Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head
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Title etched at top of image., Date based on other work by Van der Gucht., Quotation from book I, line 203 of Virgil's Aeneid etched below image: Forsan et haec olim meminisse juvabit. Virg., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Scots opera / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand on mount beneath print: Concert at St. Mary's Chapel. See Nichols's book, 3d. edit. p. 445. Sold at Gulston's auction, for £3.4.0., and On page 48 in volume 1. Mounted to sheet: 14.7 x 15.8 cm.
In a room in an Oxford tavern, one of the fellows drunkenly holds up a glass of wine while addressing the Vice-Chancellor who rebukes him for his conduct. A man with a bludgeon resting on his shoulder stands in the doorway. On the wall, an almanck (Oxford alm[...]. A dog lies asleep on the floor
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The humours of Oxford. 2nd ed. London : J. Watts, 1730., and Pencilled note on verso in W.S. Lewis's hand: Removed from Lady Ossory's copy of Fugitive pieces.
In a room in an Oxford tavern, one of the fellows drunkenly holds up a glass of wine while addressing the Vice-Chancellor who rebukes him for his conduct. A man with a bludgeon resting on his shoulder stands in the doorway. On the wall, an almanck (Oxford alm[...]. A dog lies asleep on the floor
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Title from British Museum catalogue., Plate from: The humours of Oxford. 2nd ed. London : J. Watts, 1730., and Mounted to sheet 255 x 190 mm with red ink ruled border and ms. title in red ink: Oxford in the days of Hogarth.
The frontispiece to an enlarged version of Henry Fielding's The tragedy of tragedies ... London : Printed and sold by J. Roberts, 1731. Hogarth chose Act II, scene viii, a burlesque of the meeting of Octavia nd Cleopatra in Drydens' All for love. The Princess Huncamunca and the Amazon Glumdalca, rivals for the love of Thumb. Hogarth show Huncamunca with large breasts and heavy arms, thick neck, and cherubic countenance
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Title and date from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Note in Steevens's hand above: Tom thumb / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Hogarth shows Harpagon, the miser, at left, taking time out from the play's climactic scenc to snuff a candle (one is sufficient). Valère (putting on his hat) and Anselm (leaning on the table) are about to discover that they are son and father
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Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Second state with "Act 5. Scene 5" etched below image., Used as a frontispiece to: Select comedies of Mr. de Molière (London : John Watts, 1732)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and With ms. note in ink in Horace Walpole's hand(?) below image.
Hogarth shows Harpagon, the miser, at left, taking time out from the play's climactic scenc to snuff a candle (one is sufficient). Valère (putting on his hat) and Anselm (leaning on the table) are about to discover that they are son and father
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Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., Third state: Act and scene references have been removed but traces remain., Used as a frontispiece to: Select comedies of Mr. de Molière (London : John Watts, 1732)., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: L'Avare 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Hogarth shows Sganarelle coming up behind his wife, who is admiring a miniature portrati of a young man which she had innocently discovered on the ground. Sganarelle is making the cuckold's sign with his right hand over his head
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Title, state, and date from Paulson., Third state: Scene number has been removed but traces remain., Sheet trimmed to plate mark with loss of last two character's in printmaker's name., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Cocu Imaginaire / 171., and On page 52 in volume 1.
Frontispiece to James Miller, 'The Humours of Oxford', 2nd edition (London, 1730); scene in a tavern; at centre Haughty, a Fellow of one of the Oxford colleges, sits drunkenly disputing with the Vice-Chancellor, who stands at right; on the other side of the table at left, standing, are Conundrum (another Fellow), also drinking, and a servant, behind Conundrum on the wall, a framed 'Oxford Alm[anac]'; in the doorway, holding a truncheon, the Vice-Chancellor's attendant
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Title and date from Paulson., Date based on other work by Van der Gucht., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Modern Impression., and On page 52 in volume 1.