A man on horseback struggles to maintain control of his horse as it rears its hind legs, sending a boy scrambling away in the foreground on the right. In the background, another man looks on and grins at the prank he has played with his stick in the horse's tail; he stands in front of a building (an inn?) with a sign hanging above the entrance
Alternative Title:
Boots gets his revenge
Description:
Title from inscription., Attribution to Bunbury from inscription on verso, which notes that the drawing was presented to Lord Harrington., and Two line inscription in ink across lower margin: Hard hearted Grower gives poor Boots his due, Or Boots at posting has a Rig for you - Anon.
Subject (Topic):
Horseback riding, Kicking, Signs (Notices), and Taverns (Inns)
Title written in ink below image., Attribution to Francis Hayman from local card catalog record. This is possibly the original drawing for the frontispiece engraved by Grignion that was issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs., Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found., and Bound in as the frontispiece in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
Title written in ink below image., Date of production based Queen Adelaide's succession date and artist's date of death., This electronic record is derived from historic data and may not reflect our current information. Review and updating of records is ongoing., and The artist was an arsonist, but was found not guilty on grounds of insanity and was a patient in Bethlem Royal Hospital (London, England).
Subject (Name):
Adelaide, Queen, consort of William IV, King of Great Britain 1792-1849,
Page 705. Catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title and statement of responsibility written in ink on a separate sheet mounted below drawing., Artist "E.B." identified as E. Bell in local card catalog record; artist "A.V. is unidentified., Date of production based on the 1842 publication date of the Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, into which this drawing was inserted as an illustration., and Mounted on page 705 in an extra-illustrated copy of A catalogue of the classic contents of Strawberry Hill.
Subject (Name):
Walpole, Horace 1717-1797, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
An old officer in uniform with a wrinkled face and carbuncles looks lustfully at a pretty young woman as they walk together on a path, his hand grasping hers
Description:
Title inscribed below image., Attributed to Rowlandson., and Date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms, British, Lust, Older people, Young adults, and Women
Volume 1, page 49. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Hungerfords Chapel
Description:
Title written in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., An inscription from the depicted painting is reproduced in ink below title., and Mounted on page 49 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.
Title from text inscribed on the depicted monument., Unsigned; artist unidentified. This is possibly the original drawing for an engraved plate issued in later editions of Hervey's Meditations among the tombs., Date of production based on publication date of the book in which the drawing is found., Beneath title is inscribed four lines of verse, followed by a description of the circumstances of Anne Stonhouse's death: She died a few days after [the] birth of her 4th child, Dec. 1st 1747 in [the] 25th year of her age., and Bound in opposite page 86 in James Hervey's copy of the first edition of his Meditations among the tombs.
A tracing of William Hogarth's print: A porter carrying a large number of chamber pockets towards a house on the right, walking ahead of a sedan chair, with guards on the steps and others holding back crowds and several figures climbing over a high brick wall running alongside the road to the house
Alternative Title:
Peter Necessary with choice of chamber pots
Description:
Title traced below image., "Jack in office is undoubtedly Hogarth, though the subejct of it is unknown. I have seen but one copy of it. See Nichols's Book, 3rd edit. p. 438"--Written in pencil above image., "Copy by G. Steevens"--Written in pencil below image., "Price 6d."--As traced from print., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 213., and On page 25 in volume 1.
Subject (Topic):
Chamber pots, Courtyards, Crowds, Sedan chairs, and Soldiers
Volume 1, page 55. Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Description:
Title from note in ink below image., Date supplied by cataloger., and Mounted on page 55 in a volume of ca. 50 drawings that was assembled from works purchased by Horace Walpole at the Vertue sale of 1757. Now bound in red morocco, this volume has Walpole's manuscript title-page: Original drawings of heads, antiquities, monuments, views, &c. by George Vertue and others.