Plate 64. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Five rows of wigs classified as "Parsonic", "Old Peerian or Aldermanic", "Lexonic", "Composite" and "Queerinthian"; at the bottom of the sheet a row of womens heads with, on the left, that of the newly-crowned Queen Charlotte; the wigs are annotated in the manner of illustrations to contemporary architectural treatises."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Five orders of periwigs
Description:
Title etched above image., Title from Paulson: The five orders of periwigs., State from Paulson. The second 'e' in advertisement added above the line; the 'k' in parsonic burnished out., Caption etched below image: Advertisement. In about seventeen years will be compleated, in six volumns, folio, price fifteen guineas, the exact measurements of the perriwigs of the ancients ..., Portraits after James 'Athenian' Stuart and Nicholas Revett., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 30.2 x 22.3 cm, on sheet 36.6 x 28.9 cm., Mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 64 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, Octr. 15, 1761 by W. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Revett, Nicholas, 1720-1804, and Stuart, James, 1713-1788.
Subject (Topic):
Antiquarians, Clothing & dress, Hairstyles, and Wigs
Plate 71. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A defense of the unpopular ministry of John Stuart, third Earl of Bute, Hogarth takes off from a print published in August 1762 "John Bull's House sett in Flames". He depicts a London street scene in which the half the buildlings are in flames as the political factions either stir the flames or are battling to extinguish them. The fire is the Seven Years' War and the houses, Germany and France; the two men clasping hands are France and Spain who had recently joined in the fight against England
Description:
Title etched below image., Second state as described by Paulson, with 'HERMIONE' and the door and doorway to the house with the burning globe have been darkened with added seriese of diagonal lines. For other changes to the design, see Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mar., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 30.5 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 36.9 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 71 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, Fires, Fire fighting, Firefighting equipment, and Signs (Notices)
publish'd according to act of Parliament Nov. 5th 1759.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 82. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Interior of the Cockpit on the south side of St James's Park with two fighting cocks in the pit and forty male spectators ranging from a sow-gelder, a butcher, a black footman, coachmen and a sweep to the blind Lord Albermarle Bertie (in the centre); on the wall to right, a framed picture of a stout woman, lettered "Nan Rawlings", seated with a cock on her lap."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Pit ticket
Description:
Title from Paulson., Title engraved below image, on either side of an image of a rooster wtih the words 'Royal' and 'Sport' etched on either side: Pit ticket., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.6 x 38.2 cm, on sheet 42 x 57 cm., and Plate 82 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain. and Great Britain
Subject (Name):
Bertie, Albemarle, Sir, ca. 1720-1765 and Saint James's Palace (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Cockfighting, Social life and customs, Blacks, Butchers, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Gambling, Nobility, Sports spectators, and Servants