publish'd according to act of Parliament, Sep. 30, 1747.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 747
Collection Title:
Leaf 45. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"The place of execution with, in the middle ground, Idle seated in a cart with his coffin and John Wesley exhorting him to repent, the Newgate chaplain in a carriage, the triple gallows, and a wooden gallery crowded with onlookers; in the foreground an unruly mob including a ragged woman selling a copy of "The last dying Speech & confession of Tho. Idle" and Tiddy Doll, the gingerbread seller."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Idle apprentice executed at Tyburn
Description:
Title engraved above image., Series title 'Industry and idleness', state, and publisher from Paulson., "Plate 11"--Below frame, centered., Caption in decoration in lower edge of frame: Proverbs Chap 1. Verss: 27, 28. When fear cometh as desolation and their destruction cometh as a Whirlwind: when distress cometh upon them, then they shall call upon God, but he will not answer., Sheet trimmed to plate mark; right corner worn with loss of last two characters in the date., and Sewn into contemporary blue paper wrappers with the eleven other plates in the series, all on wove paper; inscribed "H. Man. 1798" on front wrapper. With a further brown paper dust wrapper and brown paper envelope, inscribed "Hogarth Industrious and Idle Apprentice. H.S. Man 1796, a gift from his father". For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Wesley, John, 1703-1791
Subject (Topic):
Criminals, Crowds, Executions, Executioners, Judges, Parables, Skeletons, Spectators, and Street vendors
"Horsley, stout and prelatical, in apron, gaiters, and buckled shoes, walks in profile to the right, holding cane and tricorne hat in gloved hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Late Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
Description:
Title etched below image., "A reissue, with altered title, of a plate published in 1802, 'A trip from Rochester to St. Asaph', the final figure of the date being altered and '4 Spring Gardens' inserted with a caret"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 20.1 cm, on sheet 32.2 x 25.1 cm., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm., and Mounted opposite page 560 (leaf numbered '154' in pencil) in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Moore, T. Memoirs of the life of the Right Honourable Richard Brinsley Sheridan.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Wales
Subject (Name):
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806 and Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806.
"Horsley, stout and prelatical, in apron, gaiters, and buckled shoes, walks in profile to the right, holding cane and tricorne hat in gloved hands."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Late Right Reverend Dr. Samuel Horsley, Lord Bishop of St. Asaph
Description:
Title etched below image., "A reissue, with altered title, of a plate published in 1802, 'A trip from Rochester to St. Asaph', the final figure of the date being altered and '4 Spring Gardens' inserted with a caret"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue., and Leaf 38 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton.
Publisher:
Robert Dighton
Subject (Geographic):
Wales
Subject (Name):
Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806 and Horsley, Samuel, 1733-1806.
Opposite page 212. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Satire on lecherous elderly men: a serving maid recoils as an elderly macaroni, sitting at a table with a glass, puts his arm round her waist and offers her a purse."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Four lines of verse in two columns beneath title: Macaroni endeavours the maid to seduce, With gold and such prate as with fops is in use. In vain is his courtship; the maiden stil coy, Rejects the vile letcher, and all his false joy., Folded to 32 x 25.8 cm., and Bound in opposite page 212 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Printed for John Bowles, at No. 13 in Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Sandwich, John Montagu, Earl of, 1718-1792
Subject (Topic):
Dandies, British, Older people, Courtship, Lust, Drinking vessels, and Purses
"An obese officer stands in profile to the left, his hands clasped behind him, holding a cane by a loop. He wears a cocked hat, one peak over his face, the other on his shoulders, a sword-belt clasped over his sash, and tasselled boots. Identified as Major [Charles] Ashurst."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Leaf 77 in an album with the spine title: Characatures by Dighton., and Figure identified as "Major Ashurst" in pencil in lower left corner of sheet.
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A politician brandishes placards in front of the Duke of Wellington, the Devil, a bishop, and chancellors
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Text below title: The enemies of radicalism advancing with rapid strides, they rallied all their power, turn'd out the Whigs ..., and No. 63.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
"Orléans (Égalité), looking to the right, stands on the scaffold dressed as a grenadier of the National Guard. He holds out by the hair the decollated head of Louis XVI, while he waves his cap in his right hand. Behind (left) is the guillotine, with the King's body; streams of blood pour from head and trunk. Below the scaffold (right) are heads and bayonets of the National Guard, and, behind, two large buildings, the windows and roofs filled with spectators; those on the roof wave their hats."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image. and Text below title: Behold the progress of our system.
Publisher:
Pub. Feb. 12, 1793, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
France and France.
Subject (Name):
Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793, Louis XVI, King of France, 1754-1793., and Orléans, Louis Philippe Joseph, duc d', 1747-1793.
Subject (Topic):
History, Guillotines (Punishment), and Decapitations
Grant, C. J. (Charles Jameson), active 1830-1852, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1833]
Call Number:
Folio 75 G750 833 Copy 2 (Oversize) Box 3
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A steam coach belonging to the Whig Radicals racing and winning with the Tories' coach and four, driven by the Duke of Wellington
Alternative Title:
Steam speed against a mile an hour!
Description:
Title from item., Attributed to Charles Jameson Grant in the British Museum online catalogue., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue., Wood engraving with letterpress text., Laid on sheet: 56 x 38 cm. With the lithograph The triumph of mechanics in 1832., and No. 129.
Publisher:
Printed and published by G. Drake, 12, Houghton Street, Clare Market
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852
Subject (Topic):
Politicians, Steam automobiles, Carriages & coaches, and Racing
"Prince Leopold (right), in uniform, puts his head through a glassless aperture in a window in the door of his 'Grecian Establish[ment]--Co[burg]', to look intently at a fat Turk who stands in profile to the right, elaborately dressed and holding a long pipe with smoking bowl. The door, partly cut off by the right margin, is flanked by a Corinthian pillar and set in a wall on which are placards: 'This . Shop!!! will shortly open under entire new Management--Vivant [sic] Rex'; a Union Jack poster (partly covered); the Russian eagle, and a fleur-de-lis, the two last inscribed 'Loan'. The Turk: 'What have you taken the Shop? well if you take my advice you will not give Your Customers too much Credit for I can tell you they are a queer set to deal with by the bye they nearly ruined me--and mind that you look sharp after your Shopmen'."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Window mounted to 50 x 36 cm.
Publisher:
Pub. April 10, 1830, by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Name):
Léopold I, King of the Belgians, 1790-1865
Subject (Topic):
Turks, Ethnic stereotypes, Doors & doorways, National emblems, and Signs (Notices)