"A scene from the Judgement of Midas; on the left, Apollo standing, holding a lyre in his right hand; on the left, Marsyas seated, playing Pan's flute; next to him, King Midas seated; behind them, three Nymphs; in an oval frame with palm leaves; a banner at top and another at bottom; after Cipriani; illustration to the second or fourth volume of 'History of Music' by Charles Burney (London: 1776)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
For the benefit of Mr. Giardini, a concert of mvsick
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. C,3.1., Added title from later impression with cartouche added. Cf. Lewis Walpole Copy: no. 16 in Folio 75 B28 799, and on page numbered 5 in Folio 75 B28 804., and On leaf numbered 17 in a bound volume of 33 prints: Eighteenth century tickets / by Bartolozzi and others.
"A scene from the Judgement of Midas; on the left, Apollo standing, holding a lyre in his right hand; on the left, Marsyas seated, playing Pan's flute; next to him, King Midas seated; behind them, three Nymphs; in an oval frame with palm leaves; a banner at top and another at bottom; after Cipriani; illustration to the second or fourth volume of 'History of Music' by Charles Burney (London: 1776)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
For the benefit of Mr. Giardini, a concert of mvsick
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger., Date from British Museum online catalogue, Cf. museum registration no. C,3.1., Added title from later impression with cartouche added. Cf. Lewis Walpole Copy: no. 16 in Folio 75 B28 799, and on page numbered 5 in Folio 75 B28 804., On leaf numbered 18 in a bound volume of 33 prints: Eighteenth century tickets / by Bartolozzi and others., 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; sheet 10.7 x 11.7 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Two caricatured scholars dressed in robes and tasselled mortar board caps engage in a lively quarrel. One ominously raises a closed fist while another sneers and clasps his hands before him
Description:
Title, date, and artist attribution suggested by cataloger. and For further information, consult library staff.
Bretherton, James, approximately 1730-1806, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 3 January 1778]
Call Number:
Folio 75 B87 770 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Page 135. Bunbury album.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on Cambridge. The interior of a large room showing two sash windows, through one of which (left) is seen part of the south side of the Senate House, through the other, the tower of St. Mary's Church, both drawn with topographical accuracy. Between the two windows is a niche in which is a statue of Athene holding her shield; in her outstretched left hand is held out a laurel wreath towards some men beneath her who have entered from a door on the right. Her owl sits beside her on the stump of a tree. ... Immediately below Athene, and concealing the lower part of her draperies a man stands on a high rostrum covered with a cloth. He wears a furred academic gown and bands, and holds out a rolled document in his right hand. Immediately below the rostrum a man, not in academic dress, is seated at a table writing. He is in profile to the right looking towards four men who have entered from the right through an open door, apparently 'professors of Arts and Sciences', whose names he is recording. The foremost of these is a dancing-master who stands holding a bow in his right hand, a kit or small fiddle in his left. Next is a rough-looking elderly man wearing a round hat and long coat. The other two are middle-aged, one holding his hat and a cane and accompanied by a dog. On the left, and behind the chair of the man writing, are two other 'professors'; a fencing-master, wearing a fencing-jacket, stands in back view, turning his head in profile to the right, his left arm raised, holding his foil horizontally. Behind him stands a thin man wearing a hat, one hand in his waistcoat pocket, the other thrust in his waistcoat."--British Museum catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Artist, printmaker, and date of publication from statements of responsibility on later state: T.O. invt. & delt. ; Js. Bretherton f. 3d Jany. 1778., Proof before letters. For a later state with lettering, see no. 5510 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 5., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 135 of: Bunbury album.
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as frontispiece., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 47., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 66., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 69., Ms. note in ink on mount above print, in Steevens's hand: In the title-page., and On page 24 in volume 1.
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Beheading] / W. Hogarth invt. ; A.M Ireland sculpt., State with altered statements of responsibility and plate numbers added., The top plate with the image of a Roman general numbered "Plate 1.", Lower plate with the image of a beheading number "Plate 2.", Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. V; p. 50., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 69., and Reissue with of plates from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 77.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton?
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Generals, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Beheading] / W. Hogarth delt. ; A.M.I. fecit., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. V; p. 50., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 47., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 66., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 69.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Generals, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
The profile of an actor in the role of a Spanish nobleman bears a strong resemblance to that of David Garrick, in costume on stage looking left, arm raised in a dramatic gesture. Garrick's rule over the English stage was absolute for over thirty years. He went to London with Dr. Johnson in 1737, and by 1741 had progressed to his famous portrayal of Richard III, which made his reputation. Garrick was accomplished in seventeen Shakespearian roles and was also a gifted playwright and producer
Alternative Title:
Shadow box framed depiction David Garrick on stage
Description:
One of a pair of shadowboxes. The other box was titled in the 2005 Christie's appraisal: A shadowbox framed depiction of two actors in performance. and Provenance from a label affixed to the top of one of a pair of boxes, in Mrs. Lewis hand.
The dancer wearing a Roman toga is perhaps David Garrick, with Mrs. Siddons accompanying him on the lute. In his imaginary journey through time, Three tours through London in the years 1748, 1776, 1797 (New Haven, 1941), Wilmarth S. Lewis 'goes' to the London theatre of 1776 where "Garrick still requires that those playing a scene with him shall turn their backs to the audience when addresssing him so that there will be no question whatever of its attention being diverted from him. Failure to observe this rule ... caused young Mrs. Siddons to fall into disfavour and contributed to her dismissal from the company."
Alternative Title:
Shadow box framed depiction two actors in performance
Description:
One of a pair of shadowboxes. The other box is titled: A shadowbox framed depiction David Garrick on stage. and Provenance from a label affixed to the top of one of a pair of boxes, in Mrs. Lewis hand.
Subject (Name):
Garrick, David, 1717-1779. and Siddons, Sarah, 1755-1831.