A tall soldier with a pike in his right hand, holds in his left one the leading strings of a child officer. The officer, moving with an awkward gate, is trying to balance on his thigh a pole of an enormous British flag. His oversized sword dangles bel...
Alternative Title:
Modern officer
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Carington Bowles, Map & Printseller in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Great Britain. Army.
Subject (Topic):
Nepotism, Corruption, Military uniforms, Flags, and British
publish'd according to act of Parliament, 1752 [i.e. not after 1764]
Call Number:
Topos L847 no. 46+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"View looking across the City of London from the New River Head, Islington; St Paul's at mid-distance to the left of centre, the River Thames beyond; fields in foreground with the mill and waterworks in centre"--British Museum online catalogue, descri...
Alternative Title:
Vüe de Nord de la ville de Londre
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for Thos. Bowles in St. Paul Church Yard & John Bowles & Son, at the Black Horse in Cornhil [sic]
A group of four scholarly-looking gentlemen is engrossed in discussion over the meaning of an inscription carved on a very large stone to their right. One of them is pointing to the inscription, another is trasncribing it into his notebook. All bear o...
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Printed for J. Bowles at No. 13 in Cornhill, & Carington Bowles, No. 69 in St. Pauls Church Yard, London
"View of Kensington Church from the street, looking straight down the street to the right, and with part of a building on the left with an arched entrance"--British Museum online catalogue, description of a later state of the same composition
Alternative Title:
Veüe de l'Eglise de Kensington au sud es
Description:
Title from caption below image.
Publisher:
Printed for and sold by Henry Overton at the White Horse without Newgate
Plate 1. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A self-portrait of Hogarth painting Thalia, the Comic Muse holding a satyr's mask in her left hand and a book in her right hand. On the pillar to her left is engraved the words "Comedy 1764." Hogarth is seated in a chair leaning forward toward the ea...
Alternative Title:
William Hogarth 1764
Description:
Title, state, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic):
Painting, Muses (Greek deities) in art, Artists, and British
