In the bottom row four bewigged judges, three of whom are asleep, are seated on the bench in Westminster Hall. In the top row are eight caricatured heads, two representing one of the judges below, the others, two versions of the lame man in Raphael's Sacrifice at Lystra (extreme left) and apostles in Leonardo's Last Supper. The lengthy text explaining the character, caracatura, and outrè etched on a second separate plate below image plate
Description:
Title etched below image., State from Paulson., Print made from two plates; image and text on separate plates., and The judges were identified by Nichols (Biographical anecdotes) as William Noel, Sir John Willes, Henry, Earl Bathurst, and Sir Edward Clive. See British Museum online catalogue.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Noel, William, 1695-1762, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, and Clive, Edward, Sir, 1704-1771
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Caricatures, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians, Sleeping, and Wigs
Plate 65. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In the bottom row four bewigged judges, three of whom are asleep, are seated on the bench in Westminster Hall. In the top row are eight caricatured heads, two representing one of the judges below, the others, two versions of the lame man in Raphael's Sacrifice at Lystra (extreme left) and apostles in Leonardo's Last Supper. The lengthy text explaining the character, caracatura, and outrè etched on a second separate plate below plate with image begins: There are hardly any two things more essentially different than character and caracatura ...
Description:
Title etched below image., Print made from two plates; image and text on separate plates., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Only visible plate mark is between image and text., The judges were identified by Nichols (Biographical anecdotes) as William Noel, Sir John Willes, Henry, Earl Bathurst, and Sir Edward Clive. See British Museum online catalogue., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate marks 18.9 x 20.9 cm and 11.7 x 21.2 cm, on sheet 40 x 27 cm., Mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 65 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Noel, William, 1695-1762, Willes, John, Sir, 1685-1761, Bathurst, Henry Bathurst, Earl, 1714-1794, and Clive, Edward, Sir, 1704-1771
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Caricatures, Judges, Lawyers, Politicians, Sleeping, and Wigs
A full-length image of a stout man in profile, walkinig left, with a long wig and coat decorated with fleur-de-lis, pointing with right hand, holding his hat in the other, saying 'Im against Hanover that's flat'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title, artist, and date from British Museum catalogue., Copy in reverse from a figure in "The recruiting serjeant.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 208 in volume 3., Ms. note in pencil in unidentified hand on mount below print: Ld. Melcomb., and Ms. note in pencil in same hand lower right beneath print: Hogarth.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762