A fashionably dressed young woman (left) stands before a very large bear (left) dressed in a military uniform, wig, and tricorne hat. She strokes his chin with her left hand as she gently clasps the tip end of the spear that the bear holds in his left hand
Description:
Title from caption etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Publisher:
Pub. as the Act directs Jany. 10, 1782 by T. James, No. 14 Castle Strt. Oxford Market
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Bears, Clothing & dress, Couples, Military uniforms, British, and Wigs
Volume 2, page 11. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 125. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl dressed in male clothing, starting with a startled expression and thrusting her right arm forward as she stands between two monks, others seen from behind exiting through a door with inscription in tablet above at right, another ringing a bell through an arch at [left], the choir beyond; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Prinkmaker identified as Dickinson in the British Museum online catalogue., "Final third state, the aquatint considerably lighter than in the second and the inscription above the doorway in even engraved letters"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1893,0731.62., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below image, following title: Thoughts of past joys before the altar rise, stain all my soul and wanton in my eyes! I wake the matin lamp in sighs for thee, thy image steals between my God and me. Eloisa., and Mounted on page 11 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 20th, 1782, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Abbeys, Monks, Doors & doorways, and Bells
Volume 2, page 11. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs. Page 125. Bunbury
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A girl dressed in male clothing, starting with a startled expression and thrusting her right arm forward as she stands between two monks, others seen from behind exiting through a door with inscription in tablet above at right, another ringing a bell through an arch at [left], the choir beyond; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved below image., Prinkmaker identified as Dickinson in the British Museum online catalogue., "Final third state, the aquatint considerably lighter than in the second and the inscription above the doorway in even engraved letters"--British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1893,0731.62., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Four lines of verse below image, following title: Thoughts of past joys before the altar rise, stain all my soul and wanton in my eyes! I wake the matin lamp in sighs for thee, thy image steals between my God and me. Eloisa., Mounted on page 125 of: Bunbury album., 1 print : aquatint, stipple engraving, and etching with rocker in reddish-brown ink on laid paper ; sheet 38.8 x 50.0 cm., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Publish'd Octr. 20th, 1782, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Abbeys, Monks, Doors & doorways, and Bells
Title from item., Caption below image: From an original sketch of Hogarth's in the collection of Mr. Morrison., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit, p. 414., and On page 219 in volume 3.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 23rd 1782, by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
Copy of the first state of William Hogarth's subscription ticket for "A harlot's progress" with three naked putti, one painting, one engraving, and one, along with a satyr, lifting the shift of a sculpture of many-breasted Diana of Ephesus. Enscribed on either side of Diana: "Antiquam exquirite matrem. Vir."
Description:
Title etched below image., Verse in Latin from Horace's Ars poetica below image: " ... necesse est. Indiciis monstrare recentibus abdita rerum, dabiturque Licentia sumpta pudenter. Hor.", Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.) no. 120., and On page 57 in volume 1. With note in Steeven's hand above print: Copy.
Publisher:
Publish'd April 23d, 1782 Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarths Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764. and Diana (Roman deity)
Subject (Topic):
Satyrs (Greek mythology), Art, Painting, and Putti
"Theatre stage with two dancers; a woman (La Barbarina) jumping with her legs apart and a man (George Desnoyer) with his legs together; on either side a chorus, or audience, and statues of Comedy and Tragedy holding candles."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Lettered within image with the words in brackets added in pen and ink: "A Scale of feet" and below, "A B The Charmers of the Age: C. C. Prickt lines [shewing the rising] Height., On page 95 in volume 1. Sheet 190 x 252 mm., and Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Livesay's Copy
Publisher:
Publish'd March 1, 1782 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarths Leicester Fields
Subject (Name):
Campanini, Barbara 1721-1799 and Desnoyer, George, approximately 1700-1764
"A girl dressed in male clothing, starting with a startled expression and thrusting her right arm forward as she stands between two monks, others seen from behind exiting through a door ..., another ringing a bell through an arch at [left], the choir beyond; after Henry William Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state
Description:
Title from later state., Artist from statement of responsibility on later state: H. Bunbury Esqr. delint., Printmaker identified as Dickinson in the British Museum online catalogue., Proof before letters. For a later state with title, statements of responsibility, verses, and imprint "London, Publish'd Octr. 20th, 1782, by W. Dickinson ..." below image, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1893,0731.62., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted on page 123 of: Bunbury album.
Publisher:
W. Dickinson
Subject (Name):
Tencin, Claudine Alexandrine Guérin de, 1682-1749.
Subject (Topic):
Interiors, Abbeys, Monks, Doors & doorways, and Bells
