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82. [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 2]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [25 June 1735]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 9. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 9. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A fashionable interior (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum) with Tom, in elegant indoor dress, surrounded by tradesmen vying for his custom: a poet, a wigmaker, a tailor, a musician at a harpsichord (with a list of presents given by aristocrats to the popular castrato, Farinelli), a fencing master, a prizefighter with quarter-staffs (said to be James Figg), a dancing master, a landscape-gardener (said to be Charles Bridgeman), a bodyguard, a huntsman and a jockey. In the background on the left in an antechamber, a man holds a letter entitled "Epistle to Rake ..."
- Alternative Title:
- Prosperity, (with Horlot's [sic] smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles) ..., Prosperity, (with Horlot's smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles) ..., and Prosperity, (with Harlot's smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles) ...
- Description:
- Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Fourth state with 'Horlot' corrected to 'Harlot'; scrolls over the harpsichodist's shoulder are hatched, but the floor and the dancing master's coat are not yet hatched., Caption below image in four columns begins: "Prosperity, (with Harlot's smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles), how soon, sweet foe, can all they train of false, gay, frantick, loud & vain ...", 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 9 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Harpsichords, Interiors, Merchants, Musicians, Rake's progress, Servants, Tailors, and Young adults
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A rake's progress]. [graphic] / [Plate 2]
83. [A rake's progress]. [graphic]. [Plate 2]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [ca. 25 June 1735]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- A fashionable interior (after the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum) with Tom, in elegant indoor dress, surrounded by tradesmen vying for his custom: a poet, a wigmaker, a tailor, a musician at a harpsichord (with a list of presents given by aristocrats to the popular castrato, Farinelli), a fencing master, a prizefighter with quarter-staffs (said to be James Figg), a dancing master, a landscape-gardener (said to be Charles Bridgeman), a bodyguard, a huntsman and a jockey. In the background on the left in an antechamber, a man holds a letter entitled "Epistle to Rake ..."
- Description:
- Title, printmaker, state, and imprint from Paulson., Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil at bottom margin of print: Given me by Mr. Henderson., Ms. note in ink (another hand?) below image at right: Scotin fe: aqua fortis., and On page 67 in volume 1.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Name):
- Farinelli, 1705-1782., Dubois (Fencer),, Bridgeman, Charles, -1738., Essex, John,, and Figg, James, -1734.
- Subject (Topic):
- Clothing & dress, Harpsichords, Interiors, Merchants, Musicians, Rake's progress, Servants, Tailors, and Young adults
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [A rake's progress]. [graphic]. [Plate 2]
84. [Echte uitlegging van eene Engelsche kunstprent] [True interpretation of an English print]. [graphic] =
- Published / Created:
- [not before October 1780]
- Call Number:
- 780.10.00.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- Two men in a large room, one seated, the other standing are seen gesturing towards a framed picture representing a naval battle, and showing the diplomatic papers thrown into the water by Henry Laurens. When retrieved by the British, these papers had revealed unauthorized Dutch negotiations with the American Congress, resulting in a British declaration of war on Holland on 20 December 1780
- Alternative Title:
- True interpretation of an English print
- Description:
- Titles and date of publication from British Museum catalogue.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain, Netherlands., Netherlands, Great Britain., United States., and England
- Subject (Name):
- Laurens, Henry, 1724-1792.
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign relations, Neutrality, Armed, Naval prints, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Echte uitlegging van eene Engelsche kunstprent] [True interpretation of an English print]. [graphic] =
85. [The proposal] [graphic]
- Published / Created:
- [1784]
- Call Number:
- 784.00.00.35+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- An elegantly dressed young woman is seated in an armchair facing right reading a letter. The room is richly carpeted and furnished, with striped upholstery on the furniture and matching draperies. Through the window is visible a winter scene with ice skaters
- Description:
- Title from manuscript inscription on mount. and Date from Montgomery.
- Publisher:
- Printed for & sold by Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Ice skating, Reading, Rugs, Draperies, Interiors, and Clothing & dress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The proposal] [graphic]
86. [The seraglio] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1723]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
- Description:
- Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner., and On page 5 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 25.5 x 34.8 cm.
- Publisher:
- A. de La Mottraye
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
- Subject (Name):
- La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The seraglio] [graphic]
87. [The seraglio] [graphic]
- Creator:
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1723]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 80K(a) Box 225
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The interior of a seraglio shows a Turk with his harem, seated in a low hall that looks out to a garden. The women are served by eunuchs (the only other men allowed in the hall), one of whom peers in through the window to insure privacy. The master and his favorite are being cooled with a fan made of feathers as two other women dancing "after a wanton manner" accompanied by musicians. Figures are numbered; key provided in the text (see v. 1, p. 250-251).
- Description:
- Title, publisher, state, and date from Paulson., One of fifteen illustrations engraved for: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa., and 'Tom. 1. No. XXII'--Upper right corner.
- Publisher:
- A. de La Mottraye
- Subject (Geographic):
- Turkey. and Islamic Empire.
- Subject (Name):
- La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Clothing & dress, Eunuchs, Harems, Interiors, and Servants
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [The seraglio] [graphic]