The eleventh drawing in a series of twelve that follow a tradition of producing a series on modern morals, a tradition established earlier in the 18th century by artists such as William Hogarth. In this series, twin brothers are bestowed an equal fort...
"Satire on the South Sea Bubble: mezzotint showing a mourner holding an empty money bag upside down. Above, an emblematic image with, from left to right, a failed investor holding a torn paper reading, "Poverty is at an end"; a man falling from clouds...
Alternative Title:
Englands folly
Description:
Title from text above center image.
Publisher:
Printed for Bowles & Carver, 69, St. Paul's Church Yd
Subject (Geographic):
England
Subject (Name):
South Sea Company
Subject (Topic):
Speculation, Business failures, Commerce, and Grief
Werter clutches his head in anguish as he stands before Charlotte on a sofa supporting her head on one hand as she reaches out imploringly towards Werter. The pictures on the wall amplify the subject
Alternative Title:
Last interview
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 29 1786 by E. Jackson No. 14 Marylebone Street Golden Square
Volume 2, page 18. Etchings by Henry William Bunbury, Esq. and after his designs.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Lady Bothwell sitting beside a cot, where a child lies sleeping, her hands raised, looking down at it sorrowfully, while another sits with her back to the viewer, pouring a cup and a lady wearing a beret stands in the doorway in the background to rig...
Description:
Title from later state.
Publisher:
Publish'd Jany. 20th, 1784, by W. Dickinson, engraver & printseller, No. 158 New Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Bothwell, Ann, Lady,
Subject (Topic):
Cribs (Children's beds), Infants, Grief, and Pitchers
"A young girl shown head and shoulders, facing front with her hands clasped at her breast, and looking tearfully away to left, hair loose and wearing a poor loose gown and cloak; in an oval frame; after Josiah Boydell."--British Museum online catalogu...
Alternative Title:
Child of sorrow
Description:
Title from item.
Publisher:
Published by J. Boydell, engraver in Cheapside, London
Tooke, John Horne, 1736-1812, Wilkes, John, 1725-1797, Pitt, William, Earl of Chatham, 1708-1778, and Temple, Richard Grenville-Temple, Earl, 1711-1779
A woman seated in a chair lays across the top of a chest of drawers weeping. Behind her is a canopy bed with curtains mostly drawn and only the feet of her deceased father are visible