"Portrait after a drawing by Lawrence; bust-length to front, head turned in three-quarter profile to look right, wearing a short wig curled at the sides."--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Q,2.58.
Description:
Title etched below image., Proof state, with scratch lettering and lacking engraved frame. For later state, see the Catalogue of engraved British portraits preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3, p. 377., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : stipple engraving with roulette on wove paper ; sheet 34.2 x 25.7 cm., Sheet trimmed within plate mark on three sides., Inscribed in ink at bottom of sheet, in Mary Berry's hand: To Mr. Bull from M. & A. Berry., and Pencil annotation in lower left corner, in Richard Bull's hand: Only 60 proofs were taken off.
Portrait of William Huggins; bust, to the left, wearing cap and open shirt with plain jacket; a small bust of Ariosto to the left; in roundel; after Hogarth; engraved for his never published translation of Dante
Description:
Title etched above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 127., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr. Nichols's book 3d edit. p. 372. Given me by the Revd. Dr. Monkhouse., and On page 186 in volume 2.
"Minerva and Italy; on the right, Minerva standing, in profile to left, stretching her right arm towards left; on the left, Italy, in form of a woman, seated on ground, in profile to right, taking Minerva's hand; in the centre, Mercury facing front, flying in the air; St Peter's Basilica and Colosseum in background; after Edward Francis Burney; frontispiece to 'Il Mercurio italico' by Francesco Sastres (London: 1789); open-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from image., Lettered above image with title, "Vide p.18.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 41 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Title engraved at top of image., A writing sheet, with borders decorated with scenes from Hogarth's series Industry and idleness., Interior blank space annotated in contemporary hand with three verses and dated June 1, 1778., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Published by R. Sayer, and J. Bennett, No. 53 Fleet Street
"Diana on the right, seated on a stone under a tree, receiving a ribbon lettered "Francisca Xaviera Nieto y Aguilar" from three women who stand on the left; in an oval within a rectangle; after Stothard; fourth state."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Date and state from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.387., and On page numbered 11 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Sketches by Hogarth, including one of the dancer George Desnoyer, wearing helmet and skirt, dancing; a king and queen at top left, and a shield with child's head and wings to the right; copy after Hogarth
Description:
Title etched below image., Numbered at the top right: Page 162., Illustration to the third volume of the supplement to John Ireland's 'Hogarth Illustrated' (?)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand at bottom of print and continuing below print: See John Ireland's Supplement to Hogarth's Illustrated, &c 1798 page 162; in pencil above child with shield: 3., and On page 230 in volume 3.
A tracing of William Hogarth's print: A porter carrying a large number of chamber pockets towards a house on the right, walking ahead of a sedan chair, with guards on the steps and others holding back crowds and several figures climbing over a high brick wall running alongside the road to the house
Alternative Title:
Peter Necessary with choice of chamber pots
Description:
Title traced below image., "Jack in office is undoubtedly Hogarth, though the subejct of it is unknown. I have seen but one copy of it. See Nichols's Book, 3rd edit. p. 438"--Written in pencil above image., "Copy by G. Steevens"--Written in pencil below image., "Price 6d."--As traced from print., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 213., and On page 25 in volume 1.
Subject (Topic):
Chamber pots, Courtyards, Crowds, Sedan chairs, and Soldiers