A man selling watercress, from a basket, in Hanover Square
Alternative Title:
Watercresses
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Phillips, R. Modern London., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Ms. note in ink above image: Hanover Square.
Publisher:
Published April 25, 1804 by Richard Phillips, 71 St. Pauls Church Yard
Subject (Geographic):
Hanover Square (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Baskets, City & town life, Peddlers, and Vegetables
Title written above image in brown ink, in a contemporary hand., Publication information from that of the volume in which the plate was issued., Plate from: Carter, F. A journey from Gibraltar to Malaga ... London : Printed for T. Cadell, 1777., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Probably engraved after the title, formerly owned by Francis Carter and later acquired at auction by Horace Walpole, that was kept in the China Closet at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 191 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
T. Cadell
Subject (Name):
Carter, Francis, -1783 and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
"The adventure of Mambrino's helmet; Quixote on horseback, charging at the barber with his lance, the barber already having dismounted from his donkey and making an escape to right, the basin (mistaken for Mambrino's helmet) lying on the ground; Sancho on the back of his donkey, hailing Quixote from the top of a hill beyond; proposed illustration to 'Don Quixote' (unpublished)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Adventure of Mambrino's helmet
Description:
Title from later state., Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet., State and publisher from Paulson., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Cc,1.238., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115., and Trimmed within platemark and with large brown stain lower right. Contemporary ms. note on verso in brown ink, with loss to text: 3 prints from Don Quixot [sic] by Hoga[rth].
The frontispiece to an enlarged version of Henry Fielding's The tragedy of tragedies ... London : Printed and sold by J. Roberts, 1731. Hogarth chose Act II, scene viii, a burlesque of the meeting of Octavia nd Cleopatra in Drydens' All for love. The Princess Huncamunca and the Amazon Glumdalca, rivals for the love of Thumb. Hogarth show Huncamunca with large breasts and heavy arms, thick neck, and cherubic countenance
Description:
Title and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in Steevens's hand above: Tom thumb / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Hogarth shows Harpagon, the miser, at left, taking time out from the play's climactic scenc to snuff a candle (one is sufficient). Valère (putting on his hat) and Anselm (leaning on the table) are about to discover that they are son and father
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Second state with "Act 5. Scene 5" etched below image., Used as a frontispiece to: Select comedies of Mr. de Molière (London : John Watts, 1732)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and With ms. note in ink in Horace Walpole's hand(?) below image.
Hogarth shows Harpagon, the miser, at left, taking time out from the play's climactic scenc to snuff a candle (one is sufficient). Valère (putting on his hat) and Anselm (leaning on the table) are about to discover that they are son and father
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Third state: Act and scene references have been removed but traces remain., Used as a frontispiece to: Select comedies of Mr. de Molière (London : John Watts, 1732)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: L'Avare 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Third state: Scene number has been removed but traces remain., Sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of last two character's in printmaker's name., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Cocu Imaginaire / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Text upper left corner: Frontispiece Vol. 1., Text below image: Vol. 2. page 128., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above this print and another version listed above: Tristram Shandy; in pencil in Steevens's hand on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375., and On page 186 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 14.7 x 8.7 cm.
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to vol. 1
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Text upper left corner: Frontispiece Vol. 1., Text below image: Vol. 2. page 128., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.