"Self-portrait of Hogarth painting the Comic Muse, after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery; the artist is seated looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat, he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife while a pot of oil is on the floor beside the chair; in a niche in the wall behind the easel is a volume of prints and a burin; leaning against the leg of the easel, a copy of the "Analysis of Beauty" and the accompanying print, Plate I (Paulson 195)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty and William Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Lettered within image on print in portfolio at base of easel: Analysis o..., In this state the date of publication has been added, and Hogarth is no longer smiling. See Paulson for other changes to the plate., Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins., Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: See Mr. Nichols's book, edit. 3, p. 366 &c., and On page 181 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 39.5 x 34.6 cm.
"Self-portrait of Hogarth painting the Comic Muse, after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery; the artist is seated looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat, he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife while a pot of oil is on the floor beside the chair; in a niche in the wall behind the easel is a volume of prints and a burin; leaning against the leg of the easel, a copy of the "Analysis of Beauty" and the accompanying print, Plate I (Paulson 195)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty and William Hogarth serjeant painter to His Majesty
Description:
Title, state, and publisher from Paulson., Lettered within image on print in portfolio at base of easel: Analysis o..., In this state the date of publication has been added, and Hogarth is no longer smiling. See Paulson for other changes to the plate., and Sheet trimmed leaving thread margins.
"Self-portrait of Hogarth painting the Comic Muse, after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery; the artist is seated looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat, he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife while a pot of oil is on the floor beside the chair; in a niche in the wall behind the easel is a volume of prints and a burin; leaning against the leg of the easel, a copy of the "Analysis of Beauty" and the accompanying print, Plate I (Paulson 195)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth and William Hogarth
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., After the painting in the National Portrait Gallery., State with "Serjeant painter to His Majesty" in caption below image heavily scored through. 'Comedy' inscribed on the Muse's book is partially excised. The face of Comedy and mask are now outlined in black as well as white. 'Comedy 1764' is engraved on the pillar in the painting. See Paulson for other changes to the plate., and On page 183 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: 40.2 x 34.9 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Artists, British, Muses (Greek deities) in art, and Painting
"Self-portrait of Hogarth painting the Comic Muse, after the painting in the National Portrait Gallery; the artist is seated looking to right, wearing an indoor cap and a loose coat, he holds a palette, brushes and palette knife while a pot of oil is on the floor beside the chair; in a niche in the wall behind the easel is a volume of prints and a burin; leaning against the leg of the easel, a copy of the "Analysis of Beauty" and the accompanying print, Plate I (Paulson 195)."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Wm. Hogarth and William Hogarth
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson., After the painting in the National Portrait Gallery., and State with "Serjeant painter to His Majesty" in caption below image heavily scored through. 'Comedy' inscribed on the Muse's book is partially excised. The face of Comedy and mask are now outlined in black as well as white. 'Comedy 1764' is engraved on the pillar in the painting. See Paulson for other changes to the plate.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Artists, British, Muses (Greek deities) in art, and Painting
Title devised by cataloger., Frontispiece to: Hanway, J. Three letters on the subject of the Marine Society. London : Printed in the year 1758., "See Sheila O'Connell, 'London 1753', BM 2003, cat.3.26. The charitable Marine Society was founded in 1756 by Jonas Hanway, and this served as frontispiece to a pamphlet seeking support for it"--Curator's comments, British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1872,1012.5145., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Mounted to 27.1 x 20.4 cm., and Mounted after page 474 in volume 3 of an extra-illustrated copy of: Malcolm, J.P. Londinium redivivum, or, An antient history and modern description of London.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Marine Society (London, England)
Subject (Topic):
Organizations, Conference rooms, Beggars, and Sailors
Engraved depiction of a fragment of a sovereign of Elizabeth I; the obverse with Elizabeth's face is depicted on the left side of the design, and the reverse is depicted on the right side and "Genuine gold pound sovereign of Elizabeth I, retooled to depict her as an old hag and purporting to have been defaced by her in a fury. ... This gold fragment has no known history prior to 1742, when it was acquired by Horace Walpole at the sale of the Earl of Oxford's collection. Walpole described it as 'a fragment of one of her last broad pieces, representing her horridly old and deformed: An entire coin with this image is not known: It is universally supposed that the die was broken by her command, and that some workman of the mint cut out this morsel, which contains barely the face ... it has never been engraved'. As knowledge of the piece did not extend beyond Walpole and his circle, the suggestions as to its origin must be Walpole's own, rather than any real general opinion. ... The motive behind the original work remains unclear. It is obviously an attack on Elizabeth's alleged vanity, but whether the standpoint was political (republican or aristocratic hostility), religious (Catholic or extreme Protestant reaction to the glorification of Elizabeth's role in the English religious settlement), moralistic, or just mischievous cannot now be ascertained."--British Museum online catalogue, description of the original fragment after which this plate was engraved
Alternative Title:
Gold fragment of Queen Elizabeth's last broad piece
Description:
Title devised by curator; alternative title from Horace Walpole's description of the fragment in his work: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. A catalogue of the royal and noble authors of England. [Twickenham, England] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758, v. 1, page 126., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Horace Walpole kept the original gold fragment, now in the British Museum, in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill. For a description of the fragment, see the British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: E.3392., and Mounted on page 89 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12.
Publisher:
Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Subject (Name):
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Five soldi coin of Theodore, King of Corsica. The obverse, comprising the left half of the design, bears the letters "T R" topped with a crown and the date "1736" below. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, has the text "Soldi cinqe" at center and the mostly missing or illegible text "[PRO?] BON [PVBLICO?] R[O?] [CE?]" along the edge
Description:
Title devised by curator., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this coin in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., and Mounted on page 102 of William Bawtree's extra-illustrated copy of Horace Walpole's: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See A.T. Hazen's Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 11.
Publisher:
Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Subject (Name):
Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Five soldi coin of Theodore, King of Corsica. The obverse, comprising the left half of the design, bears the letters "T R" topped with a crown and the date "1736" below. The reverse, comprising the right half of the design, has the text "Soldi cinqe" at center and the mostly missing or illegible text "[PRO?] BON [PVBLICO?] R[O?] [CE?]" along the edge
Description:
Title devised by curator., Publication information from that of the volume for which the plate was engraved., Plate from: Walpole, H. Fugitive pieces in verse and prose. [Twickenham] : Printed at Strawberry-Hill, 1758., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Horace Walpole kept an example of this coin in the rose-wood case in the Library at Strawberry Hill., Mounted on page 90 of Horace Walpole's extra-illustrated copy of his: A description of the villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Strawberry Hill : Printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1784. See Hazen, A.T. Bibliography of the Strawberry Hill Press (1973 ed.), no. 30, copy 12., and 1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 3.1 x 5.6 cm, on sheet 3.4 x 5.9 cm.
Publisher:
Printed at Strawberry-Hill
Subject (Name):
Neuhof, Théodore-Antoine, baron de, 1690-1756. and Strawberry Hill (Twickenham, London, England)
Title from item., Plate numbered '86' in upper left corner., Sheet partially trimmed within plate mark., Three lines of text below image: Advertisement. To be sold by auction all the various looms & utensils ..., Plate prepared for: England's remembrancer, or, A humorous, sarcastical, and political collection of characters and caricaturas ... London, 1759., Copy in reverse of No. 3674 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3., and Temporary local subject terms: Personifications: figure of Justice -- Figure of Commerce -- Figure of Wool Trade -- Frenchmen -- Reference to Britanny.
Title from item., Plate numbered '86' in upper left corner., Plate from: A Political and Satyrical History of the Years 1758 and 1759., Three lines of text below image: Advertisement. To be sold by auction all the various looms & utensils ..., and Temporary local subject terms: Figure of Justice -- Figure of Commerce -- Figure of Wool Trade.