A riotous scene in a country village where a shrewish wife and hen-pecked husband are mocked by their neighbors, cuckold's horns and a petticoat are held aloft while "rough music" is played; Hudibras rides into the crowd to protest at what he describes as a Devil's Procession
Alternative Title:
Hudibras and the Skimmington
Description:
Title engraved below image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ...", Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark., and On page 34 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to:
A riotous scene in a country village where a shrewish wife and hen-pecked husband are mocked by their neighbors, cuckold's horns and a petticoat are held aloft while "rough music" is played; Hudibras rides into the crowd to protest at what he describes as a Devil's Procession
Alternative Title:
Hudibras and the Skimmington
Description:
Title engraved below image., Title from Paulson: Hudibras and the Skimmington., State, publisher, and date from Paulson., Caption on either side of title, begins: "This said, they both advanc'd, and rode a dog-trot through the bawling crowd ...", and Description based on imperfect impression; loss of text on lower edges and second section of verse; sheet trimmed to plate mark.
"Satire on William Kent's altarpiece at St Clement Danes; a group of five angels playing musical instruments; the dove of the Holy Ghost above, surrounded by seven heads of putti. Keyed A-K in image with text below."--British Museum online catalogue
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This Print is exactly engrav'd after [the] celebrated altar-peice and This print is exactly engraved after the celebrated altar-piece
Description:
Title from Paulson., Caption below image: "This Print is exactly Engrav'd after [the] Celebrated Altar-Peice [sic] in St. Clements Church which has been taken down by Order of [the] Lord Bishop of London (as tis thought) to prevent Disputs [sic] and Laying of wagers amoung [the] Parr[i]shioners about [the] Artists meaning in it ... 2 Smaller Angells as appears by the Wing[s].", Sheet trimmed to plate mark., On page 23 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand at top of page: See Mr. Nichols's Biographical Anecdotes &c., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Original; below: First state.
In the foreground a man is shown nailed to a cross (center) and another (right) is tied to a stake and being eaten by two wild beasts (lions?). In the distance a man is being burned at the stake on the outskirts of a camp with tents; on the left a man is tossed off a cliff by soldiers
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. VI; see p. 64., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.6 x 7.6 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Precipitation, Crucifixion, Burning &c.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John
Subject (Topic):
Crucifixions, Executions, Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for a sequel to John Beaver's Roman military punishments, a work that was never written., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.5 x 8 cm., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above this print and the one following: Two of Modern Military Punishments, designed for an unpublished continuation of the same work., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand below at bottom of mount: 2 of these are supposed to be spurious. Only 13 of them are known to have sold for £10.10.0.
A scene of a mass punishment in which every tenth man was executed and the rest condemned to live on barley instead of wheat
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. IV; see p. 41., and On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.5 x 7.9 cm.
Title and imprint from Paulson., Designed for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., Sheet trimmed., On page 24 in volume 1., Numbered in ms. by Steevens (?) in upper left: 16., and Title written in ms. note by Steevens above: Degradation.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
A man's body is shown torn apart between two branches of a tree. Two other men are shown being sewn alive in the bellies of oxen. In the distance, a man is shown strapped to the wheel of a wagon
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. VIII; see p. 80., On page 24 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Soldiers Convicted of Adultery., and Numbered in ms. in upper left by Steevens(?): 8.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Dismemberment, Executions, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers