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64. [Tailpiece, or the Bathos] The Bathos, or Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures / [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliamt., March 3d, 1764.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 84. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The figure of Time reclines against a broken column surrounded by symbols of destruction: a collapsing church tower, dead trees, a bankrupcy notice served on Nature, a tombstone, a clock without hands, Phaeton falling from his chariot, a will, a shop-sign for "The World's End", a gallows, a burning impression of Hogarth's print "The Times" and broken objects, including an artist's palette, hour-glass, crown, rifle, bell, bottle, and broom. Two medallions on either side of the caption and their surrounding text concern the Line of Beauty. Three more columns of text between the medallions include quotes in Latin from Tactius and Maximus of Tyre, with an English translation
- Alternative Title:
- Bathos, or, Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures and Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures
- Description:
- Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Title engraved above image: Tail piece. The Bathos., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 31.8 x 33.6 cm, on sheet 42 x 58 cm., and Plate 84 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
- Subject (Topic):
- Aesthetics, Death, Gallows, Hangings (Executions), Signs (Notices), Time, and Tombs & sepulchral monuments
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Tailpiece, or the Bathos] The Bathos, or Manner of sinking, in sublime paintings, inscribed to the dealers in dark pictures / [graphic]
65. [The death of Count de Peltzer, mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [9 March 1788]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 2, page 59. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 133. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Figures grouped around the body of the Count on a bed, his face obscured by the canopy, his lover kneeling over him and holding his hand, a man seen from the back kneeling in prayer before the bed and a small boy carrying a bowl and towel at the end, in the foreground at left a guard stands sentry; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title, artist, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state., State before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, imprint, and dedication etched below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1917,1208.2993., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted on page 133 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored; sheet 45.1 x 55.8 cm
- Publisher:
- James Bretherton
- Subject (Topic):
- Deathbeds, Canopy beds, Wounds & injuries, Prayer, and Guards
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The death of Count de Peltzer, mortally wounded by some Austrian foragers on the eve of his marriage] [graphic].
66. [The stage coach, or, The country inn yard] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1747.
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 58. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "The scene is the courtyard of the "Old Angel In", a stop for coaches on the road to London; in foreground a large woman enters a coach, the man to her left helps her in with a hand on her round backside, a man with a protruding belly stands waiting, behind him a boy holds out a hat for tips; to the left a refreshment seller yells out advertising her goods, two drunken guests lean out from a window above with a pipe and a horn, and two figures embrace in the doorway below, the watchdog lies asleep in his kennel on the right; a crowd of election campaigners at the far end of the inn"--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Country inn yard
- Description:
- Title and state from Paulson., Date from Paulson: 26 June 1747., Lower left corner, below image: "Price one shilling"., 1 print : engraving and etching on laid paper ; plate mark 21.5 x 30.6 cm, on sheet 26 x 36.3 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 58 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Street vendors, and Taverns (Inns)
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The stage coach, or, The country inn yard] [graphic]
67. [Thomas Kirgate, printer at Strawberry-Hill] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Edwards, Edward, 1738-1806, printmaker, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 49 2506A
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A portrait of Thomas Kirgate, half-length, looking to the right
- Description:
- Title written in black ink below plate line, in an unidentified hand., Statements of responsibility written in black ink below title, in an unidentified hand: Painted & etched by E. Edwards, 1784; finished by J. Hall., and Mounted on page 18 in Horace Walpole's Journal of the printing-office at Strawberry Hill near Twickenham in Middlesex.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Kirgate, Thomas, 1734-1810,
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Thomas Kirgate, printer at Strawberry-Hill] [graphic].
68. [Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Vitalba, Giovanni, 1738-1792, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1788]
- Call Number:
- 788.00.00.45+
- Image Count:
- 2
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title devised by cataloger., With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image., Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483., Watermarked paper: LV., and With contemporary ink signatures of "Arnold" (for Samuel Arnold) and "Sandwich" (for the Earl of Sandwich, as Society committee members) to blank lower margin; verso with contemporary ink note "No. 158. Richard Sulivan Esq. Subscriber." For further information, consult library staff.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain
- Subject (Topic):
- Charity, Musical instruments, Families, and Dwellings
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Ticket for a concert organized by the Society of Musicians] [graphic]
69. [Two monks] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1774]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Volume 1, page 9. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 51. Bunbury
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Two monks, one on the left with his hands tucked inside his sleeves at his waist, turned towards the viewer, the other in profile to right, holding a rosary at his side; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
- Description:
- Title supplied by cataloger., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility on lettered state: Mr. Bunbury del. ; J. Bretherton f., State before letters. For a lettered state bearing artist and printmaker names and the publication line "Publish'd 1st April 1774", see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1878,0511.822., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Mounted on page 51 of: Bunbury album., and 1 print : soft-ground etching on laid paper ; plate mark 29.5 x 23.5 cm, on sheet 37.3 x 31.1 cm.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Monks
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Two monks] [graphic].