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19. Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [11 February 1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.02.11.01 Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- In an inn, a parson snores while his table companion, an old soldier with a wooden leg, recounts animatedly the battle of Dettingen, the map of which hangs on the wall behind them. Next to him, a dog sleeps by the roaring fireplace above which hangs a portrait, a carbine and a sword. The inn maid approaches the table with a roast on a platter
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Attributed to Rowlandson by Grego., The digit "4" in "1784" in imprint statement is etched backwards., and Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pub. Feby. 11, 1784, by W. Humphey [sic], Strand
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Dettingen, Battle of, Karlstein, Unterfranken, Germany, 1743, Clergy, Soldiers, Peg legs, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Eating & drinking, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Long sermons and long sieges are apt to lull the senses [graphic].
20. O the roast beef of old England [graphic]
- Creator:
- Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 6th, 1749.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Plate 33. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 33. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At the Gate of Calais, a fat monk is shown poking a very large side of beef carried by a thin cook; the label indicates that the beef is intended "For Madm Grandsire at Calais." On either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of thin soup as he gazes in amazement at the beef. In the foreground on the left, three market women with crosses hanging from their necks admire a skate in a basket of fish; on the right, two ragged men carry a large pot of soup while another drinks from a bowl, and a Scottish soldier cowers beneath an archway; in the middle distance, to left, Hogarth himself is seen sketching at the moment when a soldier's hand takes him by the shoulder; beyond, through the gate, is a religious procession
- Alternative Title:
- Gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England and Roast beef of old England
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After Hogarth's painting Gate of Calais, now at the Tate Gallery, London., Title from Paulson: The gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to side of print: See Nichols's book, 3d edit. p. 289., Sheet trimmed within plate mark to: 37.7 x 44.5 cm., and Formerly on page 145 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > O the roast beef of old England [graphic]
21. O the roast beef of old England [graphic]
- Creator:
- Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 6th, 1749.
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 33++ Box 310
- Collection Title:
- Plate 33. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 33. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At the Gate of Calais, a fat monk is shown poking a very large side of beef carried by a thin cook; the label indicates that the beef is intended "For Madm Grandsire at Calais." On either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of thin soup as he gazes in amazement at the beef. In the foreground on the left, three market women with crosses hanging from their necks admire a skate in a basket of fish; on the right, two ragged men carry a large pot of soup while another drinks from a bowl, and a Scottish soldier cowers beneath an archway; in the middle distance, to left, Hogarth himself is seen sketching at the moment when a soldier's hand takes him by the shoulder; beyond, through the gate, is a religious procession
- Alternative Title:
- Gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England and Roast beef of old England
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After Hogarth's painting Gate of Calais, now at the Tate Gallery, London., and Title from Paulson: The gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > O the roast beef of old England [graphic]
22. O the roast beef of old England [graphic]
- Creator:
- Mosley, Charles, approximately 1720-approximately 1770, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, March 6th, 1749.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 33. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 33. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- At the Gate of Calais, a fat monk is shown poking a very large side of beef carried by a thin cook; the label indicates that the beef is intended "For Madm Grandsire at Calais." On either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of thin soup as he gazes in amazement at the beef. In the foreground on the left, three market women with crosses hanging from their necks admire a skate in a basket of fish; on the right, two ragged men carry a large pot of soup while another drinks from a bowl, and a Scottish soldier cowers beneath an archway; in the middle distance, to left, Hogarth himself is seen sketching at the moment when a soldier's hand takes him by the shoulder; beyond, through the gate, is a religious procession
- Alternative Title:
- Gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England and Roast beef of old England
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After Hogarth's painting Gate of Calais, now at the Tate Gallery, London., Title from Paulson: The gate of Calais, or, The roast beef of old England., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.2 x 45.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 33 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 and Catholic Church
- Subject (Topic):
- Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > O the roast beef of old England [graphic]
23. O' the roast beef of old England &c. [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1766]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 766.00.00.03+ Box 200
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Engraving of William Hogarth’s 1748 painting ‘O the Roast Beef of Old England’ (London, Tate Britain), which he had himself published as a print. The scene is set at the Gate of Calais (after the painting in the Tate Gallery) with a fat monk prodding a large sirloin of beef carried by a cook, on either side are two French soldiers, one of whom spills his bowl of thin soup as he gazes in amazement at the beef; on the left, three market women with crosses hanging from their necks admire a skate in a basket of fish; on the right, two ragged men carry a large pot of soup while another drinks from a bowl, and a Scottish soldier cowers beneath an archway; in the middle distance, to left, Hogarth himself is seen sketching at the moment when a soldier’s hand takes him by the shoulder; beyond, through the gate, is a religious procession
- Alternative Title:
- Gate of Calais
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Date of publication based on publisher's street address; Sayer's premises in Fleet Street were not numbered until ca. 1766. See British Museum online catalogue., Text of Theodosius Forrest’s cantata 'The Roast Beef of Old England' printed in letterpress beneath image in two columns., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 180., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Robt. Sayer, No. 53 Fleet Street
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign public opinion, French, Artists, Clergy, Eating & drinking, Ethnic stereotypes, and Religious processions
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > O' the roast beef of old England &c. [graphic]
24. The inchanted castle, or, Kings armns [sic] in an uproar [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- publishd as the act directs, [1769?]
- Call Number:
- 769.03.08.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Kings armns in an uproar, King's Arms in an uproar, and Enchanted castle
- Description:
- Title etched above image., Date of publication from British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark, and sheet mutilated on top edge with loss of the final letters "g" and "s" in "Kings" in title. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Following imprint: Price sixpence., Six columns of verse below image: I sing the bloody fight & dire alarms, twixt London Tavern and Kings Arms ..., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Eating & drinking, Fighting, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The inchanted castle, or, Kings armns [sic] in an uproar [graphic].
25. The old mans wish [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [26 July 1792]
- Call Number:
- 792.07.26.02+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- On the right a balding man sits at a well-laid table opposite a parson. The bald man has his arm around the waist of a pretty young woman who stands to his right with her one hand on his head. The parson toastst the couple. A dog sits on the floor near the table on the left. In the background are two pictures that amplify the subject of the print: above the hearth is a picture of a horse, and on the wall to the left (beside a ornate mirror) is a portrait of a bald man in an oval frame
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Four lines of verse in two columns on each side of title: If I live to grow old, for I find I go down. ... And a clearly young girl to rub my bald pate', and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. July 26th, 1792, by S.W. Fores, No. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Couples, Dogs, Dining rooms, Eating & drinking, Fireplaces, Interiors, Paintings, and Tableware
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The old mans wish [graphic].
26. The rector [graphic].
- Published / Created:
- [1 December 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.12.01.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A rotund rector with a caricatured, grinning face sits at his dinner table in his comfortable upholstered arm chair. He gestures to his manservant, who wears an equally pleased look on his face, to place the roasted pig on the table. A dog sits at the rector's feet, looking up expectedly
- Description:
- Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted to 40 x 28 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pubd. Decr. 1, 1791, by W. Holland, No. 50 Oxford St.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Dogs, Eating & drinking, Servants, Swine, Tableware, and Tithes
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The rector [graphic].
27. The wet parsons and dry quaker (scene a village near Bath). [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [12 January 1805]
- Call Number:
- 805.01.12.01
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of clergymen sit around a table in a tavern drinking and smoking and conversing with a Quaker. Some of their hats are hanging on pegs along the wall on either side of a framed picture of a man on a race horse. A fire is blazing in the fireplace to the left
- Description:
- Title from item., Plate numbered '383' in the lower left corner., From the Laurie & Whittle series of Drolls., Four lines of descriptive text below title: Toasts and sentiments were going regularly round from the gentlemen of the cloth, but when it came to Broad-brim's turn he refused! Saying that it was not customary with his profession, to give either toasts or sentiments ..., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Jany. 12, 1803 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Clergy, Great Britain, Eating & drinking, and Pipes (Smoking)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The wet parsons and dry quaker (scene a village near Bath). [graphic]