A night scene under the Piazza of Covent Garden, the center of which is seen through the arch of the arcade. A couple hurry arm-in-arm through a doorway (right) over which is Haddocks (a bagnio). The woman is the Duchess of Devonshire, shown with a ba...
Alternative Title:
Dark lantern business, or, Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend and Mrs. Hob and Nob on a night canvass with a bosom friend
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. April 24th, 1784, by H. Humphrey, Bond Street
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Cavendish, Georgiana Spencer, Duchess of Devonshire, 1757-1806, Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816, and Covent Garden (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Brothels, Lanterns, Lighting, People with disabilities, Political elections, and Prostitutes
In the image at the top: Four ladies, fashionably dressed, sit round a table dividing the profits of 'the Faro Bank'. On the table are heaps of guineas with cheques or banknotes, a sword, a ribbon and star, a paper: 'Bond 200 . . half Pay . . Faro'. T...
Alternative Title:
St. James's and St. Giles's
Description:
Title etched between the two images on one sheet.
Publisher:
Pubd. May 20, 1796, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Archer, Sarah West, Lady, 1741-1801 and Buckinghamshire, Albinia Hobart, Countess of, 1738-1816
Subject (Topic):
Gambling, Poverty, Prostitutes, and Social classes
"Satire on the end of Lord Rockingham's administration shown as a dance at court. The verses below describe the protagonists who have been numbered in pen and ink: in the centre, Princess Augusta (1) dances with Lord Bute (2) their joined hands holdin...
Alternative Title:
New country dance as danced at Court July the 30th 1766
Description:
Title etched at bottom of image.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Charles III, King of Spain, 1716-1788, Louis XV, King of France, 1710-1774, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, Holland, Henry Fox, Baron, 1705-1774, Townshend, Charles, 1725-1767, Northington, Robert Henley, Earl of, 1708?-1772, Newcastle, Thomas Pelham-Holles, Duke of, 1693-1768, Rockingham, Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of, 1730-1782, Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779, Winchilsea, Daniel Finch, Earl of, 1689-1769, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Murray, Fanny, 1729-1778, and Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776.
Subject (Topic):
Influence, Britannia (Symbolic character), Alcoholic beverages, Brooms & brushes, Crutches, Devil, Eyeglasses, Prostitutes, Symbols, Weather vanes, and Witches
"Queensberry (left) leans from the steps of his Piccadilly house, to leer through a double spy-glass (as in British Museum Satires No. 9082) at a buxom young woman who has just descended from a country wagon (right). She stands on the pavement next he...
Alternative Title:
Queenborough novelist
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Hand lenses, Farmers, Obesity, Carts & wagons, and Whips
"Queensberry (left) leans from the steps of his Piccadilly house, to leer through a double spy-glass (as in British Museum Satires No. 9082) at a buxom young woman who has just descended from a country wagon (right). She stands on the pavement next he...
Alternative Title:
Queenborough novelist
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1st, 1798, by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Queensbury, William Douglas, Duke of, 1724-1811
Subject (Topic):
Prostitutes, Hand lenses, Farmers, Obesity, Carts & wagons, and Whips
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to a...
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to a...
Plate 4. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45) and attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers t...
