"The parable of the two sons (Matthew, 21:28-32); a bearded man stands at left, commanding his son to attend to an extensive vineyard below a mountain, another boy sleeping with his elbow on a rock at foreground right."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Frontispiece to Horneck's Happy ascetick and Master of the vineyard
Description:
Title from text below image, Above title: St. Matthew Ch. 21. Verse 28., Frontispiece to Anthony Horneck's The Happy Ascetick, or, the Best Exercise ... 6th ed. (London : Printed for Samuel Chapman, 1724)., Alternative title suggested in Paulson: The master of the vineyard., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above image: Original., Ms. note in Steevens's hand below image: Master of the Vineyarde. Frontispiece to Horneck's Happy Ascetic, Ms. note below image: See Nichol's Book, 3d Edit, p. 444/ Sold for £2.2.0., and On page 6 in volume 1.
Publisher:
Samuel Chapman
Subject (Name):
Horneck, Anthony, 1641-1697.
Subject (Topic):
Agricultural equipment, Fathers, Grapes, Parables, and Sons
"Johnson (right) and Boswell (left) embrace; Boswell, his face hidden behind that of Johnson, holds up his hat as if in triumph. Johnson, wearing hat and boots, holds his oak stick; his eyes are closed; a large book protrudes from his coat-pocket. The post-boy (left) stands warming his back at the fire watching the embrace. A bare-legged man (right), scratching his tousled head, holds out a bowl to Boswell."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the First. [London] : [E. Jackson], [1786], Two lines of verse below title: "On Saturday the 14th of August 1773 late in the evening I received a note from him that he was arrived at Boyd's Inn at the head of the Cannongate ..." Vide Journal p. 12., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Post-boy., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-144.
Publisher:
Publish'd May 15th 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14, Mary-le-bone Street Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
A copy of the Hogarth's Frontispiece and its explanation for Samuel Butler's poem Hudibras with the title engraved above the image and the text below in a single sentence below. Plate one is an emblematic scene with an oval portrait of Samuel Butler mounted on a pedestal on which is carved a relief showing a satyr whipping figures of Rebellion, Hypocrisy and Ignorance dressed as puritans, while he drives a chariot drawn by Hudibras and Ralpho; in the foreground, on the left, a satyr holds up a volume of Butler's poem as a guide for the carver (a boy dressed only in an apron), and on the right a young satyr holds up a mirror to a figure of Britannia
Alternative Title:
Hudibras. Frontispiece
Description:
Title from text above image., After Hogarth., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson., Five lines of explanatory text below image: The bass relief on the pedestal represents the general design of Mr. Butler in his incomparable poem Hudibrass ..., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 82., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 1, no. 504., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Sheet annotated in brown ink in a contemporary hand: "Twelve plates" written above image and "35" is written in upper right corner. Two sewing holes along left edge.
Publisher:
Printed and sold by Robt. Sayer, map & printseller at No. 53 in Fleet Street
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680, and Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
"Johnson and Boswell sit at a small circular table in a plainly furnished room. Boswell holds his head, leaning on the table, and pointing with his left hand at an open book inscribed 'Twentieth Sunday after Trinity'; he looks with abject supplication at Johnson, who leans back in his chair, his right hand raised as if speaking oracularly. Boswell's forehead is bandaged, his shoes are unlatched, his breeches unbuttoned at the knee, from his coat-pocket protrudes 'Ogden' (see BMSat 7031). A water-bottle and a bowl are on the floor beside him. Johnson wears his top-boots. Above Boswell's head is a picture of a pig under a vine, suffering from a surfeit."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., One in a series of twenty plates by Rowlandson after S. Collings. See British Museum catalogue, v. 6, page 345., Plate from: Picturesque beauties of Boswell, Part the Second. [London]: [E. Jackson], [1786], Four lines of verse below title: "I awaked at noon with a severe head ach I was much vexed that I should have been guilty of such a riot and afraid of a reproof from Dr. Johnson ..." Vide Journal p. 318., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Drunken frolic -- Head ache -- Water bottle., and In mss. in lower left corner: E-158.
Publisher:
Pubd. 20 June, 1786, by E. Jackson, No. 14 Mary bone [sic] Street, Golden Square
Subject (Name):
Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, Boswell, James, 1740-1795, and Boswell, James, 1740-1795.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 December 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 27. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, land and ships on the sea behind; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from that of a later copy, published 1 November 1792 by W. Dickinson. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.120., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec., Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publishd. 28 Decbr. 1780., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'Sweet William's farewell to black-ey'd Susan'., and Mounted on page 22 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 December 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 22. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 27. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting in a boat, waving as her dog looks longingly towards the right, land and ships on the sea behind; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from that of a later copy, published 1 November 1792 by W. Dickinson. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1906,0419.120., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec., Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publishd. 28 Decbr. 1780., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'Sweet William's farewell to black-ey'd Susan'., Mounted on page 27 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : etching on laid paper, hand-colored ; circular image 31.1 cm, on sheet 31.5 x 31.2 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[28 December 1780]
Call Number:
Folio 49 3563 v.1 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Volume 1, page 25. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A woman sitting beside a spinning wheel in a field, pinning a corsage of flowers at her breast, a dog curled up asleep at her feet, behind at right two figures, one on horseback, travel along a path towards a tower in the distance; circular design after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from lettered state., Artist and printmaker from statements of responsibility added in ink below image: Mr. Bunbury del. ; Js. Bretherton fec., State before letters. For a lettered state bearing title, artist and printmaker names, one line of verse below title, and the publication line "Publish'd 1 March 1781 by I. Bretherton, New Bond Street", see Lewis Walpole Library call no.: Bunbury 781.03.01.02+., Date of publication from imprint statement added in ink in lower left corner: Publishd. 28 Decbr. 1780., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Illustration to John Gay's poem 'The shepherd's week'., and Mounted on page 25 in volume 1 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Title and imprint from Paulson., Designed for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., Sheet trimmed., On page 24 in volume 1., Numbered in ms. by Steevens (?) in upper left: 16., and Title written in ms. note by Steevens above: Degradation.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
"The adventure of Mambrino's helmet; Quixote on horseback, charging at the barber with his lance, the barber already having dismounted from his donkey and making an escape to right, the basin (mistaken for Mambrino's helmet) lying on the ground; Sancho on the back of his donkey, hailing Quixote from the top of a hill beyond; proposed illustration to 'Don Quixote' (unpublished)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Adventure of Mambrino's helmet
Description:
Title from later state., Title from Paulson: The adventure of Mambrino's helmet., State and publisher from Paulson., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: Cc,1.238., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., "Vol. I. p. 155"--Lower left, below image. Should be p. 115., and Trimmed within platemark and with large brown stain lower right. Contemporary ms. note on verso in brown ink, with loss to text: 3 prints from Don Quixot [sic] by Hoga[rth].
A design by Bentley showing six older women on a balcony reaching out or looking in horror over the wall (draped in an embroidered cloth) at a scene below. A man peaks over the cornice; above his head a ribbon banner
Description:
Title from caption written by Horace Walpole on the mount in his portfolio of Bentley's drawings., With a ms. note in Horace Walpole's hand on lower right corner: RB sculps., With Horace Walpole's note in ink on verso: Mr. Bentley's first etching., Date based on publication date of Gray's work: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray., Formerly mounted on the lower half of leaf 3 in an album assembled by Horace Walpole: Drawings and designs by Richd. Bentley ... [Strawberry Hill], [ca. 1760]., and Ms. note in ink in Horace Walpole's hand on verso: Mr. Bentley's first sketch.