Satire with three-quarters length portraits of Wilkes (left), Bute (middle), and Hogarth (right) in oval cartouches; below each portrait is an acrostic of the name of the sitter above. Wilkes holds a book marked "North Briton, No. 17" which was published 25 September 1762. In front of the portrait at the base of the oval is a book marked "North Briton No. 45". Wilkes's frame is decorated with a cap, staff, and wreath of "Liberty"; on a ribbon is "Magna Carta". Bute looks out at the viewer, a book inscribed "Cyder and Perry &c. &c" at the base of the oval frame; a scourge and manacles are place on either side of the frame, alluding to the prosecution undertaken by the ministry of Lord Bute. Hogarth is shown in profile sketching Wilkes and looking across the portrait of Bute. The book at the base of the frame is "Line of Beauty". The heads of Folly and Envy decorate the frame; above is Hogarth's dog Trump
Alternative Title:
Champions of liberty
Description:
Title engraved in banner above image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Numbered in ms. on verso: N14290.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures and cartoons, Artists, Dogs, National emblems, Scottish, Newspapers, and Politicians
Title from item., Publication date inferred from The assembly of old maids, etched by Booth after Boitard, and published March 1743., 'Price six pence, colour'd one shilling'--Lower left corner., Eight lines of verse in two columns below image: What odd sort of commical creatures are here? ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Temporary local subject terms: Women: old maids -- Furnishings: curtains., Watermark: Fleur-de-lis., and Window mounted to 26 x 36 cm.
Title from item., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of a print executed by Isaac Cruickshank in 1798, with variant title., Part of a series published by S.W. Fores in 1806 and etched primarily by Charles Williams?, and Temporary local subject terms: Old men -- Furniture: garden bench -- Literature: Chesterfield, Philip Dorner Stanhope, Letters -- Quizzing glasses -- Male dress: spencer.
"Three elderly hags are dressed as young girls, and leeringly imitate a girlish simper. One (perhaps the schoolmistress) sits on a chair under a tree (right) reading to the others, from 'Juvenel [sic] a Novel'. In her left hand is another book, 'An Ode to Beauty'. Beside her sits a dog clipped in the French manner. The others stand facing her, one closing her eyes and clasping her hands, the other, who holds a fan, leers at her companion. These two wear nosegays. All have high-waisted dress with sashes. The reader wears a straw hat tied on with a scarf. Behind her is a tree on whose trunk letters are carved: 'W' and 'I C' (for the artists). In the background (left) is the corner of a house inscribed 'Young Ladies Genteely Boarded & Educated' by A Bull
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date from manuscript date added in contemporary hand in lower right corner., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Later state, with artist's and printmaker's names partially erased from plate, and without imprint. Cf .No. 8749 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 7., and Companion print to: Young Gentlemen in the dress of the year 1798.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Boarding schools, Dogs, Girls, Jewelry, Older people, and Women
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
Bunbury Drawer 780.00.00.30.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from later state in The Lewis Walpole Library., Early state before title. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., A single design on three plates., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., Dedication below image on first plate: To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: L.V.G., and Each sheet mutilated on lower edge with some loss of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Hunting, and Hunting accidents
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
Bunbury Drawer 780.00.00.30.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from later state in The Lewis Walpole Library., Early state before title. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., A single design on three plates., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., Dedication below image on first plate: To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: L.V.G., and Each sheet mutilated on lower edge with some loss of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Hunting, and Hunting accidents
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[approximately 1780?]
Call Number:
Bunbury Drawer 780.00.00.30.1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from later state in The Lewis Walpole Library., Early state before title. Cf. Lewis Walpole Library call no.: 49 3563., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., A single design on three plates., Sheets trimmed within plate mark., Dedication below image on first plate: To His Royal Highness George Prince of Wales., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Watermark: L.V.G., and Each sheet mutilated on lower edge with some loss of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Carriages & coaches, Dogs, Hunting, and Hunting accidents
An image of the interior of a large and crowded American nursery with scenes of held and cared for by young women, two giving children a piggy-back rides or children playing, bathing or lying quietly in bed. Other children are shown teasing, fighting or abusing their caretakers or animals. One child is shown holding a candle to the dress of a nurse whose hand is holding a switch, ready to strike a child who holds a scary mask to frighten a child in a cradle. One child is shown in a cage, others playing with dogs, cats or a goose
Description:
Title from caption written in ms. on mount., Date of publication from unverified data in local card catalog record., Sheet trimmed with probable loss of title and imprint., and Window mounted to 30 x 43 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
United States.
Subject (Topic):
Bathing, Cats, Children, Dogs, Nannies (Children's nurses), Nurseries (Rooms & spaces), and Play (Recreation)