A design by Bentley showing a scene from Book IV Canto V, in the House of Care where Scudamore is kept awake and miserable by the clanging and pinching of blacksmiths
Alternative Title:
Road in Jersey
Description:
Title from caption written by Horace Walpole on the mount in his portfolio of Bentley's drawings., Date based on other dated drawings of scenes in Jersey by Bentley., and Formerly mounted on the middle of leaf 4 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760].
Hudibras and Ralpho encounter a mob armed with sticks; in the foreground, a one-legged fiddler, a butcher and a dancing bear with his leader. On the left, a woman reaches out her arms
Alternative Title:
Hudibras's first adventure
Description:
Title engraved above image., After Hogarth., From a series of twelve prints issued by Robert Sayer., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson., Numbered '3' in upper left corner; "Part 1 Canto 1 l. 1." in upper right corner above image., Verse in three columns below image: "The Catalogue and Character of th' enemies best men of war Whom in a bold Harangue the Knight Defies and challenges to fight; H' encounters Talgol routs the bear, And takes the fidler prisoner; Conveys him to enchanted castle There shuts him fast in wooden bastile.", Copy of no. 506 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 84., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Bears, Crowds, Butchers, Musicians, People with disabilities, Puritans, Riots, and Trained animals
A riot in the street beside Temple Bar, the western boundary of the City of London, with the mob hanging and burning effigies of the members of the Rump Parliament; an effigy of Hudibras is carried in from the right on a pole by a man who carries in his other hand a sign "Down wth the Rumps"; he is followed by a crowd of men gesturing with sticks, brooms, and other tools. Rumps of beef burn over fires in the street
Description:
Title engraved above image., From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson., Numbered '11' in upper left corner., Eighteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: That beastly rabble, that came down From all the garrets in the town, ... Made up of rags to personate Respective officers of state., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 1, number 514., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), number 92., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
England. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680. and Temple Bar (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Puritans, Crowds, Effigies, Executions in effigy, Fires, Riots, Signs (Notices), and History
"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 etched below image., Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet., Text following title: Book 3rd. Ch: 7th., "Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"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 etched below image., Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet., Text following title: Book 3rd. Ch: 7th., "Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 88 in volume 1. Plate mark 243 x 186 mm.
A collection of 75 drawings and designs for Strawberry Hill which document the growth of Strawberry Hill whilst Bentley was in favor with the owner Horace Walpole and part of the "Strawberry Committee" (ca. 1753-1761) along with John Chute. Drawings include: the first plans for the main library. Besides the designs for Strawberry Hill, there are plans for other buildings, views of Jersey, sketches for Gray's Poems, etc
Alternative Title:
Drawings and designs by Richard Bentley ...
Description:
Title from special title page printed at Strawberry Hill Press, ca. 1760. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of Strawberry Hill press, p. 255., With notes by Horace Walpole and Richard Bentley on mounts and drawings., and For further information, consult library staff.
Subject (Name):
Gray, Thomas, 1716-1771., Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
A design for the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Lucan's Pharsalia showing a small statue on a pedestal surrounded by piles of books (one with a pen and ink well on top) and a heraldric shield with helmet mounted at top and a garland draped on either side and through the design; acanthus leaves on scroll at the base
Alternative Title:
Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberry Hill 1760
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount., Date and attribution based on publication: M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia. [Twickenham] : Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLX [1760]., Below the design a note in the artist's hand: The books to be letter'd. Phalaris! Free thinkers! Boyle, lectures! Horace [illegible] Terence! Milton! Manilius! Ep. Ad. Millium's sermons!, Portion of a watermark on lower left corner., and Formerly mounted at the lower half of leaf 13 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [circa 1760].
Subject (Name):
Lucan, 39-65. and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)
A design for the Strawberry Hill Press edition of Lucan's Pharsalia showing the head of Medusa with swords and spears entertwined, cross-crossed between the snakes that make up her hair. Above her head is a helmet with plumes. On the four corners of the design are the observe and reverse of coins showing Caesar, Anthony, Brutus, and Pompey. In the background is Strawberry Hill. With notes about the design in the artist's hand
Alternative Title:
Fleurons for Dr. Bentley's Lucan printed at Strawberry Hill 1760
Description:
Title from Horace Walpole's ms. note in ink on mount., Date and attribution based on publication: M. Annaei Lucani Pharsalia. [Twickenham] : Strawberry-Hill, MDCCLX [1760]., and Formerly mounted at the top half of leaf 13 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [approximately 1760].
Subject (Name):
Lucan, 39-65. and Strawberry Hill Press (Twickenham, London, England)