Print portrays a schoolroom with schoolmaster looking somewhat like Rowlandson's 'Dr. Syntax'.
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Title supplied by cataloger., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Temporary local subject terms: Male costume: Child's -- Male costume: Schoolmaster -- Dr. Syntax -- Day school.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Education, Schools, Interiors, Classrooms, School children, and Teachers
Night scene, a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at right with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the left, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far left; a watchman on the right holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
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Title and date from Paulson, Questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., According to Samuel Ireland in his Graphic illustrations of Hogarth (v.1 , p. 9-10) Hogarth executed this design when he was under twenty on the lid of a tobacco box for a Captain Johnson., A copy by Ireland. Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, v. 1, p. 8., Trimmed sheet., Ms. note I in Steevens's hand in pencil above image: Copy., and On page 180 in volume 2.
Night scene, a couple interrupted in flagrante by the night watch, she lying on the ground at right with dishevelled clothing, he held back on the left, with his breeches undone; a censorious old woman on the far left; a watchman on the right holding up a lantern, illuminating the pillory behind
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Title and date from Paulson, Questionable attribution to Hogarth, but Paulson is inclined to accept as an early work by Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 245., According to Samuel Ireland in his Graphic illustrations of Hogarth (v.1 , p. 9-10) Hogarth executed this design when he was under twenty on the lid of a tobacco box for a Captain Johnson., Trimmed sheet., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Original., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of print: Impression from the top of Captain Johnson's tobacco., Ms. note at bottom: Given me by the Right Honble William Windham., and On page 180 in volume 2.
Title and imprint from British Museum catalogue., Four lines of verse below image: Thus our senators cheat the deluded people with a shew, of liberty, which yet they ne'er must taste of ... . Otway., Title-page vignette from: Senators, or a candid examination into the merits of the principal performers of St. Stephens Chapel / Thomas Delamayne. London : Printed for G. Kearsley, 1772., Temporary local subject terms: Interiors: House of Commons speaker's chair -- Executioner's axe -- Acts of Parliament: Royal Marriage Act, 1772 -- Reference to Magna Charta -- Reference to the Bill of Rights -- Literature: quotation from Venice Preserv'd by Thomas Otway (1652-1685)., Contemporary mss. note below plate on the first mounting paper: The Royal Marriage Act obtained the Kings consent April 1, 1772 -- in consequence of the Duke of Cumberland having married Mrs. Horton., and Mounted to 16 x 19 cm, and mounted again to 25 x 32 cm.
The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
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Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner., and On page 5 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 25.5 x 34.8 cm.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
Description:
Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner.
Publisher:
A. de La Mottraye
Subject (Geographic):
Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
Subject (Name):
La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subject (Topic):
Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
Title from text printed on verso of previous plate in the series., Publication information from a closing plate in the series with intact imprint statement: The water doctor, or, hydropathyist., Six lines of printed text on verso of sheet refer to next plate in the series: The sudorific chair. An elegant contrivance, as we must all die an easy chair for the purpose is preferable ... Plate VIII., and Numbered 'Plt. VII' in upper left corner from: The sure water cure.
Title from text printed on verso of previous plate in the series., Publication information from a closing plate in the series with intact imprint statement: The water doctor, or, hydropathyist., Seven lines of printed text on verso of sheet refer to next print in the series: The head bath. Particularly recommended to all troubled with a swimming in the head, or, a disordered pericranium, peculiarly efficacious in assisting the development of phrenological humps ... Plate X., and Numbered 'Plt. IX' in upper left corner from: The sure water cure.
The scene is the interior of a perpendicular Gothic church. The sand in the hourglass has run out, but the preacher continues to lecture, oblivious to the fact that his congregation has fallen asleep. The clerk below the pulpit eyes the bosom of the young woman sleeping in the lower right, fan in one hand and a book open to "... of Matrimony" about to slip from her fingers
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Title and state from Paulson., Third state with motto added, under royal arms: [Dieu] et mon droit. Also the pipe has been removed from the angel's mouth and cracks added in the wall on which the angel is painted. The clerk's hair has been redrawn and lightened again. The triangle has been given a second outline., "Price one shilling.", Sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of price., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: 2nd impression., and On page 81 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Lust, Preaching, Religion, Religious services, and Sleeping