjamin Bragge
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Churches, Steeples, Campaigns & battles, Massacres, and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Jack French-man's defeat : being an excellent new song to a pleasant tune called There was a fair maid in the North-country came triping over the plain, &c.
- Published / Created:
- [1720?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Verse begins: "You brave loyal churchmen,"., Date suggested by cataloger., In this edition, the "C" of "Charles" in the title is above the "ne" in "Tune" in the second line; line 5 of the next-to-last stanza ends "haunt". In another edition with very similar typography (ESTC T29439), the "C" is above the space before "Tune; line 5 of the next-to-last stanza ends "cant"., Not in Foxon., Mounted on leaf 65. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 1.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685
- Subject (Topic):
- Trees, Crowns, and History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > King Charles the second's restoration : tune, where have you been my lovely sailor bold
- Published / Created:
- [1755?]
- Call Number:
- 755.00.00.07+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- "A broadside on the British failure to retaliate against French forces in America, with the ghost of Oliver Cromwell addressing the Duke of Cumberland, Lord Anson and Henry Fox (subsequently Lord Holland) and drawing attention to the achievements of Admiral Blake in the previous century; with an etching showing the profile of a bust of Cromwell looking to the right; with letterpress title and text in four columns."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Letterpress title above portrait., Publication date from the British Museum catalogue., The bust portrait of Cromwell in profile with plate mark 14.6 x 14.5 cm., and Watermark in the upper part of sheet, countermark in the lower.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- United States
- Subject (Name):
- Cromwell, Oliver, 1599-1658,, Blake, Robert, 1599-1657., William Augustus, Prince, Duke of Cumberland, 1721-1765., Anson, George Anson, Baron, 1697-1762., and Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774.
- Subject (Topic):
- History
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Oliver Cromwell's ghost [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1801?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 74 OL1 v. 2
- Image Count:
- 1
- Description:
- Date of publication suggested by cataloger. Paul de Philipsthal's magic show, "Phantasmagoria" opened in London in 1801., Woodcut and title centered above text., Text begins: M. De Philipsthal takes the earliest opportunity of informing his patrons ... optical illusions and mechanical pieces of art ... The optical part of the exhibiton will introduce the phantoms or apparitions of the dead or absent, in a way more completely illusive than has ever been offered to the eye of the public theatre, as the objects freely originate in the air and unfold themselves in various forms and sizes ..., Mounted on leaf 15. Copy trimmed., and Bound in three-quarters red morocco leather with marbled boards, with spine title stamped in gold: Old English ballads, woodcuts, vol. 2.
- Publisher:
- s.n.
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain. and Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Magic, Magic shows, Magic tricks, Equipment and supplies, Seances, History, Spiritualism, Magical devices, Magicians, and Theatrical posters
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Phantasmagoria, this and every evening, at the Lyceum, Strand