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100. [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1724]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 72K(f) Box 110
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "Satire on the "bad taste of the town" (as described by Hogarth, Daily Courant, 24.ii.1724); a composite street scene with a theatre on either side and an "Academy of Arts" (Lord Burlington's recently remodelled house in Piccadilly) beyond; on the left, a fool and a devil are leading a crowd of masqueraders into the Opera House in the Haymarket from which hang a banner advertising an opera (based on British Museum satire no. 1768 with the singers Cuzzoni, Senesino and Berenstadt) and a sign for "Dr. Faux's [Isaac Fawkes] Dexterity of Hand", the impressario John James Heidegger leans from an upper window; on the right, a crowd is flocking to see the pantomime "Dr Faustus"; in the centre, a woman pushes a wheelbarrow of waste paper including volumes of Congreve, Dryden, Ottway, Shakespeare, Addison, and Ben John[son]; the gate of the Academy beyond is topped with statues of Michelangelo, Raphael and William Kent, admired by three gentlemen."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Bad taste of the town
- Description:
- Titles, state, and date from Paulson., "Price 1 shilling"--Before date, centered on lower edge., Two columns of four lines of verse engraved below image: Could new dumb Faustus, to reform the age, Conjure up Shakespear's or Ben Johnson's ghost, they'd blush for shame, to see the English stage Debauch'd by fool'ries, at so great a cost. What would their Manes say? should they behold Monsters and masquerades, where usefull plays Adorn'd the fruitfull theatre of old, And rival wits contended for the bays., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Plate with text lacking; top plate with image only. Sheet 13.4 x 18.2 cm.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Name):
- Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748., Senesino, -1759?,, Kent, William, 1685-1748, Cuzzoni, Francesco, approximately 1680-1759, Fawkes, Isaac, -1731, Burlington, Richard Boyle, Earl of, 1694-1753, and Hercules (Roman mythological character),
- Subject (Topic):
- Britannia (Symbolic character), City & town life, Clergy, Costumes, Dogs, and Masquerades
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Masquerades and operas ("The bad taste of the town")] [graphic]
101. [Portrait of Bubb Doddington, Lord Melcombe-Regis] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [April 1757]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A full-length image of a stout man in profile, walkinig left, with a long wig and coat decorated with fleur-de-lis, pointing with right hand, holding his hat in the other, saying 'Im against Hanover that's flat'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title, artist, and date from British Museum catalogue., Copy in reverse from a figure in "The recruiting serjeant.", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 208 in volume 3., Ms. note in pencil in unidentified hand on mount below print: Ld. Melcomb., and Ms. note in pencil in same hand lower right beneath print: Hogarth.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- England.
- Subject (Name):
- Dodington, George Bubb, Baron of Melcombe Regis, 1691-1762
- Subject (Topic):
- Politicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Portrait of Bubb Doddington, Lord Melcombe-Regis] [graphic].
102. [The times]. Plate II [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 72. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A companion to Plate I, the firefighters have become gardeners and the water flows onto the trees in pots that surround the statue of George III, royal steams of benevolence. Lord Bute is the head gardener
- Alternative Title:
- Times. Plate 2
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Third state as described by Paulson, with publication line and inscription engraved., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand beneath image: Proof taken by Mr. Boydell., and On page 194 in volume 2.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 29, 1790 by J & J Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, and Gardens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The times]. Plate II [graphic]
103. [The times]. Plate II [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [29 May 1790]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 72. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A companion to Plate I, the firefighters have become gardeners and the water flows onto the trees in pots that surround the statue of George III, royal steams of benevolence. Lord Bute is the head gardener
- Alternative Title:
- Times. Plate 2
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Third state as described by Paulson, with publication line and inscription engraved., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25.5 x 31.9 cm, on sheet 28.7 x 37.1 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., Plate 72 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works., and Formerly identified as Paulson state 2.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd May 29, 1790 by J & J Boydell, Cheapside & at the Shakspeare Gallery, Pall Mall, London
- Subject (Name):
- Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778 and Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792
- Subject (Topic):
- Seven Years' War, 1756-1763, Cities & towns, and Gardens
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The times]. Plate II [graphic]