"The March to Finchley"; scene at Tottenham Court (after the painting in the Foundling Museum) with soldiers gathering to march north to defend London from the Jacobite rebels; the crowd includes, in the foreground, a man urinating painfully against a wall as he reads an advertisement for Dr. Rock's remedy for venereal disease, an innocent young piper, a drunken drummer, a young soldier with a pregnant ballad seller (her basket contains "God Save our Noble King" and a portrait of the Duke of Cumberland) and a Jacobite harridan selling newspapers, a milkmaid being kissed by one soldier while another fills his hat from her pail, a muffin man, a young chimney sweep, a gin-seller whose emaciated baby reaches for a drink. In the background a boxing match takes place under the sign of Giles Gardiner (Adam and Eve depicted), a wagon loaded with equipment follows the marching soldiers and, to the right, prostitutes lean from the windows of a brothel at the sign of Charles II's head; beyond the sunlight shines on Hampstead village on the hill."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
March to Finchley
Description:
Title from caption below image., Added title and state from Paulson., State with date in 'Tottenham Court Nursery" sign changed from 1746 to 1745., Dedication etched below image: To His Maiesty the King of Prusia [sic], an encourager of the arts and sciences! This plate is most humbly dedicated., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 43 x 55.4 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 37 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
"Portrait of Henry VIII, bust in frontal view, wearing plumed hat and chains; in an architectural oval on a pedestal; a cartouche below showing an allegorical figure surrounded by papal attributes."--British Museum online catalogue
"View of Kensington Palace from the surrounding gardens, as altered in the reign of George II; many gentlemen and ladies meandering through garden paths or gathering in small groups on the grass."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Palais Royale de Kensington
Description:
Titles etched below image, in English and French., Date of publication from the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1880,1113.1836., Plate reissued by Sayer and Bennett and listed in their 1775 catalogue as part of the series "Twelve views of his Majesty's palaces and royal hospitals, and other public buildings in London, &c.", in the section on "Sets of small prints"; see: Sayer and Bennett's enlarged catalogue of new and valuable prints. London : [Sayer and Bennett], 1775, page 87, no. 9., Plate numbered "6" in upper right corner., and Leaf 51 in an album of views of London and its vicinity.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, map & printseller, at the Golden Buck near Serjeants Inn, Fleet Street
Subject (Geographic):
London (England)
Subject (Name):
Kensington Palace (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Castles & palaces, Official residences, Gardens, and Trails & paths
After page 21. Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"James Maclaine, the gentleman highwayman, full-length standing against a plain background."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title engraved at bottom of image., Date of publication from British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1851,0308.408., "Publish'd according to act of Parl.", Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with some loss of text from bottom of plate. Missing text supplied from impression in the British Museum., Mounted to 37 x 26 cm., and Bound in before page 26 in an extra-illustrated copy of: Designs by Mr. R. Bentley, for six poems by Mr. T. Gray.
