The subscription ticket for "Marriage A-la-Mode". A group of heads drawn in a naturalistic style seen in profile; below, five compartments with heads after Raphael's Vatican tapestry cartoons (i.e."characters") and caricatures after Ghezzi, Raphael Urbin, Annibale Carracci, and Leonardo da Vinci
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3 characters. 4 caricaturas and Three characters. Four caricaturas
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Title from Paulson: Characters and caricaturas., Title etched below image: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas : for a farthar explanation of the difference betwixt character & caricatura see [the] preface to Joh. Andrews., Date and state from Paulson., The receipt is engraved below the caption: Rec'd [blankl] of [blank] Half a guinea being the first payment for six prints called Marriage a la mode which I promise to deliver when finish'd on receiving half a guinea more. N.B. The price will be one guinea and an half after the time of subscribing., and Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Subscription ticket for "Four Prints of an Election" with the royal crown as a sun casting its rays on coronets, mitres and other symbols of power, as well as on a copy of "Hogarth's" Act of 1735; this state the receipt has been masked and a second receipt printed below. Hogarth has filled in his own hand the four plates to be printed
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Title and state from Paulson., Sheet trimmed., First lines of text: In humble & grateful Acknowledgment, of the Grace & Goodness of the Legislature, Manifested ... and the most in Esteem of may in Europe., Ms. note in Hogarth's hand where the receipt is blanked out: 1st The election entertainment 2nd Canvassing for votes. 3d Polling at the hustings. 4th Chairing the members., and Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Subscription ticket for "Four Prints of an Election" with the royal crown as a sun casting its rays on coronets, mitres and other symbols of power, as well as on a copy of "Hogarth's" Act of 1735; a third receipt is added
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Title and state from Paulson., First lines of text: "In humble & grateful Acknowledgment, of the Grace & Goodness of the Legislature, Manifested ... and the most in Esteem of may in Europe.", and Annotated with the name of the subscriber -- "Robt. Thompson Esqr." -- and the date ("25 Feby. 1755"). Also signed "Wm. Hogarth" in lower right corner in brown ink, followed by his seal in red wax, decorated with painter's palate.
Subscription ticket for "Four Prints of an Election" with the royal crown as a sun casting its rays on coronets, mitres and other symbols of power, as well as on a copy of "Hogarth's" Act of 1735; this state has the receipt on a separate plate
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Title and state from Paulson., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of subscription information on lower plate, leaving traces of handwritten text., First lines of text: In humble & grateful Acknowledgment, of the Grace & Goodness of the Legislature, Manifested ... and the most in Esteem of may in Europe., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of page: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 284., Subscription made out in Hogarth's hand: 31 May 1754. Mr. Jno King. Signed: Wm Hogarth., and On page 168 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed irregularly to: 24.7 x 20.4 cm.
Subscription ticket for "Four Prints of an Election" with the royal crown as a sun casting its rays on coronets, mitres and other symbols of power, as well as on a copy of "Hogarth's" Act of 1735; this state has the receipt on a separate plate
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Title and state from Paulson., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of subscription information on lower plate, leaving traces of handwritten text., First lines of text: In humble & grateful Acknowledgment, of the Grace & Goodness of the Legislature, Manifested ... and the most in Esteem of may in Europe., and Imperfect; cropped below verses, loose of cursive text (receipt and note); sheet 201 x 193 mm.
Subscription ticket for "Four Prints of an Election" with the royal crown as a sun casting its rays on coronets, mitres and other symbols of power, as well as on a copy of "Hogarth's" Act of 1735; a third receipt is added
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Title and state from Paulson., First lines of text: "In humble & grateful Acknowledgment, of the Grace & Goodness of the Legislature, Manifested ... and the most in Esteem of may in Europe.", Blank subscription ticket., and 1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 225 x 190 mm, on sheet 282 x 226 mm.
Subscription ticket for "Four Prints of an Election" with the royal crown as a sun casting its rays on coronets, mitres and other symbols of power, as well as on a copy of "Hogarth's" Act of 1735; this state has the receipt on a separate plate
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Title and state from Paulson., Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of subscription information on lower plate, leaving traces of handwritten text., First lines of text: In humble & grateful Acknowledgment, of the Grace & Goodness of the Legislature, Manifested ... and the most in Esteem of may in Europe., and With William Hogarth's signature and blanks filled in with Horace Walpole's name and the date of receipt. Also with Hogarth's seal in red wax.
An invitation to the funeral of Dr. John Ward, Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, Fellow of the Royal and Antiquarian Societies, and trustee of the Britisih Museum
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Sir, you are desired to attend the funeral of Dr. John Ward
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Title devised by cataloger., Added title from letterpress text set in the image., Possibly Charles Antoine Coypel (printmaker; painter/draughtsman; French; 1694-1752)? J. Loveday amateur printmaker?, First line of text: Sir, you are desired to attend the funeral of Dr. John Ward, from his apartments in Gresham College to the burying-ground at Bunhill ... the 24th of October, 1758 ..., and Lewis Walpole Library impression: With extensive contemporary annotations including a transcription of the Latin text on Ward's monument on the verso. Newspaper clipping of his obituary from October 18 mounted above the image and numbered "323". The sheet has been trimmed with a loss of the name of the addressee and other text[?] on verso and recto. With ms. note laid in, possibly a transcription for a caption with biographical details of John Ward and signed: "[...]bster pinxit ; Jacobus Macardell scalpsit."
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Ward, John, 1678-1758
Subject (Topic):
Death and burial, Memorial rites & ceremonies, Death, Monuments & memorials, and Memorials
"Ticket to the Pantheon; a family concert outside a thatched cottage with a boy blowing a trumpet accompanying his sister who sings from a sheet, while the parents look on; in frame wrapped in garlands, ... cartouche at top."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title devised by cataloger., With embossed wafer seal in red ink of the "Society of Musicians" in lower left corner, and the concert details "Pantheon, Friday, May 16th, 1788" added in ink within blank cartouche at top of image., Imperfect; sheet torn in lower right corner resulting in loss of printmaker's signature. Trimmed to plate mark on left edge. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: C,2.1476-1483., Watermarked paper: LV., and With contemporary ink signatures of "Arnold" (for Samuel Arnold) and "Sandwich" (for the Earl of Sandwich, as Society committee members) to blank lower margin; verso with contemporary ink note "No. 158. Richard Sulivan Esq. Subscriber." For further information, consult library staff.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Charity, Musical instruments, Families, and Dwellings