The third print in the series "Four Times of the Day" is set at Sadler's Wells. "A dyer and his wife walking with their dog beside the New River; the wife holds a fan with a design of Aphrodite and Adonis, the husband carries a small child, a somewhat older boy stands behind them in tears because his sister is demanding the gingerbread figure he holds; behind them is a young woman holding a shoe and a cow being milked by another woman; to the right is a tavern with the sign of Sir Hugh Middleton's Head, two women and a man are in the tavern garden, other figures are visible through the window, and a grape vine is climbing up towards the roof."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, imprint, and series from Paulson and finished states. Third print in a series: Four times a day and Strolling actresses dressing in a barn., "Price 5 shillings"--Following printmaker's name., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr Nichols's book, 3d edit p. 250. This 3rd Plate of the set, was engraved by Baron, the figure of the girl excepted, which being an afterthought, was added by Hogarth's coarser burin., and On page 93 in volume 1. Sheet 498 x 373 mm.
A scene in London, possibly near St. Martin's-in-the-Fields, shows a musician at an open window holding his ears against the noise of the street; a pregnant ballad-seller chants while her baby cries and a parrot above her head on the lamp post squawks; a milkmaid and other street-traders cry their wares; one small boy plays a drum while another urinates under the startled gaze of a small girl who holds a rattle and stands by a house made of toy blocks; an itinerant oboist plays; a dustman carries his basket and a bell; a knife-grinder sharpens a cleaver, a dog barking at his feet; on the roof at the right two cats fight (both shown with arched backs) just beyond the chimney from which a chimney sweep emerges
Description:
Title based on published original., Date based on Dent's years of activity., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 152, Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Specimen of Trusler's book., and On page 103 in volume 2.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Blocks (Toys), Cats, Children, City & town life, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Musical instruments, Musicians, Noises, Occupations, Parrots, Street vendors, and Urination
Cave, François Morellon La, active approximately 1700-1766, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1739]
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Children in front of a foundling hospital engaged in various industrious activities; on the right a weeping woman kneels, holding a handkerchief to her eyes, her child having fallen into the river behind her. A man turns to look at her; he holds a folio with the words "The Royal Charter" etched at the top. In the distance, a view of the coast and ships at sea
Alternative Title:
To all to whom these presents shall come
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Added title from caption below image., Signed: By order of the said governors & guardians., Sheet trimmed on right and left edges., Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil above print: Power of Attorney. See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 253., and On page 101 in volume 2.
"The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr. Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, imprint, artist, printmaker and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed with plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Aqua fortis proof. See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 299., and On page 149 in volume 2.