A copy of Hogarth's print for the subscription ticket for "Garrick in the Character of Richard III" with an image of a rolled manuscript, a laurel wreath, palette and mask suspended from a rope or piece of drapery
Alternative Title:
Bearer hereof is intitled to [blank]
Description:
Title assigned by Paulson for original Hogarth print., Printmaker, publisher, and date from later state., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 164., With Hogarth's wax seal and signature., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of page: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 281., and On page 122 in volume 2.
"Bill-head for the benefit of Mr Giardini; on the left, Melpomene seated on a parapet, holding a dagger in her right hand; two putti at her feet: one lying dead, the other standing and scratching his hair; on the right, Thalia standing, accompanied by a putto who holds a torch; after Cipriani; open-letter state."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
For the benefit of Mr. Giardini
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. 1897,1231.275., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 4 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"Thalia; seated on a rock, head in profile to right, holding a lyre in her left hand and a mask in right; on the right, a winged child flying in the air, in profile to left, trying to touch the mask with his right hand; another mask and Pan flute on ground; in an oval on pedestal; after Cipriani; illustration to 'Songs, duets etc. in the Duenna, ... as performed at the Theatre Royal in the Covent Garden' by Richard Brinsley Sheridan (fifteenth edition, London: 1776)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Muse
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Added title from Calabi and de Vesme: Muse., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page numbered 41 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
"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
"Ticket for the funeral of Reynolds; a monument in the centre; on the left, a woman with a veil standing, holding an urn, leaning over the monument; a naked child next to her, looking up towards her; after Burney; open-letter state with additional inscription."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Inscription below image: "The executors & family of Sir Joshua Reynolds return thanks for the tribute of respect paid to departed genius & virtue, by your attendance at the funeral of that illustrious painter & most amiable man, in St. Pauls Cathedral, on Saturday, March 3rd, 1792.", Caption in center of image in Latin., and On page numbered 13 in an album of 116 prints: [Bartolozzi and his pupils].
Subscription ticket for "Sigismonda" with a figure of Time as an old winged man sitting on a broken statue, blowing pipe-smoke at a dark landscape painting on the easel in front of him and which he has pierced with his scythe; at the top of the frame of the painting is a Greek quote, and ending with its identification: "See Spectator Vol. II: Page 83." On the floor to the left is a large jar labeled "Varnish".
Description:
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Lettered within image in this state, the name "Crates" added to the top left of the picture frame. Lower right of image inscribed with quote: "-As statues moulder into Worth. P.W." Below a couplet, "To Nature and your Self appeal, Nor learn of others, what to feel. Anon:"., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of subscription receipt., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand: ibidem., and On page 187 in volume 2.