A group of four persons-- the Princess of Wales, Earl of Bute, the Queen, and the King-- stand up and dance before five courtiers who sit, three along the wall on the left, two along the wall on the right. A bagpiper on the left plays, with the words in a bubble: "up stairs, down stairs in my Ladys Bed Chamber". The five courtiers, including a Scotchman, each have speech bubbles commenting on the scene with references to the Irish, the Scotch jig, Italian masters
Alternative Title:
Windsor minuet 1762
Description:
Title etched above image., Printmaker's name ficticious, an allusion to William Hogarth., Cf. No. 3981 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 4., and Mounted to 31 x 46 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
A group of four persons -- the Princess of Wales, Earl of Bute, the Queen, and the King -- stand up and dance before five courtiers who sit, three along the wall on the left, two along the wall on the right. A bagpiper on the left plays, with the words in a bubble: "up stairs, down stairs in my Ladys Bed Chamber". The five courtiers, including a Scotchman, each have speech bubbles commenting on the scene with references to the Irish, the Scotch jig, Italian masters. A reversed copy of a print by "Paul Ogarth inv. et scratchavit."
Alternative Title:
Windsor minuit 1762 and Windsor minuet 1762
Description:
Title etched above image., Numberd '19' in upper right corner., and Mounted to 31.8 x 34.1 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Name):
George III, King of Great Britain, 1738-1820, Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, Augusta, Princess of Wales, 1719-1772, Bute, John Stuart, Earl of, 1713-1792, and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Plate lettered in the top center 'H': Reverse copies of details six figures from the center of Hogarth's first plate in Election entertainment. Each character is numbered; 1 and 2, two of the musicians (the woman violinist and the bass-viol player); 3, 4, and 5, three of the men sitting at the table conversing and drinking; 6. the portrait on the back wall
Description:
Title from British Museum catalogue., Printmaker and date from British Museum online catalogue., and Plate from: Lichtenberg's Göttinger Taschen Kalender.
Scene in a crowded room lit by a few guttering candles, 'far exceeding in profligacy and dissipation' anything depicted by R obert Cruikshank in St. Giles. Men and women fight, drink, and smoke. An old soldier fiddles, a woman beats a drum for dancers who are almost hidden but apparently naked. Cruikshank stands on a table, pouring gin from a large tankard inscribed 'R.C' into raised glasses. One prostitute squirts liquid from her mouth at another, a third pulls on her stockings, incidents taken from Hogarth's 'Rake's Progress' (plate iii). 'Blackmantle' watches the fight, smoking a long pipe. On the walls are placards: 'No trust' and 'Pig and Whistle: Rules of the Club." British Museum catalogue
Alternative Title:
Buff Club, at the Pig and Whistle, Avon Street, Bath
Description:
Title, printmaker, and imprint from published state., Plate etched for: Westmacott, C.M. English spy. London : Sherwood, Jones, and Co., 1825-1826., For published state see: No. 15232 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 10., and Ms. note in pencil on front: Vol. 2, Page 386.
Publisher:
Sherwood & Co.
Subject (Name):
Cruikshank, Robert, 1789-1856, and Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
