Title from item. and Mounted; ms. note on mount: "Wilkes, Hogarth, Ch. Churchil." Additional ms. note: "Alludes to the quarrel between Wilkes & Hogarth. Wilkes replied to Hogarth's satirical portrait of Wilkes by the North Briton XVII which is very bitter in tone. There is little doubt that this quarrel shortened Hogarth's life."
Publisher:
Sold by E. Sumpter, in Fleet Street, publish'd according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Hogarth, William, 1697-1764., and Churchill, Charles, 1731-1764.
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher and date from Paulson., See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal, v. 3, no. 2600., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Original., Ms. note above in pencil: See Mr. Nichol's Book, 3rd ed. p. 442. Given me by the Right Honourable William Windham., Ms. note below in pencil: Sold for £7.7.0., and On page 7 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 17.3 x 19.5 mm.
A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
Alternative Title:
Discovery
Description:
Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher and date from Paulson., See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal, v. 3, no. 2600., 'Hogarth' written in ink below title., and Mounted to 24.7 x 36.5 cm.
"A design in three compartments, each with its title. [1] John Bull (left), very corpulent, a frothing tankard in his hand, sits in an arm-chair beside a table loaded with beef, pudding, and 'Home Brew'd'; he is approached by three famished Frenchmen, who lean eagerly towards him, cap in hand. He points to the table, saying: "The blessed effects of a good Constitution." The three say: "I am your Friend John Bull you want a Reform"; "My Honble Friend speaks my Sentiments"; "John Bull you are too Fat." Below: [2] The three Frenchmen, ragged, bare-legged, and fierce-looking, two with bludgeons and one with a dagger, advance menacingly to John Bull, who holds out a frog, saying: "A Pretty Reform indeed you have deprived me of my Leg and given me nothing but Frogs to eat I shall be Starved I am no Frenchman." He has a wooden leg, is less stout than in [1], and his clothes are ragged. The Frenchmen say: "Eat it you Dog & hold your Tongue you are very happy"; "Thats right my friend we will make him Happier still" (his cap is inscribed 'Ca ira'); "He is a little leaner now." Below: [3] John Bull lies prostrate screaming "O - H - O - H"; two frantic Frenchmen holding firebrands trample fiercely on him. One (left) says: "now he is quite happy I will have a Jump"; the other adds, "Oh Delightfull you may thank me you Dog for sparing your Life - thank me I say."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Reform begun and Reform compleat
Description:
Title from text etched above each image., Attributed to Rowlandson by the British Museum catalogue., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Temporary local subject terms: Food: roast beef -- Beverages -- Dishes: tankards -- Jugs -- Weapons: bludgeons -- Wooden legs -- Allusion to French Revolution -- Frenchmen.
Publisher:
Pulished [sic] as the act directs, Jany. 8th, 1793, by Jno. Brown, No. 2 Adelphi
Subject (Geographic):
France
Subject (Topic):
History, Foreign public opinion, British, John Bull (Symbolic character), Ethnic stereotypes, Obesity, Meat, Beer, Pitchers, Daggers & swords, Frogs, and Peg legs
"Ticket; allegorical figures at river; on the right, Thames standing in a conch, holding three medals from Britannia in his right hand; Abundance and a putto guarding the conch; Triton and Siren in water; on the left, two naked children rowing boats; Temple of Neptune in background; after Cipriani; open-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Regatta ball at Ranelagh
Description:
Title from caption below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 42 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
A caricature on the prevalence of bribery during elections, most probably that of 1826. The distraught rejected candidate, shown full-length and facing left is red in the face and pulling at his hair. His election placard lies on the floor and two notes are visible on the mantelpiece above a grill with fireplace tools: 'Tavern expenses 500' and 'Bringing voters from London 800'. Through the window on the right, with flags flying, a cheering crowd carries the successful candidate in a chair above their heads
Description:
Title written in ink in bottom right corner of image, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Statement of responsibility written in ink on verso, in an unidentified hand (possibly Theodore Lane's)., Date supplied by cataloger., A small hole in the lower right., Probably the original drawing for a lithograph published in 1829; Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 829.06.01.01+., and A companion drawing: The chosen candidate.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Political corruption, Elections, Anger, Corruption, Crowds, Political elections, and Signs (Notices)
Ayez souvenance des pauvres prisonniers and Ricordateui di far carita a poueri carcerati
Description:
Title engraved in English, French, and Italian below image., Tempest also possibly the printmaker. See Hindley, C. History of the cries of London, ancient and modern., 'ML' in M. Lauron forms a monogram., Imprint from title page., No. 49 bound in: The cryes of the city of London. London : Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate, 1733., and Numbered on verso in contemporary hand.
Publisher:
Printed & sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
"Ticket; in the centre, four music books placed on a pedestal lettered: "Concert of ancient vocal and instrumental music"; on the right, a Muse seated on four books placed on ground, playing the lyre; on the left, another Muse standing, playing the clarion; more music instruments, such as a cello, flutes, a violin, scattered on ground next to the Muses; in a landscape; in a rectangular frame with laurel leaves; a banner at bottom; after Dance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Concert of ancient vocal and instrumental music
Description:
Title from banner below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.334., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 23 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Ticket; in the centre, four music books placed on a pedestal lettered: "Concert of ancient vocal and instrumental music"; on the right, a Muse seated on four books placed on ground, playing the lyre; on the left, another Muse standing, playing the clarion; more music instruments, such as a cello, flutes, a violin, scattered on ground next to the Muses; in a landscape; in a rectangular frame with laurel leaves; a banner at bottom; after Dance."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Concert of ancient vocal and instrumental music
Description:
Title from banner below image., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.334., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page numbered X in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils]., 1 print : engraving with red ink on wove paper ; sheet 12.4 x 14.6 cm., and Annotated in the lower left corner with number "75".