A conversation piece: John Rich and his family relaxing in the gardens at Cowley; three men on the right stand admiring a painting; two women on the left sit by the table in conversation, behind John Rich who reclines on pillows on grass, an open book to his left and large pitcher in front of him; after Hogarth; illustration to Nichols' and Steevens' 'The Genuine Works of William Hogarth' (1810).
Description:
Title etched below image., Text following title: From an original painting in the possession of Abrm. Langford Esqr., Plate from: Nichols, J. The genuine works of William Hogarth., and Found in Filbrigg, p. 235 (iii).
"A young woman with hair dressed high and a large hat, sitting in a garden holding up a sheet of music (titled Sweet Echo; with a waterfall on the right flowing into a stream running past her."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed to plate line.
Publisher:
Printed for R. Sayer & J. Bennett, map & printsellers, No. 53 Fleet Street as the act directs
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Topic):
Gardens, Hats, Music, Waterfalls, Hairstyles, and Clothing & dress
Volume 2, page 82. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Dr Priestley sitting at a garden table, looking at a mouse in a semi-circular cage, smiling as he listens to Mrs Barbauld who stands pleading for its release and another woman and Charles Rochemond Aikin, a little boy look on, with trees all around; after Bunbury."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Sixteen lines of verse below image, eight on either side of title: Oh! hear a pensive prisoner's prayer, for liberty that sighs; and never let thine heart be shut against a wretch's cries ... Vide Mrs. Barbauld's poem., and Mounted on page 82 in volume 2 of: Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Publisher:
Published Novr. 20, 1791, by Thos. Macklin, 39 Fleet Street