Harcourt, George Simon Harcourt, Earl, 1736-1809, printmaker
Published / Created:
A.D. MDCCLXXXV [1785]
Call Number:
Drawer Topos Ox98 no. 5
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A ruined structure sits in flat grounds, partly attached to a wall on the left, and surrounded by trees and low bungalows"--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Societati Antiquariorum Londinensi dono dedit Simon Comes de Harcourt Socius
Subject (Geographic):
England, Oxfordshire., Oxfordshire (England), and Stanton Harcourt (England)
"Fox as Dr. Busby birches Pitt and his supporters in a lofty hall with stone walls. Fox (left) sits under a statue of Justice which is in an alcove above his head, a birch-rod in her right hand, in the left, her scales evenly balanced. Pitt lies acros...
Alternative Title:
Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1785, by J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Robinson, John, 1727-1802, Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture, Justice, Scales, Buttocks, Chamber pots, and Spanking
"Fox as Dr. Busby birches Pitt and his supporters in a lofty hall with stone walls. Fox (left) sits under a statue of Justice which is in an alcove above his head, a birch-rod in her right hand, in the left, her scales evenly balanced. Pitt lies acros...
Alternative Title:
Dr. Busby settling accounts with Master Billy and his playmates
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. Feby. 4th, 1785, by J. Ridgeway, Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Fox, Charles James, 1749-1806, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Robinson, John, 1727-1802, Hill, Richard, Sir, 1733-1808, Sheridan, Richard Brinsley, 1751-1816, North, Frederick, Lord, 1732-1792, and Pitt, William, 1759-1806
Subject (Topic):
Sculpture, Justice, Scales, Buttocks, Chamber pots, and Spanking
A social satire: a "curtain lecture" with a standing woman in night-clothes, one breast expose, berating a man in bed, who draws the bed-covers up to his chin. The bedroom has a large casement window through which is seen moonlight; on the sill are th...
Alternative Title:
William and Margaret
Description:
Letterpress fragments from a ballad, pasted to the bottom edge of the print: William and Margaret. A Burlesque.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs, by S. Watts, No. 50 Strand
"[Left image] One of two designs on the same plate, see British Museum Satires No. 6864. A cobbler (left) preaches in a bare, raftered room with a casement window. He stands behind a reading-desk on which is a large, open book, leaning forward, pointi...
Alternative Title:
Essay on the sublime and beautiful
Description:
Title, printmaker, and publication information from lettered state.
Publisher:
T. Cornell
Subject (Name):
Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797.
Subject (Topic):
Casement windows, Desks, Public speaking, and Shoemakers
"Topham, in full regimentals, standing in profile to the left, directs a large syringe at a sun (left) rising above a hill, inscribed 'Genius of Holman'. Behind him, holding leading-strings attached to his epaulettes, are Mrs. Wells and John Henderson...
Alternative Title:
Colonel Topham endeavouring with his squirt to extinguish the genius of Holman and To what, oh Muse! can I compare ...
Description:
Title, printmaker, and date of publication from Grego.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Topham, Edward, 1751-1820, Wells, Mary, approximately 1759-, Henderson, John, 1747-1785, and Holman, J. G. 1764-1817. (Joseph George),
"Topham, in full regimentals, standing in profile to the left, directs a large syringe at a sun (left) rising above a hill, inscribed 'Genius of Holman'. Behind him, holding leading-strings attached to his epaulettes, are Mrs. Wells and John Henderson...
Alternative Title:
Colonel Topham endeavouring with his squirt to extinguish the genius of Holman and To what, oh Muse! can I compare ...
Description:
Title from Grego.
Publisher:
Pub. by W.G., No. 227 Strand
Subject (Name):
Topham, Edward, 1751-1820, Wells, Mary, approximately 1759-, Henderson, John, 1747-1785, and Holman, J. G. 1764-1817. (Joseph George),
Etching after a painting by Hogarth; head and shoulders of a young woman looking down and to the left; wearing a gown with a loose neckline, her hair dressed tied with a bow at the back and a band decorated with a crescent moon in front
