The Earl Squander and a city merchant arrange the marriage of their son and daughter in a grand sitting room. The Earl, whose coronet is stamped on all his possessions, unfolds a diagram of his illustrious family tree as the alderman focuses on the marriage contract and his payment. The extravagantly dressed young groom-to-be looks at his reflection in a glass while his future bride listens intently at the lawyer's soft words. Through the window is a view of a palatial house under construction. The walls of the room are covered with paintings of Roman and Old Testament scenes as well as the screaming face of Medusa. In the foreground on the right, two dogs are chained together, one lying down but looking out the corner of his eyes at the viewer, the other looking off to the right
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Pl. I
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.3 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 16 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Seven English ladies sit in chairs lined in a row facing the viewer, some in conversation. They are mostly either very thin or very large, but all are wearing unflattering dresses
Description:
Title etched below image., This print was listed in the 'Bibliographie de France' for 11 March 1815., and "Déposé à la Don Gale de l'Imprimerie."--Lower right corner.
Publisher:
Chez Basset, Md. d'Estampes, rue St Jacques, No. 64
Subject (Geographic):
France. and Great Britain
Subject (Topic):
Women, Clothing & dress, Conversation, and Foreign public opinion, French
"Social satire; two sailors on horseback, one with a pipe in his hatband on a small white horse with a spotted handkerchief on a stick attached to its bridle, the other smoking a pipe on a large brown horse; they ask each other how their journeys on their horses have been, using language associated with ships, for example: "endeavouring to double the point at Mile-end she fell foul of a dray, and smack she lay me keel upermost in a stinking ditch ... I hoisted my pocket handkerchief on her topmast as a sign of distress, which was seen by some comrades at anchor in the moorings. ..."."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1948,0214.711., For another print by Roberts dealing with sailors during the Peace of Amiens, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1990,1109.69., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pubd. by P. Roberts, 28 Middle-row, Holborn
Subject (Topic):
Sailors, British, Horses, Pipes (Smoking), Handkerchiefs, and Conversation
"A small table with three legs standing in centre, surrounded by two groups of men involved in the gambling game Thimble Rig; the operator of the game (Edward John Littleton), standing to right, with his hands on two of the three thimbles on the table, his supporters standing behind (Lord Russell and Thomas Spring Rice), and to far right (Lord Althorp and Lord Grey); John Bull standing to left of the table, contemplating his response, as a man behind him (Edward Stanley) warns against being cheated; the man to far left (Daniel O'Connell) leading a poor Irishman away from the scene."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., Series title and number in top right., and With publisher's blind stamp "Thos. McLean" in lower left corner of sheet. Window mounted on brown paper to 37 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
Published by Thos. McLean, 26 Haymarket
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
O'Connell, Daniel, 1775-1847, Spencer, John Charles Spencer, Earl, 1782-1845, Derby, Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley, Earl of, 1799-1869, Russell, John Russell, Earl, 1792-1878, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Hatherton, Edward John Walhouse Littleton, Baron, 1791-1863, and Grey, Charles Grey, Earl, 1764-1845
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, John Bull (Symbolic character), Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
"A man standing at a small table at centre left, performing the thimble trick (Lord Melbourne), surrounded by a group of men and women (from left, Lord Morpeth, Lord Russell, Thomas Spring Rice, Queen Victoria, Lord Normanby, Ladies of the Household); at right, two men, cheated out of a sovereign, walking away arm-in-arm (Sir Robert Peel, Duke of Wellington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., and Series title and number in top right.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducotés lithoy
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848, Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess of, 1797-1863, and Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
"A man standing at a small table at centre left, performing the thimble trick (Lord Melbourne), surrounded by a group of men and women (from left, Lord Morpeth, Lord Russell, Thomas Spring Rice, Queen Victoria, Lord Normanby, Ladies of the Household); at right, two men, cheated out of a sovereign, walking away arm-in-arm (Sir Robert Peel, Duke of Wellington)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Thimblerig
Description:
Title from text below image., Print signed with the monogram "HB," which was used by John Doyle., Series title and number in top right., 1 print : lithograph ; sheet 29.6 x 37 cm., Printed on wove paper., and Window mounted to 33 x 40 cm on light brown paper.
Publisher:
Published by T. McLean, 26 Haymarket and A. Ducotés lithoy
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain and Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wellington, Arthur Wellesley, Duke of, 1769-1852, Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, Carlisle, George William Frederick Howard, Earl of, 1802-1864, Monteagle of Brandon, Thomas Spring-Rice, Baron, 1790-1866, Melbourne, William Lamb, Viscount, 1779-1848, Normanby, Constantine Henry Phipps, Marquess of, 1797-1863, and Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901
Subject (Topic):
Politics and government, Politicians, Gambling, Tables, Spectators, and Conversation
Volume 1, page 68. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Caricature of two men, one on the left turning from his examination of a small object to listen to the other who stands in profile on the right with a tray hanging on a strap in front of him, who gestures as he talks."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title devised by curator., Tentatively attributed to Francis Grose in the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1925,0511.83., Contemporary note "by Capt. Grose" written in ink at bottom of sheet., Date from unverified data in local card catalog record., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., and Mounted on page 68 in volume 1 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
Cards for a Regency parlor game that take the form of question and answer. The cards printed in black are questions from a man to a woman, her replies are the red printed set
Description:
Title devised by cataloger., Fourteen cards printed in black, fourteen cards printed in red., Possibly privately printed., and For further information, consult library staff.
