- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1728 and 1729]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 71K Box 320
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- King Henry VIII leads Anne Boleyn towards the throne. A melancholy Cardinal Wolsey leans his head in his hand as he glances sideways toward the couple. In the background Katherine of Aragon sitting in another throne, turns away from the couple to converse with Anne's former lover, Lord Percy. A young page carries the train of Anne's dress as she enters the palace
- Alternative Title:
- Here struts old pious Harry, once the great reformer of the English church and state ...
- Description:
- Title from Paulson: King Henry the Eighth and Anne Bullen., Added title from the first two lines from first of the seven couplets in three columns below image., Printmaker, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., Imperfect impresson; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text and image along right side., and The subject alludes to the perceived threat to the political supremacy of Robert Walpole (here represented by Wolsey) at the accession of George II. The composition echoes the traditional iconography of the popular story of Fair Rosamond and Henry II. See O'Connell, S. The popular print in England, 1999, p. 20.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547., Anne Boleyn, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1507-1536., Walpole, Robert, Earl of Orford, 1676-1745., and Wolsey, Thomas, 1475?-1530.
- Subject (Topic):
- Politics and government, Cardinals, Castles & palaces, Ceremonial rooms, Children, Couples, Kings, Nobility, Queens, Reception rooms, and Thrones
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [King Henry the Eighth and Anne Boleyn] [graphic].
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- Creator:
- Sympson, Joseph, -1736, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [between 1730 and 1735]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A christening scene: A group of full length figures stands around a table covered in a cloth on which sits a bowl of water. Behind it stands a clergyman in bands, wig, gown, holding child; pretty young woman stands to the left, older woman sits in a chair to the right with a man standing over her. A small child in the foreground reaching for the bowl of water, upsets it, spilling the water over the front of the table. On the left, "Sr Foling" primps in front of a mirror
- Description:
- Title from Paulson., Fourteen lines of verse in three columns: " Behold Vilaria lately brought to Bed, Her cheeks now Strangers to their rosy Red, Lanquid her Eyes, yet lovely she appears; And oh! what fondness her Lord's Visage wears! The pamper'd Priest, in whose extended Arms, The female Infant lies with budding Charms, Seeming to ask the Name e'er he baptise, Casts at the handsom Gossops his wanton Eyes, While gay Sr. Fopling, an accomplish'd Ass, Is courting's won dear Image in the Glass: The Midwide busied too, with mighty Care, Adjusts the Cap shews Innocency fair, Behind her stands the Clerk, on whose grave Face Sleek Abigal cannont forbear to gaze, But Master, wihtout thought, poor harmless Child, Has on the Floor the Holy-Water spill'd, Thrown down the Hat; the Lap-Dog gnaws [the] Rose; And at the Fire the Nurse is warming Cloaths. One Guest enquires the Parson's Name; says Friendly, Why, don't you know Sir? 'tis Hyp- Doctor H-y., Paulson indicates that "Price [illeg.] follows imprint, but does not mention 'London". Different states?, Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., See reference in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), p. 310-311., and On page 12 in volume 1. Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Given me by the Revd Dr. Lort.
- Publisher:
- Sold by J. Sympson at the Dove in Russell Court, Drury Lane, Lo[...]on
- Subject (Name):
- Henley, John, 1692-1756
- Subject (Topic):
- Baptisms, Children, Couples, Dandies, Dogs, Nannies (Children's nurses), and Preachers
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Orator Henly christening a child] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1724]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 73K(a) Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
- Alternative Title:
- Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
- Description:
- Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Sam. Briscoe
- Subject (Name):
- Apuleius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [March 1724]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Frontispiece to Charles Gildon's The new metamorphosis (London : Sam. Briscoe, 1724) shows Apuleius on the left and Lucian on the right each with an ass with the modern adaptor in the middle. Below the figures of Apuleius and Lucien are two satyrs; between them is a scene in front of church with couples embracing and kissing; a man and a woman stand on either side of a boy chastising him (?).On the base is etched "Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris", an allusion to the satire on women
- Alternative Title:
- Credo pudicitiam Saturno rege moratam in terris
- Description:
- Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., "Vol. 1. p.1"--Lower left corner, below image., One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The Golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14.1 x 7.7 cm.
- Publisher:
- Sam. Briscoe
- Subject (Name):
- Apuleius.
- Subject (Topic):
- Illustrations, Satyrs (Greek mythology), Authors, Children, and Couples
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The new metamorphosis. Frontispiece] [graphic]