Volume 2, page 12. Collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality.
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1
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still image
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From an original drawing by Isaac Ostade
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Title devised by curator., Mounted on page 12 in volume 2 of Horace Walpole's collection of amateur works entitled: A collection of prints engraved by various persons of quality., and Pasted beneath print is a strip of paper, likely trimmed from the verso of the same sheet, which bears a note in the printmaker's hand: The drawing with a pen by I. Ostade in possion. of J.T.
Plate 9. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 9. Album of William Hogarth prints.
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1
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A fashionable interior (after the
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Prosperity, (with Horlot's [sic] smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles) ..., Prosperity, (with Horlot's smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles) ..., and Prosperity, (with Harlot's smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles) ...
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Title, state, and imprint from Paulson., Fourth state with 'Horlot' corrected to 'Harlot'; scrolls over the harpsichodist's shoulder are hatched, but the floor and the dancing master's coat are not yet hatched., Caption below image in four columns begins: "Prosperity, (with Harlot's smiles, most pleasing when she most beguiles), how soon, sweet foe, can all they train of false, gay, frantick, loud & vain ...", 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 35.5 x 40.7 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 9 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
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1
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still image
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In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
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Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
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Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Plate 20. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
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1
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still image
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In a bedroom of The Bagnio, the mortally-wounded Earl leans on a table, the countess kneeling before him with clasped hands. Behind her on the right Silvertongue escapes through the window. On the left the watchmen stand in the doorway with startled expressions. The floor is strewn with clothing including a hooped petticoat, masks, the countess's shoes and her stays
Alternative Title:
Marriage a-la-mode. Plate 5
Description:
Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Bagnio" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.4 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 20 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
"A more realistic rendering of the squib, illustrated in British Museum Satires No. 11414, &c., the text slightly altered. Seven designs in two rows, three above and four below, the verses etched across the upper part of each. [1] A close-up view of part of the east front of the new theatre, not accurately drawn, but showing the portico and its flanking sculptures of 'Antient Drama' and 'Modern Drama'. Above: 'This is . . .' [&c.]. [2] An arc of the third tier of boxes, showing three boxes crowded with fashionables in polite conversation; one lady only looks at the stage, using a glass. Above: 'These are the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [3] A similar view of three pigeon-holes showing lighted chandeliers suspended from brackets below them. The occupants of the front row sit, those behind stand in a massed crowd; all are behaving well. Above: 'These are the Pigeon holes made for the poor, over the Boxes . . .' [&c.]. [4] A bust portrait of Catalani, singing, with tense bony neck, a claw-like hand on her breast. Above: 'This is the Cat . . .' [&c.]. [5] A bust portrait of an obese neatly dressed 'cit' in profile to the left, fiercely blowing a trumpet from which issues the word 'Hiss'. In his right hand is a paper: 'The Age of Reason [cf. No. 8646] a New Comedy perform[ed] by J Bull & C°'. Above: 'This is John Bull. . .' [&c.]. [6] A bust profile portrait of Townsend, neatly dressed, and wearing a top-hat. His right arm is outstretched as if to seize John Bull in the adjacent design; in his left hand is a constable's crowned staff. Above: 'This is the Thief taker . . .' [&c.]. [7] A bust portrait of Kemble, sternly frowning, in profile to the left, clasping a rolled document inscribed 'King John'. He wears ordinary dress with swathed neck-cloth and high-collared coat. Above: 'This is the Manager . . .' [&c.]. (Cf. British Museum Satires No. 11419.)"--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image. and Attributed to Charles Williams in the British Museum catalogue.
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Pubd. Septr. 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Geographic):
England and London.
Subject (Name):
Catalani, Angelica, 1780-1849, Townsend, John, 1760-1832, Kemble, John Philip, 1757-1823, and Covent Garden Theatre,
Page 3. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
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"A man and woman sit facing each other beside the counter, which stretches across the design; he holds a jelly-glass and puts a spoonful to her mouth; she sits with open mouth and folded arms, a closed fan in one hand. A third customer leans on the counter, holding a jelly-glass and admiring through a lorgnette his own reflection in a mirror; this is the centre of the wall behind the counter, dividing two sets of shelves on which are neatly ranged canisters, glasses, packets, &c. A shop-girl (right) also gazes at the pair. All are fashionably dressed."--British Museum online catalogue
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Title etched below image., After an original drawing by Isaac Cruikshank in the Huntington Library., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of imprint from bottom edge. Imprint supplied from impression in the British Museum., Plate numbered "219" in lower left corner., Mounted to 32 x 26 cm; pasted beneath is a 1750s newspaper clipping advertising "How's Chocolate and Jelly House in Half-Moon-Court joining to Ludgate"., and Mounted on page 3 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
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Published 4th June 1798 by Laurie & Whittle, 53 Fleet Street, London
Page 150. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
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1
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still image
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In a large room of an employment agency, prospective employers interview their potential hires. At the extreme right is a desk with the manager of the agency sitting behind it . On the desk is large open volume entitled "Order from Covent Garden for tid-bits". Next to it lies a note, "To Mr. Double Face, Statute Hall." In the foreground, next to the desk, a young man and woman sit on a bench waiting their turn. Numerous pairs around the room conduct interviews, including an older woman examining the face of a young manservant; a macaroni feeling the bosom of a maidservant; an old woman in spectacles poking the chest of a large coachman with a whip in his hand; a bishop leering at a young woman holding a box under her arm; and a pair in the background on the left holding a paper "Hell Fire Jack at the Bedford". In the background on the far right two young women stand against the wall, under an advertisement: "Two ladies want places with single gentlemen willing to do any thing." Other advertisements hang on the back wall
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Modern Register Office
Description:
Title engraved below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., For a variant state bearing the imprint of Robert Sayer, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1860,0623.23., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum., Folded to 24.5 x 24.3 cm; mounted to 32 x 26 cm., and Mounted on page 150 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].
Publisher:
Publish'd by the inventor M. Darly accordg. to act of Parliament, April 10, 1769, at No. 39 Strand
A scene in a fashionable library with ladies and gentlemen conversing with attendants at the counters on either side. On the left a woman looks in a book while her male companion converses with a clergyman, as the woman behind the counter consults a book. On the right, a man sits in a chair as a lady discusses her choices with the man behind the counter who reaches for a book below a sign 'Stamp'. Behind him is another sign "Just published [...]" An older woman with a walking stick approaches the counter on the right, followed by a Black servant and a dog. The windows are filled with books and prints. Through the open door a woman with an umbrella is silhouetted; to the left another sign "History Westminster and its monuments."
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Title etched below image., Printmaker, publisher, and date of publication from the volume in which this plate was issued., Plate from: Poetical sketches of Scarborough / illustrated by twenty-one engravings ... made upon the spot by J. Green and etched by T. Rowlandson. London : Printed for R. Ackermann by J. Diggens, 1813., Aquatint probably added to this plate and others in the volume by J.C. Stadler and J. Bluck. See: Hardie, M. English coloured books., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Watermark, partially trimmed: [J. Wha]tman [18]14.
publish'd according to act of Parliament, June 1st 1769.
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Quarto 724 771N
Collection Title:
Page 61. New London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality.
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1
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still image
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In a paneled room hung with mirrors and a clock, the master of the house, in dressing gown and nightcap, puts his hand on the bosom of a maid who serves him biscuits. Next to him a clergyman looks adoringly at the lady of the house on his left. In his hand is an open volume with text "A sermon, I am sick of love." She is dressed in a wrap and cap and, while smiling at the clergyman, surreptitiously takes a letter from a black servant boy who approaches from behind her chair. A parrot in a cage hanging above them sings, "Caesar and Pompey were both of them horned." A squirrel sits on a stool next to the table. In the foreground, a monkey sits on the floor, reading "A dissertation on winding up the clock, by Tristam Shandy." On the extreme left, a footman with a long unbraided queue is trying to push out of the room a bill collector who came in to present a tailor's bill
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Title etched below image., Publisher's announcement following publication statement: Price 1s. but given gratis to the purchasers of The Court miscellany., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Eight lines of verse in two columns on either side of the title: With touch indelicate His Grace, approaches that angelic place ..., Companion print to: High life in the evening., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; sheet 22.5 x 34.2 cm, folded to 22.5 x 24.8 cm., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark with loss of publication line from bottom edge., Mounted to 26 x 32 cm., and Mounted on page 61 in a copiously extra-illustrated copy of: King, R. The new London spy, or, A twenty-four hours ramble through the bills of mortality. London : Printed for J. Cooke [and 3 others], [1771?].