A copy (cropped) of Hogarth's fifth plate: Hudibras is sprawled on the ground with Trulla, a large country-woman, astride him fending off angry villagers, including a cobbler and a butcher who are wielding clubs; to the left, Ralpho is flanked by a man with a rope (mostly cropped from this image) and another who holds a sword
Alternative Title:
Hudibras vanquished and protected by Trulla and Hudibras vanquished by Trulla
Description:
Title engraved below image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras vanquished by Trulla., From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series., Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. 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., Numbered "5" in upper left corner., Fifteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: Mean while the other campions Yerst In hurry of the fight disperst ... This stopt their fury, and the Basting Which towards Hudibras was hasting., Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, volume 1, nnumber 508, Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 86., and From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Publisher:
Robert Sayer
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and England.
Subject (Name):
Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic):
History, Puritans, Butchers, Crowds, Fighting, Peasants, Shoemakers, and Women
Leaf 11. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops towards a toll-gate (left) which a man runs to open. Beside the gate is a turnstile for foot-passengers."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: And still as fast as he drew near, 'twas wonderful to view, how, in a trice, the turnpike-men their gates wide open threw., Second plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "2" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 11 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Toll roads, Gates, and Gatehouses
Leaf 12. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops (right to left) past the 'Bell' at Edmonton. His wife and family watch from the balcony; an inn-servant from the door. Dogs bark and spectators are amused."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
'Stop, stop, John Gilpin! here's the house!' they all at once did cry ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: 'Stop, stop, John Gilpin! here's the house!' they all at once did cry; the dinner waits, and we are tir'd! said Gilpin 'So am I!'., Third plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "3" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 12 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Taverns (Inns), Servants, Family members, Balconies, Spectators, and Dogs
Leaf 13. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin outside the callender's house in Ware. The callender stands by the horse holding a hat, while Gilpin puts on the over-large wig. He wears a dressing-gown. On the steps of his house, inside a wall and railing, is a figure of Britannia. Two donkeys (left) complete the design."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: Whence straight he came with hat and wig, a wig that droop'd behind, a hat not much the worse for wear; each comely in it's [sic] kind., Fourth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "4" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 13 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Britannia (Symbolic character), Wigs, Dwellings, and Donkeys
Leaf 14. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Gilpin (left) holds out a coin to the driver (right) of her chaise who stands bowing deferentially beside his horse. Her sister and two children stand behind her. In the background is the inn and the chaise."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
And thus unto the youth she said that drove them to the Bell ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: And thus unto the youth she said that drove them to the Bell, 'This shall be yours, when you bring back 'my husband safe and well., Fifth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "5" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 14 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Name):
Cowper, William, 1731-1800.
Subject (Topic):
Carriages & coaches, Coach drivers, Bowing, Coins, Taverns (Inns), and Family members
Leaf 15. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Gilpin gallops (right to left), the Youth on a horse with blinkers has passed him and is about to seize his rein. Behind gallop five other pursuers. In the background are two detached houses."--British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
The youth did ride, and soon they met; he tried to stop John's horse ...
Description:
Title etched above image., Four lines of verse below image: The youth did ride, and soon they met; he tried to stop John's horse by seizing fast the flowing rein, but only made things worse., Sixth plate in a series of six, each with a plate number in the upper right and verses at bottom. All plates have the same publication line and date; plate 1 has the longer title "Six prints, from the renowned History of John Gilpin" as well as "Book 110" etched in upper left corner. See British Museum catalgoue., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Bound in as leaf 15 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Fowler, J. Poems, explaining the seven cartons painted by Raphael Urbin. [London?], [1707?].
Publisher:
Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
View from the Thames of Lacy House, formerly in the County of Middlesex, with boats on the river in the foreground. Built in 1750 for James Lacy, co-owner of the Drury Lane Theatre, the mansion was later home to the playwright Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Description:
Title etched below image., Plate from: Angus, W. The seats of the nobility and gentry in Great Britain and Wales... [London] : Published by W. Angus, Gwynne's Buildings, Islington, Feby 1, 1787[-97]., "Pl. XXXVI"--Upper right corner., Window mounted to 51 x 36 cm; mounted below is the page of descriptive letterpress text that accompanied the print in the volume., and Mounted opposite page 518 (leaf numbered '117' 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:
Published as the act directs Novr. 1st, 1793, by W. Angus, No. 4 Gwynne's Buildings, Islington
Subject (Name):
Lacy, James, 1696-1774 and Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816
"A woman sitting over the cradle of her child, at right a servant woman seen from the back pours from a jug into a saucer resting on a ledge below a portrait of the Lady, standing three-quarter length with folded arms; oval design after Bunbury, illustration to the ballad of the same title."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Plate from: Angelica's ladies library; or, Parents and guardians present. London : Printed for J. Hamilton and Co.; and Mrs. Harlow, 1794., Two lines of text below title: Balow my boy, lie still and sleep, it grieves me sore, to see thee weep., Illustration to the ballad 'Lady Ann Bothwell's lament'., and Mounted on page 105 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 20th, 1794, by W. Dickinson, No. 24 Old Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Bothwell, Ann, Lady,
Subject (Topic):
Cribs (Children's beds), Infants, Grief, Women domestics, and Pitchers
"Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, head and shoulders to right, looking to front, wearing long wig, dark coat, waistcoat, neckerchief and frill, in an oval, surrounded by emblems."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Mr. Murray and Satirical illustration of "Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second"
Description:
Title from text above and below image., Plate from: Walpole, H. Memoires of the last ten years of the reign of George the Second. London: J. Murray, 1822., 1 print : engraving on wove paper ; sheet 15.1 x 17.9 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of text above image., Window mounted (with one other print) to 39 x 28 cm., and Bound in as page 191 in volume 7 of M.C.D. Borden's extensively extra-illustrated copy of: Horace Walpole and his world. London : Seeley, Jackson, and Halliday, 1884.
Publisher:
J. Murray
Subject (Name):
Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793, and Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797.