publish'd according to act of Parliamt., March 3d, 1764.
Call Number:
Hogarth 764.03.03.02+ Box 200
Collection Title:
Plate 84. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The figure of Time reclines against a broken column surrounded by symbols of destruction: a collapsing church tower, dead trees, a bankrupcy notice served on Nature, a tombstone, a clock without hands, Phaeton falling from his chariot, a will, a shop-sign for "The World's End", a gallows, a burning impression of Hogarth's print "The Times" and broken objects, including an artist's palette, hour-glass, crown, rifle, bell, bottle, and broom. Two medallions on either side of the caption and their surrounding text concern the Line of Beauty. Three more columns of text between the medallions include quotes in Latin from Tactius and Maximus of Tyre, with an English translation
Alternative Title:
Bathos, or, Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures and Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Title engraved above image: Tail piece. The Bathos., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 319 x 335 mm, on sheet 394 x 558 mm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Subject (Topic):
Aesthetics, Death, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Signs (Notices), Time, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
A companion to Plate I, the firefighters have become gardeners and the water flows onto the trees in pots that surround the statue of Henry VIII, royal steams of benevolence. Lord Bute is the head gardener
Alternative Title:
Pl. 2
Description:
Title etched below image., Date, publisher, and state as described by Paulson., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Plate II. Ms. note beneath image: Times, Plate 2; proof taken during the life-time of Hogarth., Ms. note in ink on square of paper mounted below in Steevens's hand: This second part of The times (for and impression of which the late Lord Exeter paid Mrs. Hogarth ten guineas, the money to be returned if she published the plate) is every way inferior to the first. Since the death of Mrs. Hogarth, it is become the property of the Boydells., and On page 193 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, and Gardens