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1. The macarony dressing room [graphic]
- Creator:
- White, Charles, 1751-1785, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs the 9th Novr. 1772.
- Call Number:
- 772.11.09.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Alternative Title:
- Macaroni dressing room
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Temporary local subject terms: Dressing gown -- Nosegays -- Snuff., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- Printed and publish'd for T. Bowen, opposite the Haymarket, Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- England
- Subject (Topic):
- Barbers, Blacks, Boudoirs, Clothing & dress, Cockatoos, Dandies, Dressing & grooming equipment, Hairdressing, Servants, and Snuff
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > The macarony dressing room [graphic]
2. A macaroni dressing room [graphic]
- Creator:
- W., I., fl. 1772, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 June 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.06.25.01.2+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Plate numbered '22' in upper left and '12' in upper right corner., Another state, with two plate numbers and by a different publisher. Cf. No. 4781 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Watermark: countermark IV.
- Publisher:
- Pub. according to act June 26th 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Black people, Boudoirs, Cockatoos, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Vanity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A macaroni dressing room [graphic]
3. A macaroni dressing room [graphic]
- Creator:
- W., I., active 1772, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 June 1772]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 776D
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 18. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of macaronis in a dressing room, one having his hair dressed by a flamboyant hairdresser and his young black assistant, another practising fencing, a third plays with his pet cockatoo, another looks down at a servant boy who is spilling a tray of cups. The pictures on the wall allude to the action ("Morning Devotion") and themes (Rotten Row Macaroni) in the print; also an ornate mirror is centered in the room on the wall. On the floor is a sheet with the Newmarket horse races listed. The man having his hair tended wears beauty patches on his cheek
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., For another version of this design in reverse, see no. 4781 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., On leaf 18., and 1 print : etching with engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 25.3 x 35.2 cm, on sheet 27.5 x 44.4 cm.
- Publisher:
- Pub. according to act June 26th, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Boudoirs, Cockatoos, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Vanity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A macaroni dressing room [graphic]
4. A macaroni dressing room [graphic]
- Creator:
- W., I., active 1772, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [26 June 1772]
- Call Number:
- 772.06.25.01.1+
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 18. Darly's comic-prints of characters, caricatures, macaronies, &c.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A group of macaronis in a dressing room, one having his hair dressed by a flamboyant hairdresser and his young black assistant, another practising fencing, a third plays with his pet cockatoo, another looks down at a servant boy who is spilling a tray of cups. The pictures on the wall allude to the action ("Morning Devotion") and themes (Rotten Row Macaroni) in the print; also an ornate mirror is centered in the room on the wall. On the floor is a sheet with the Newmarket horse races listed. The man having his hair tended wears beauty patches on his cheek
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Initial letters of publisher's name in imprint form a monogram., Sheet trimmed to plate mark on top edge., and For another version of this design in reverse, see no. 4781 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4.
- Publisher:
- Pub. according to act June 26th, 1772, by MDarly, (39) Strand
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Boudoirs, Cockatoos, Dandies, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Vanity
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A macaroni dressing room [graphic]
5. A barbers shop [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 41. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, published in 1811, see: Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 223., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], A reduced copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and On leaf 41 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A barbers shop [graphic]
6. A barbers shop [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1811]
- Call Number:
- Bunbury 811.00.00.49+ Impression 1
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], [1836?], page 41., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., 1 print : etching on wove paper, hand-colored ; plate mark 24.9 x 36 cm, on sheet 28 x 39 cm., Imperfect; artist's signature erased from lower right corner of sheet., and Watermark.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > A barbers shop [graphic]
7. A barbers shop [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1811]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 11
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Date of publication from Grego., Plate also published in: Caricatures. [London], [1836?], page 41., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., A reduced copy of no. 6882 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 6., and Mounted on leaf 55 of volume 11 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Topic):
- Hairdressing, Hairstyles, Shaving, and Shaving equipment
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > A barbers shop [graphic]
8. French barracks [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1791]
- Call Number:
- 791.08.12.01++
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: English barracks., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- France. Armée
- Subject (Topic):
- Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > French barracks [graphic]
9. French barracks [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [12 August 1791]
- Call Number:
- Auchincloss Rowlandson v. 4
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of a busy French barracks shows a more domestic than military atmosphere although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Companion print to: English barracks., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., 1 print : etching and aquatint on wove paper ; sheet 38.6 x 47 cm., and Mounted on leaf 36 of volume 4 of 14 volumes.
- Publisher:
- Publish'd Aug. 12, 1791, by S.W. Fores, N. 3 Piccadilly
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Name):
- France. Armée
- Subject (Topic):
- Barracks and quarters, Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, Soldiers, Women, and Yawning
- Found in:
- Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > French barracks [graphic]
10. Miseries of human life [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1807]
- Call Number:
- 807.00.00.78
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bedroom scene. A plump lady sits in a chair, making gestures of pain with hands and legs, while a hairdresser combs her back hair, and a negress combs a tress pulled forward over the face. Behind (left) another hairdresser combs the tousled hair of a lean man, who registers anguish. Below the design: 'Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair when by poking curiously about on board of Ship, it has become clammed and matted with pitch or tar far beyond all the powers of the comb.'"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description:
- Title etched below image. and Printmaker and publisher from British Museum online catalogue.
- Publisher:
- R. Ackermann
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Bedrooms, Hairdressing, Servants, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miseries of human life [graphic]
11. Miseries of human life [graphic]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [approximately 1868?]
- Call Number:
- Folio 724 836C (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 53. Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- "A bedroom scene. A plump lady sits in a chair, making gestures of pain with hands and legs, while a hairdresser combs her back hair, and a negress combs a tress pulled forward over the face. Behind (left) another hairdresser combs the tousled hair of a lean man, who registers anguish."--British Museum online catalogue
- Alternative Title:
- Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair ...
- Description:
- Title etched below image., Text below title: Struggling through the curse of trying to disentangle your hair when by poking curiously about on board of ship, it has become clammed and matted with pitch or tar far beyond all the powers of the comb., Restrike. For original issue of the plate, see no. 10820 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 8., Plate from: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c. [London] : [Field & Tuer], [ca. 1868?], Cf. Grego, J. Rowlandson the caricaturist, v. 2, page 120., and On leaf 53 of: Caricatures drawn & etched by those celebrated artists Gillray, Rowlandson, Cruikshanks, &c.
- Publisher:
- Field & Tuer
- Subject (Topic):
- Blacks, Bedrooms, Hairdressing, Servants, and Women domestics
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Miseries of human life [graphic]
12. [French barracks] [art original]
- Creator:
- Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, artist
- Published / Created:
- [1786]
- Call Number:
- Drawings R79 no. 19 Box D207
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- A view of the interior of busy French barracks shows a more domestic atmosphere than military although weapons and other gear adorn the walls and lay scattered on the floor. The scene includes a woman nursing a baby (right) as another child plays at her feet. Beside her another woman holds up a mirror so that an officer can admire his reflection from both the front and back. A third woman (left) cuts an officers toe nails as a barber dresses his long queue; another officer has his hair powdered. In the background a man in his night shirt sits on the side of his bed as he stretches his arms and yawns
- Description:
- Title from engraving based on this drawing, published by S.W. Fores 12 August 1791. and For further information, consult library staff.
- Subject (Geographic):
- France
- Subject (Topic):
- Foreign opinion, British, Arms & armament, Armor, Barbers, Barracks, French, Breast feeding, Canopy beds, Cats, Children, Dogs, Grooming, Hairdressing, Mirrors, Servants, and Yawning
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [French barracks] [art original]
13. [Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate IV. D] [graphic].
- Creator:
- Riepenhausen, Ernst Ludwig, 1765-1840
- Published / Created:
- [not before 1786]
- Call Number:
- Hogarth 786.00.00.84 Box 112
- Image Count:
- 1
- Abstract:
- Plate lettered in the top center 'D': Reverse copies of the upper bodies of eight figures in the fourth plate of Hogarth's Marriage a la Mode. Each of the figures is numbered: 1. the countess; 2. Silvertongue; 3. the hairdresser; 4. the black servant; 5. and 6. the two men immediately to the right of the countess; 7. the man with his hair in paper; 8. the singer
- Description:
- Title from British Museum catalogue., "It is one of a series of illustrative fragments from Hogarth's works ... prepared for "Manuel contenatn diverses Connoissances curieuses et utile pour l'année 1786." See British Museum catalogue., Illustrations to: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender., and Numbered '4' in upper right corner above border.
- Publisher:
- publisher not identified
- Subject (Name):
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Couples, Eating & drinking, Hairdressing, Singers, and Marriage
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > [Groups from Hogarth's "Marriage à la mode". Plate IV. D] [graphic].
14. Grown gentlemen taught to dance [graphic].
- Creator:
- Rennoldson, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- as the act directs, 20th Augt. 1768.
- Call Number:
- 768.08.20.01+
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., Below title: Engraved after an original picture of Mr. John Collett, in the possession of Mr. Smith., Attribution to Rennoldson based on companion print: Grown ladies &c. taught to dance., and Temporary local subject terms: Dancing lessons -- Musicians: violinist -- Ear-trumpets -- Pictures amplifying subject: opera dancer -- Opera dancers: Madame Elastique -- Theatrical costume: opera dancer's costume -- Musical instruments: violin with case -- Music books -- Curl papers -- Placards: dancing lessons advertisement -- Literature: allusion to Works of Isaac Newton, 1642-1727 -- Allusion to Essay concerning human understanding by John Locke, 1632-1704 -- Furnishings: pulley stiles.
- Publisher:
- Printed for Jno. Smith, No. 35 in Cheapside, & Robt. Sayer, No. 53 in Fleet Street, London
- Subject (Topic):
- Dancers, Dance, Hairdressing, Pets, and Musicians
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Grown gentlemen taught to dance [graphic].
15. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 19. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The countess holds a morning levée in her lavishly decorated bedroom. Her hairdresser curls her hair as she chats with her lawyer, Silvertongue, who is making arrangements to meet her at a masquerade (as shown on the screen). Others in the room include a female friend and her husband; a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist; a young black man who serves chocolate to the party; and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid and a plate with the scene of Leda and the swan; playing cards and invitations are on the floor in the lower right. On the walls are paintings of biblical stories and mythology, including Lot's Daughters, Jupiter and Io, and Rape of Ganymede
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.7 x 46.3 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm., and Leaf 19 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Seduction, Servants, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
16. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Kinnaird 16K Box 300
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 19. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The countess holds a morning levée in her lavishly decorated bedroom. Her hairdresser curls her hair as she chats with her lawyer, Silvertongue, who is making arrangements to meet her at a masquerade (as shown on the screen). Others in the room include a female friend and her husband; a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist; a young black man who serves chocolate to the party; and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid and a plate with the scene of Leda and the swan; playing cards and invitations are on the floor in the lower right. On the walls are paintings of biblical stories and mythology, including Lot's Daughters, Jupiter and Io, and Rape of Ganymede
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Seduction, Servants, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
17. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
- Collection Title:
- Leaf 19. Album of William Hogarth prints.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The countess holds a morning levée in her lavishly decorated bedroom. Her hairdresser curls her hair as she chats with her lawyer, Silvertongue, who is making arrangements to meet her at a masquerade (as shown on the screen). Others in the room include a female friend and her husband; a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist; a young black man who serves chocolate to the party; and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid and a plate with the scene of Leda and the swan; playing cards and invitations are on the floor in the lower right. On the walls are paintings of biblical stories and mythology, including Lot's Daughters, Jupiter and Io, and Rape of Ganymede
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Sheet trimmed to: 38.6 x 46.1 cm., and Formerly on page 116 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Seduction, Servants, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
18. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 19. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The countess holds a morning levée in her lavishly decorated bedroom. Her hairdresser curls her hair as she chats with her lawyer, Silvertongue, who is making arrangements to meet her at a masquerade (as shown on the screen). Others in the room include a female friend and her husband; a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist; a young black man who serves chocolate to the party; and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid and a plate with the scene of Leda and the swan; playing cards and invitations are on the floor in the lower right. On the walls are paintings of biblical stories and mythology, including Lot's Daughters, Jupiter and Io, and Rape of Ganymede
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 19 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Seduction, Servants, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
19. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Sotheby 19++ Box 300
- Collection Title:
- Plate 19. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The countess holds a morning levée in her lavishly decorated bedroom. Her hairdresser curls her hair as she chats with her lawyer, Silvertongue, who is making arrangements to meet her at a masquerade (as shown on the screen). Others in the room include a female friend and her husband; a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist; a young black man who serves chocolate to the party; and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid and a plate with the scene of Leda and the swan; playing cards and invitations are on the floor in the lower right. On the walls are paintings of biblical stories and mythology, including Lot's Daughters, Jupiter and Io, and Rape of Ganymede
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., and After the painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Seduction, Servants, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
20. Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV
- Creator:
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774 printmaker
- Published / Created:
- [1 April 1745]
- Call Number:
- Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
- Collection Title:
- Plate 19. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Image Count:
- 1
- Resource Type:
- still image
- Abstract:
- The countess holds a morning levée in her lavishly decorated bedroom. Her hairdresser curls her hair as she chats with her lawyer, Silvertongue, who is making arrangements to meet her at a masquerade (as shown on the screen). Others in the room include a female friend and her husband; a castrato singer accompanied by a flautist; a young black man who serves chocolate to the party; and a small black boy who points to the horns of a figure of Actaeon purchased at an auction with other objects, including a fake mermaid and a plate with the scene of Leda and the swan; playing cards and invitations are on the floor in the lower right. On the walls are paintings of biblical stories and mythology, including Lot's Daughters, Jupiter and Io, and Rape of Ganymede
- Description:
- Title engraved below image., State from Paulson., After the painting "The Toilette" in the National Gallery, London., 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 38.5 x 46.6 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 19 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
- Publisher:
- Wm. Hogarth
- Subject (Geographic):
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic):
- Adultery, Blacks, Boudoirs, Children, Couples, Hairdressing, Interiors, Marriage, Musicians, Paintings, Seduction, Servants, and Rake's progress
- Found in:
- Lewis Walpole Library > Marriage a-la-mode. [graphic] / Plate IV