Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim
Description:
Title from caption below image., Four lines of prose below image, two on either side of title: What an honest triumph in ym [sic] uncle Tobys eyes as he march'd to the ramparts ..., Sheet trimmed to plate mark leaving thread margins., Temporary local subject terms: Gate of St. Nicolus -- Soldiers -- British officiers -- Country lane., and A later copy of no. 5213 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
May 23, 1799.
Call Number:
Bunbury 799.05.23.07+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Uncle Toby (right) marches from right to left, a crutch under his left arm, pointing with his right crutch towards the fortifications (left) built on the bowling green, where the 'Gate of St Nicolas' is flanked on each side by a jack-boot. In his left hand he holds the 'London Gazette'. Trim, holding up a pickaxe, marches in front of his master. He has a long pig-tail, and a pad is tied over his left knee. On the ground behind is a grenadier's cap. Behind Uncle Toby is the sentry-box, in it is pasted up the plan of a fortification. The background is a rough paling behind which are trees. Shandy Hall appears behind the Gate of St. Nicolas. Beneath the design is engraved, "What an honest triumph in my Uncle Toby's Eyes as he march'd to the Ramparts with the Gazette in his hand & Trim with a pickaxe ready to execute the Contents; what intense pleasure in his Eyes as he stood over the Corporal! Heaven! Earth! Sea!"--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Siege of Namur by Captain Shandy and Corporal Trim
Description:
Title from text below image., Initial letters of artist's name in signature form a monogram., Reissue, with altered imprint statement, of a print originally published 26 January 1773 by J. Bretherton. Cf. no. 5213 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Text below title: Tris. Shan., One of a series of prints illustrating Laurence Sterne's novel Tristram Shandy., and Watermark.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., "Pl. VI". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" after Rowlandson?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., "Plate I". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" after Rowlandson?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject headings: Well -- Priests --Chinese man.
Title from caption below image., "Pl. XII". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journeys" after Rowlandson?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., Date of publication from unverified data from local card catalog record., "Plate II". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" after Rowlandson?, and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Title from caption below image., "Pl. VII". One of 12 plates to Sterne's "Sentimental Journey" after Rowlandson?, Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Couples --- Horses -- Shelves -- Crockery.
Copy of the 2nd state of the print by Ravenet after Hogarth's design. 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
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and For discussion of the original print see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 233
Entering from the right, Walter Shandy, having had trouble pulling on his pants, arrives too late to prevent the curate from baptizing his newborn son with the hated name of Tristram
Description:
Title from original print on which this reversed copy is based. See Paulson., "Vol. II, page 221"--Upper right corner., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 234., and On page 186 in volume 2.
Publisher:
Published as the Act directs Jany. 14th 1780 by W. Strahan, T. Cadell, J. Dodsley, G. Robinson, & J. Murray, &c. &c.
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.