Tom and a wealthy old woman are being married in the dilapidated church of St. Marylebone. The bride has only one eye and growths on her forehead; the IHS on the wall behind her serve as a mock halo. In contrast the old woman is attended by a beautiful young woman who has already caught Tom's eye. In the background on the left, the elderly pew opener pushes Sarah Young, carrying Tom's child in her arms, and Sarah's mother; she shakes her keys in their faces to prevent them from entering the church to stop the marriage. Two dogs in the lower left of the image mirror the courtship of Tom and his bride; the courted dog has only one eye. The clergyman is assisted at the altar by a clerk, and a charity-boy kneels at the bride's feet offering a hassock. The Poor Box on the left is covered with a cobweb; there is a crack down the center of the slab with the Commandments on the wall behind the clergyman
Alternative Title:
New to [the] school of hard mishap, driven from [the] ease of Fortune's lap ..., New to the school of hard mishap, driven from the ease of Fortune's lap, and New to ye school of hard mishap, driven from ye ease of Fortune's lap
Description:
Title, state and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first line of verses below image., Brevigraphs in title sometimes incorrectly rendered "ye" expanded as [the]., Added title and state from Paulson., "Plate 5"--Lower right corner., and After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
St. Marylebone Church (Marylebone, London, England)
Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and On page 74 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed 35 x 40 cm.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., and After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., With brown ink wash., and On page 74 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed 345 x 397 mm.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ...
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first lines of verses below image., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Imperfect impression sheet trimmed to image: 325 x 400 mm. Engraved text mounted separately below: sheet 25 x 400 mm.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London
Interior of a gambling house in Covent Garden where Tom has fallen, raving, on one knee having lost his money at dice; behind him a chaotic group of gamblers, most of whom fail to notice that flames and smoke are pouring over the panelling and through the door (left); to right, a highwayman (a gun and mask in his pocket) sits beside the hearth ignoring a small boy who offers him a drink, on the wall is a handbill advertising "R. Tustian Card Maker" -- British Museum online catalogue. On the lower left, a man is entering a note of a loan to Lord Cogg for £500. A dog with a color "Covent Gar[den]" barks at Tom
Alternative Title:
Gold, thou bright son of Phoebus, sourse of universal intercourse ... and Scene in a gaming house
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Third state; changes have been made to the face of Lord Cog (on the far left), the shadow of Rakewell's wig lying on the floor has been extended to touch the detached queue, and a general darkening has been achieved though the addition of crosshatching in various places., Restrike of the third state of the plate, which was issued in The original works of William Hogarth (London : Sold by John and Josiah Boydell, 1790). It was later reissued, with some lines strengthened by the engraver James Heath, in The works of William Hogarth (London : Printed for Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy ..., 1822); another edition was published by Baldwin & Cradock in 1835. See Paulson., "Plate 6"--Lower right corner., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Temporary local Medical Library subject terms: Patients, Psychiatric -- Insanity.
Publisher:
Sold at [the] Golden Head in Leichester Fields London and publisher not identified
Tom and a wealthy old woman are being married in the dilapidated church of St. Marylebone. The bride has only one eye and growths on her forehead; the IHS on the wall behind her serve as a mock halo. In contrast the old woman is attended by a beautiful young woman who has already caught Tom's eye. In the background on the left, the elderly pew opener pushes Sarah Young, carrying Tom's child in her arms, and Sarah's mother; she shakes her keys in their faces to prevent them from entering the church to stop the marriage. Two dogs in the lower left of the image mirror the courtship of Tom and his bride; the courted dog has only one eye. The clergyman is assisted at the altar by a clerk, and a charity-boy kneels at the bride's feet offering a hassock. The Poor Box on the left is covered with a cobweb; there is a large crack down the center of the slab with the numbered commandments on the wall behind the clergyman
Alternative Title:
New to [ye] school of hard mishap, driven from [the] ease of Fortune's lap ... and New to ye school of hard mishap, driven from ye ease of Fortune's lap
Description:
Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Added title from first line of verses below image on 1st state., Second state showing process of revisions including the erasure of the bridesmaid hat; Tom's right foot has been straightened; larger crack in the Commandments, etc., After the painting at Sir John Soane's Museum., and Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint and verses below.
A dustman bends over a large woman who has fallen and lifts her by placing his hands under her arms. She looks up angerly and shakes her fist at the dustman's young assistant in an apron who looks on (left) with a smile and hand raised. Two dogs jump around the group
Description:
Title and artist attribution from dealer's description. and Date based on watermark: 1804.
Subject (Topic):
Accidents, Chimney sweeps, Dogs, Obesity, and Women
Sherwin, J. K. (John Keyse), 1751-1790, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1786]
Call Number:
Bunbury 786.03.03.01.1+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A group in a garden room listening to a girl read, seated in the centre with the book in her lap, two woman sitting on either side of her, one patting a dog at right, the other with solemn expression, which has been noticed by a man standing against the wall at right, gesturing towards her, another standing directly behind her looks on with concern, a child sitting on the floor beside a large sleeping dog, his eyes raised up; after a drawing by Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of lettered state
Description:
Title, printmaker, artist, and publication information from lettered state., Proof before letters. For a later state published 3 March 1786, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1940,1109.105., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
James Bretherton
Subject (Topic):
Children, Clothing & dress, Courtship, Dogs, and Reading