A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A copy after Hogarth without the two wall maps
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Title etched below image., "Page 274".--Upper right corner., On page 206 in volume 3., and Text visible from verso.
Title etched below image., "Page 147."--Upper right corner., Plate from the first edition of: Ireland, J. Hogarth illustrated, vol. iii, p. 147., Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand above print: The Vase. Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr. John Ireland's Hogarth illustrated, p. 147., and On page 231 in volume 3.
Title etched above image., Vignette from titlepage of John Ireland's Hogarth illustrated, vol. iii., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in ink in Steevens's hand above print: Serpentine or Dolphin Candlestick. See the title-page to Mr. John Irelandss Hogarth illustrated., and On page 231 in volume 3.
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Published March 1798, for John Ireland, Poets Corner, Palace Yard, Westminster
A pregnant young woman standing to the right, swearing on a book before a magistrate who sits at a bench to left with a book in front of him, that the child is by an old man wearing a dark wig with a ruff hanging at his waist, while he raises his hands and eyes to heaven, protesting innocence, his wife, wearing a coif and bonnet shakes her fist, upbraiding him, and the true father, a young man, crouches behind the woman, whispering counsel; beside the magistrate to left, a little girl sits teaching a dog to walk on its hind legs
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Title engraved below image., Text following title: Vide Picart's Religious ceremonies, Vol. VI, p. 81., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Not in Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., See reference to related print published by Joseph Sympson: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), p. 107., and On page 11 in volume 1.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Children, Couples, Courtrooms, Dogs, and Pregnant women
Don Quixote and the knight of the rock; on a rocky mountain pass, Quixote graciously addresses the madman, Cardenio, who stands at left in ragged clothes and distrait posture; at right Sancho, standing beside the goatherd and a goat, looks on angrily
Alternative Title:
Freeing of the galley slaves
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Title from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Page 317. Don Quixote. Pl. 7."--Above image., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 98.
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publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Goats, Herders, Mentally ill persons, and Swords & daggers
The scene from Book 3, Chapter 8 in which Sancho is shown removing the fetters from Gines de Pasamonte's wrist. Quixote is on horseback, a lance braced under his arm as he confronts his opponent whose sword is posed to strike
Alternative Title:
Freeing of the galley slaves
Description:
Title from original print on which this copy is based. See Paulson., Title from Paulson: Freeing of the galley slaves., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Page 316. Don Quixote. Pl. 6."--Above image., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 97., and On page 88 in volume 1.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Lancers, Rescues, Enslaved people, and Swords & daggers
"The adventure of Mambrino's helmet; Quixote on horseback, charging at the barber with his lance, the barber already having dismounted from his donkey and making an escape to right, the basin (mistaken for Mambrino's helmet) lying on the ground; Sancho on the back of his donkey, hailing Quixote from the top of a hill beyond; proposed illustration to 'Don Quixote' (unpublished)"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Adventure of Mambrino's helmet
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Title from original Hogarth print. Added titles from Paulson., "Page 315. Don Quixote. Pl. 5."--Above image., An illustration for Chapter 6 (not Chapter 5) depicts the scene at the end of Marcella's speech., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 96., and On page 88 in volume 1.
In an auditorium with seats around the perimeter, a stout college dignitary holding out a piece of paper stands on the right observing a scuffle between students on the left. The only word left on the torn piece of paper is "terrae".
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Title from Paulson., Original designed as the Frontispiece to vol. 1 of Nicholas Amhurst's Terra-Filius, or The secret history of the University's of Oxford. London : R. Francklin, 1726., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Copy of: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, 1727., Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 101., On page 47 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Copy.
An illlustration for Book 3, Chapter 2 in which the old innkeeper's wife (wearing spectacles) attends to Quixote's wounds; the daugher stands to the left with medicines in her hand. The torch is being held by Maritornes. An owl sits on a rafter above the bed. Quixote's armor hangs an a hook above his head. Sancho stands on the right his left arm on his right shoulder
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Title from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Page 313. Don Quixote. Pl. 4."--Above image., and Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 95.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Cervantes Saavedra, Miguel de, 1547-1616.
Subject (Topic):
Daughters, Eyeglasses, Mothers, Nursing, Owls, and Wounds & injuries
Interior scene with the two men in disquise, one looking in the mirror; a wallshelf with plates, antlers and escutcheon decorate the walls; a heap of clothes on the floor lower left. Through the open door to the outside can be seen a man drinking from a jug seated on a stool at a table under a tree
Alternative Title:
Curate and barber disguising themselves to convey Don Quixote home
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., "Page 319. Don Quixote. Pl. 8."--Above image., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 99., and On page 87 in volume 1.