Ink drawing depicting a prisoner, possibly Saint Laurence of Rome, about to be burned over coals by Roman soldiers. The prisoner's hands are bound behind his back and he is naked apart from a loin cloth; a soldier on foot grasps him from behind while two mounted soldiers look on. Four other figures surround the prisoner, one crouching at the prisoner's feet and spreading coals. A statue of a seated figure next to an eagle is visible in the upper right, probably an architectual element of a building in the background
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Signed in ink with the artist's initials in lower right corner of mount; also signed on verso with the same initials., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in at page 153 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Ink drawing depicting a prisoner, possibly Saint Laurence of Rome, about to be burned over coals by Roman soldiers. The prisoner's hands are bound behind his back and he is naked apart from a loin cloth; a soldier on foot grasps him from behind while two mounted soldiers look on. Four other figures surround the prisoner, one crouching at the prisoner's feet and spreading coals. A statue of a seated figure next to an eagle is visible in the upper right, probably an architectual element of a building in the background
Description:
Title from local catalog card., Signed in ink with the artist's initials in lower right corner of mount; also signed on verso with the same initials., Place and date of production based on the country of residence and death date of Richard Bull, who owned and likely assembled the album in which this drawing was found., Formerly laid in at page 153 in an album containing 402 pages, bound in red morocco leather with single gilt ruled line; spine stamped in gold "Drawings." Now disassembled and matted separately: Bull, R. Scrapbook of drawings. [England], [not after 1806]., Matted to 49 x 37 cm., and Original case shelved separately.
Two sketches of soldiers wearing helmets, one drawing on each side of a single sheet with the titles written below, one in Latin and the other in Greek
Alternative Title:
Kunegerha, Profile of a Roman soldier, and Profile of a Greek soldier
Description:
Title from item., "Kunegerha" appears in Greek letters., Possibly a juvenile work by Horace Walpole, with the title in Latin., and For further information, consult library staff.
Make the label on the breast & the ring round the neck more distinct and Make the label on the breast and the ring round the neck more distinct
Description:
Titles devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Third modern military punishment]., No statement of responsibility below second (lower) image., The top plate with note etched above image: "make the label on the breast & the ring round the neck more distinct.", Design intended for: John Beaver's Roman military punishments., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, vol. i, opposite p. 54., On page 24 in volume 1., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand in pencil above these two plates on one sheet: Forgeries.
Publisher:
Faulder and Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), nos. 64, 66, and 72., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 50., and On page 24 in volume 1.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
Camp scene outside the headquarters, at left soldiers standing guard while rations are issued on a table, at right a group of five soldiers, one pouring grain from a sack, another with a basket on his head
Description:
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as frontispiece., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 47., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 79., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 70., and On page 24 in volume 1.
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as frontispiece., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 47., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 66., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 69., Ms. note in ink on mount above print, in Steevens's hand: In the title-page., and On page 24 in volume 1.
Make the label on the breast & the ring round the neck more distinct and Make the label on the breast and the ring round the neck more distinct
Description:
Titles devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Third modern military punishment] / W. Hogarth in., Re-issue with artist's name added to lower plate., The top plate with note etched above image: "make the label on the breast & the ring round the neck more distinct.", Design intended for: John Beaver's Roman military punishments., and Earlier state: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth, vol. i, opposite p. 54.
Publisher:
Samuel Ireland
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Make the label on the breast & the ring round the neck more distinct and Make the label on the breast and the ring round the neck more distinct
Description:
Titles devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Third modern military punishment]., No statement of responsibility below second (lower) image., The top plate with note etched above image: "make the label on the breast & the ring round the neck more distinct.", Design intended for: John Beaver's Roman military punishments., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, Whitehall, vol. i, opposite p. 54.
Publisher:
Faulder and Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Degrading punishments] / W. Hogarth invt. ; A.M. Ireland sculpt., With: [Freemen degraded and sold into slavery] / W. Hogarth invt. ; A.M. Ireland sculpt., State with altered statements of responsibility and plate nos added., The top plate with the image of Banishment numbered "Plate 3.", Middle plate with the image of Degrading punishments number "Plate 4.", Lower plate with the image of Freemen degraded and sold into slavery number "Plate 5.", Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), nos. 64, 66, and 72., and Later state with plate numbers added. Cf. Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, opposite page 50.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Degrading punishments] / W. Hogarth delt. ; A.M.I. fecit., With: [Freemen degraded and sold into slavery] / W. Hogarth delt. ; A.M.I. fecit., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), nos. 64, 66, and 72., and Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, v. 1, opposite page 50.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, and Soldiers
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Beheading] / W. Hogarth invt. ; A.M Ireland sculpt., State with altered statements of responsibility and plate numbers added., The top plate with the image of a Roman general numbered "Plate 1.", Lower plate with the image of a beheading number "Plate 2.", Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. V; p. 50., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 69., and Reissue with of plates from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 77.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton?
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Generals, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title devised by cataloger based on Paulson titles for Hogarth's originals., With: [Beheading] / W. Hogarth delt. ; A.M.I. fecit., Designed originally for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. V; p. 50., Plate from: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. London : Published by R. Faulder, New Bond Street; and J. Egerton, 1794, vol. 1, opposite p. 47., See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 66., and See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 69.
Publisher:
R. Faulder and J. Egerton
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Generals, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
The scene from Acts, Chapter 12, verse 17 in which an angel leads Peter through the door from his prison while the Roman soldier sleeps at the foot of the steps outside
Description:
Title engraved below image., "The Acts Chap. 12 Verse 17.", and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pub. July 6, 1793, by E. & S. Harding, Pall Mall, & J. Good, Bond Street
Subject (Name):
Peter, Saint, -304.
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Biblical events, Sleeping, Soldiers, and Roman
"Paul before Felix, showing St Paul on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; Paul to left with arms raised, Felix sitting with his wife Drusilla and two priests on a dais at centre, one sitting uncomfortably with his chin in his hand, two clerks in front of the bench at which St Paul stands; to right, the orator Tertullus holding a scroll and leaning on a lectern; a soldier to left and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title and state from Paulson., Added title from caption below image, which is a quotation from Acts 24-25., and Leaf 35 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Israel and Caesarea.
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Soldiers, Roman, and Parables
Plate 35. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul (left) on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; Felix, his wife Drusilla (a Jewess), and two priests on a dais, one sitting, asleep, beside the governor; two clerks in front of the bench at which St. Paul stands, with a small group of women looking up at Paul; the figure of Tertullus with a scroll in his hand stands at a bench to the right; a soldier to the left with a spear; and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais. A group of spectators look down from a balcony on the left high above the scene
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title from Paulson: Paul before Felix., Added title from caption engraved below image., State inferred from Paulson. State with altered publication line (Paulson's state 2) but without added quotations (Paulson's state 3). No gap in publication line caused by the curlicue under 'trembled'., 1 print : engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42 x 52.5 cm, on sheet 46 x 59 cm., and Plate 35 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Israel and Caesarea.
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Soldiers, and Roman
"Paul before Felix, showing St Paul on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; Paul to left with arms raised, Felix sitting with his wife Drusilla and two priests on a dais at centre, one sitting uncomfortably with his chin in his hand, two clerks in front of the bench at which St Paul stands; to right, the orator Tertullus holding a scroll and leaning on a lectern; a soldier to left and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais."--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title, publisher and state from Paulson., Added title from caption below image., Quotation from Acts 24-25 engraved below image: And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and Judgment to come, Felix trembled., Text below quotation: From the original painting in Lincoln's Inn Hall, painted by Wm. Hogarth., State 3 distinquished by the presence of a lengthy quotation from Joseph Warton's Essay on the genius and writings of Pope (1756) in bottom corners., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Ms. note in pencil in Mr. Steevens's hand above print: See Mr. Nichols's book 3d edit, p. 323., and On page 161 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to: .
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Israel and Caesarea.
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Soldiers, Roman, and Parables
Plate 35. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul (left) on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; Felix, his wife Drusilla (a Jewess), and two priests on a dais, one sitting, asleep, beside the governor; two clerks in front of the bench at which St. Paul stands, with a small group of women looking up at Paul; the figure of Tertullus with a scroll in his hand stands at a bench to the right; a soldier to the left with a spear; and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais. A group of spectators look down from a balcony on the left high above the scene
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title from Paulson: Paul before Felix., Added title from caption engraved below image., and State inferred from Paulson. State with altered publication line (Paulson's state 2) but without added quotations (Paulson's state 3). No gap in publication line caused by the curlicue under 'trembled'.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Israel and Caesarea.
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Soldiers, and Roman
Plate 35. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
Paul before Felix, showing St. Paul (left) on trial before Felix, governor of Caesarea; Felix, his wife Drusilla (a Jewess), and two priests on a dais, one sitting, asleep, beside the governor; two clerks in front of the bench at which St. Paul stands, with a small group of women looking up at Paul; the figure of Tertullus with a scroll in his hand stands at a bench to the right; a soldier to the left with a spear; and two figures carrying fascae either side of the dais. A group of spectators look down from a balcony on the left high above the scene
Alternative Title:
And as he reasoned of righteousness, temperance, and judgment to come, Felix trembled
Description:
Title from Paulson: Paul before Felix., Added title from caption engraved below image., State inferred from Paulson. State with altered publication line (Paulson's state 2) but without added quotations (Paulson's state 3). No gap in publication line caused by the curlicue under 'trembled'., and 1 print : etching and engraving on laid paper ; plate mark 42.2 x 52.4 cm, on sheet 47.1 x 61.2 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Geographic):
Israel and Caesarea.
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint
Subject (Topic):
Biblical events, Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Soldiers, and Roman
"Caesar right at prow as Roman galleys approach shore beneath hail of arrows and rocks; hand-to-hand conflict in foreground."--British Museum online catalogue, description of an earlier state
Alternative Title:
Débarquement de Jules César
Description:
Title from text below image., Probably a later state, with additional French title added and with year removed from end of imprint statement. Cf. British Museum online catalogue, registration number: 1952,0211.36., Date of publication inferred from that of probable earlier state in the British Museum online catalogue., Plate numbered in lower right corner: No. 1., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., Watermark., and Embossed stamp in lower left corner of sheet.
Publisher:
Publish'd for J. & P. Knapton & R. Dodsley, according to act of Parliament
Subject (Name):
Caesar, Julius.
Subject (Topic):
Campaigns & battles, Landing craft, Soldiers, and Roman
A scene in an encampment: two punished soldiers standing outside the headquarters, one holding a very long pole, the other with two blocks on his head, others looking on from both sides
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson., One of fourteen illustrations created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XV; see p. 129., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Standing before the General's tent &c., and On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.5 x 7.8 cm.
Title and printmaker 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: 4.2 x 7.9 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.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Topic):
Punishment & torture, Punishment devices, Soldiers, and Roman
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.
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
Title and date from Paulson., Designed for John Beaver's Roman military punishments., Sheet trimmed., On page 24 in volume 1., Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Soldiers sold for slaves., and Numbered in ms. by Steevens (?) in upper left: 9.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, Enslaved persons, 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
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. V; see page 50., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.4 x 7.8 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Beheading &c.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
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.
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 John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XIV; see p. 116., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.6 x 7.6 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Missio Ignominiosa &c
Title, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. V; see page 50., On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.2 x 7.7 cm., and Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Verberatio.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Decapitations, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
Title, printmaker, state, and date from Paulson., Print created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XVII; see p. 144., and On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.3 x 7.8 cm.
Title, state, and date from Paulson., One of fourteen illustrations created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XIII; see p. 109., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Fustium admonitio., and On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.3 x 7.8 cm.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Beating, Punishment & torture, Soldiers, and Roman
Title, state, and date from Paulson., One of fourteen illustrations created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XI; see p. 99., Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Breaking etc. arms & legs., and On page 24 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 4.5 x 7.6 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic):
Military camps, Roman, Punishment & torture, and Soldiers
A scene in an encampment: two punished soldiers standing outside the headquarters, one holding a very long pole, the other with two blocks on his head, others looking on from both sides
Description:
Title, state, and date from Paulson. and One of fourteen illustrations created for John Beaver's Roman military punishments; used as headpiece for Chap. XV; see p. 129.