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.
BEIN Hag12 2 5: Binder's title: English stage, v. 5., BEIN 1974 986: Binder's title: Cato. Addison., BEIN 2014 2091: Front endpaper includes autograph of Ben Priestley on recto and manuscript notes on verso, both partially mutilated. Manuscript notes on back endpapers. Autograph on page 5: Benja. Priestley book. No. 1 of 6 titles bound together., Preface is signed Lew. Theobald., and Signatures: A-C⁴ D².
Publisher:
Printed for Bernard Lintott, between the two Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet
Subject (Name):
Addison, Joseph, 1672-1719. and Cato, Marcus Porcius, 95 B.C.-46 B.C.
Plate 41. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A rural scene with a hustings where ailing men are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Third state with the words 'Milicia Bill' on the coat pocket of the crippled voter in the left foreground., Third in a series Four prints of an election., Dedication engraved below image: To the Honble. Sr. Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath. This plate is most humbly Inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.6 x 55.9 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 41 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Card games, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Political elections, and Riots
Plate 41. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A rural scene with a hustings where ailing men are being brought to vote and the able-bodied are amusing themselves with a drawing of one of the candidates, an execution broadside and a gin bottle; in the middle ground a coach bearing the sign of the Union Flag has collapsed, but its female passenger (Britannia) is unable to gain the attention of her coachmen who are absorbed in a card game; beyond, a bridge across a river is crowded with a riotous procession."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved above image., Third state with the words 'Milicia Bill' on the coat pocket of the crippled voter in the left foreground., Third in a series Four prints of an election., Dedication engraved below image: To the Honble. Sr. Edward Walpole, Knight of the Bath. This plate is most humbly Inscrib'd by his most obedient humble servant Willm. Hogarth., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43.6 x 55.9 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 41 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Card games, Carriages & coaches, Crowds, Political elections, and Riots
Plate 71. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A defense of the unpopular ministry of John Stuart, third Earl of Bute, Hogarth takes off from a print published in August 1762 "John Bull's House sett in Flames". He depicts a London street scene in which the half the buildlings are in flames as the political factions either stir the flames or are battling to extinguish them. The fire is the Seven Years' War and the houses, Germany and France; the two men clasping hands are France and Spain who had recently joined in the fight against England
Description:
Title etched below image., Second state as described by Paulson, with 'HERMIONE' and the door and doorway to the house with the burning globe have been darkened with added seriese of diagonal lines. For other changes to the design, see Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mar., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 24.6 x 30.5 cm, on sheet 28.5 x 36.9 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 71 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547
Subject (Topic):
Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, Fires, Fire fighting, Firefighting equipment, and Signs (Notices)
Title page in red and black., With a half-title., In this edition the last line of the Dunciad is correctly numbered 620., Horizontal chain lines., Signatures: [A]², B-E⁸, F⁴ (F4 blank), ²A-H⁸, I²., and One of ten volumes rebound in mottled calf by Riviere for Sir William Fraser (1826-1898), three of which are added volumes not Horace Walpole's. With Horace Walpole's bookplate 1 and press-mark K.5.22 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763 (marked 9 vols. but only 7 were sold); moved to the Glass Closet. Also with bookplates of Sir William Fraser, Beverly Chew, and James Wyckoff.
Caption title., A playbill., For further information, consult library staff., and Annotation on verso: "A great and overflowing audience from box pit and galleries /2 price at 5 to 9 tragedy over 5 past 10 and all concluded by a /4[?] feast eleven o'clock with Mr Roberts at Piazza Pit Room."
Publisher:
E. Macleish, printer, 2, Bow-Street, London
Subject (Name):
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616., Hoare, Prince, 1755-1834., and Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823.
Caption title., Includes a printed list of paints and oils, as well as other chandlery goods including preserved goods and other supplies of use on board ships., Inscribed "No. 6 Painters Bill. The Marchoness of Ada[?] Capt Ogilvie. 1765." in ink on recto, over the printed list of paints. The verso lists the paints supplied to "Jno. Clarke Esq. For the Brig Marchoness ordered [by] Capt Hugolvie. ... [between] May 22 1765 [and] June 11 1765." The bill was paid in full August 30, 1765, and signed by James Ogilvie and Thomas Hewerdine., and For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
Thomas Hewerdine
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Advertising, Paint, Paint industry and trade, and Painters (Tradespeople)
Title from first lines of text., A settlement certificate signed, and with seals, by the church wardens, overseers of the poor, and witnesses, for a husband, wife, and their two children in the Parish pf Tamworth in the county of Warwick., "(No. 18)"--Upper left, above coat of arms., Certificate completed in manuscript to establish the right of William Bissell and his family to relief in Tamworth; signed and sealed by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor. Imprint trimmed. For further information, consult library staff., and Annotated in blank ink on verso: No. 153, Wm. Bissells certificate from Tamworth.
BEIN 787 Un3 +1787d: Manuscript note on page 1: Form of government., "This is the official edition, printed in large type, single columns, by the Convention, for submission to Congress, with the resolutions, and letter, added"--Evans., Title from opening lines of text., and Imprint from colophon. Dated on page 5: Done in convention ... the seventeenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and eighty-seven ...