A judge on a raised seat, plaintiff and defendants, witnesses or spectators stand below, surrounding a rectangular barrier within which is a table, at which a clerk is writing. Four counsel stand within the barrier, two to the right. of the judge, two to his left. The Judge (Mansfield) sits, his left forefinger raised, listening with a stern expression to the remarks addressed to him. In the centre, in back view, stands Lord Grosvenor, wearing a tie-wig with horns, to which he points, saying: "I only want to know for a Certainty whether I am entitled to this Head Dress". On the left in profile to the right. stand Lady Grosvenor, holding out a fan, and Cumberland. She says: "My case shall be laid before this Court, and I can have nothing to fear from an Upright Judge"; he says: "I can do no Wrong". Behind him on the extreme left is a woman wearing a hood and holding a fan. She says: "It was a Pity to disturb them when they were going to Prince Making". One of the counsel on the Judge's right says: "If her L-----d, has not bedded with her these two years She cannot be with Child, but she may be with Prince". The two counsel on the other side say: "The Lady acted upon Revolution Principles She is strongly attached to the Present Family, and, There is no actual Proof of Adultery." A man in back view says: "The Youth wanted a Sop in Pan." A cook, on the extreme right, says, laughing: "How his------R------y [sic] H---n---ss will be Roasted and Basted."--Brit. Mus. online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Trial of the Duke of Cumberland and Lady Grosvenor for criminal conversation
Description:
Title etched below image., Publication date based on the date of the trial., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., and Mounted to 33 x 47 cm.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Henry Frederick, Prince, Duke of Cumberland and Strathearn, 1745-1790, Grosvenor, Henrietta Grosvenor, Countess, -1828, Grosvenor, Richard Grosvenor, Earl, 1731-1802, and Mansfield, William Murray, Earl of, 1705-1793
"A sequence of six designs in two rows. [1] 'Begging before the Door of his Benefactor.' Young Leach, as a crossing-sweeper, holds out his hat to a gentleman who amiably puts in a coin. The latter walks away from a street-door with a plate inscribed 'Sir Robt Taylor'. [2] 'In the Service of his Benefactor.' Leach, as a young footman in livery, walks behind Taylor and his wife, who are returning from a country church. He carries cane and prayer-book. [3] 'As Clerk to his Benefactor.' Leach writes at a desk in a bare room, with a shelf of books high on the wall. [4] 'Now a Lawyer!!!' He sits in a well-furnished room, smilingly giving advice to a dismayed client (cf. British Museum Satires No. 11931, &c.). [5] 'Becomes a Counsellor!!! Thanks to his Benefactor.' Scene in court, with a crowded gallery. As one of a row of barristers Leach makes an impassioned appeal to the judge. [6] 'And now a Judge!!! Thanks to the Nation.' From the bench he looks down at a row of barristers. After the title: 'Every Merit should be Awarded to a Man for having raised himself from Beggary to so prominent a Station. The utmost Hatred, does that Man deserve who would create Despotism in our Land.'"--British Museum online catalogue
Alternative Title:
Gradations of a Vice Chancellor and "'Tis better to be born lucky than rich"
Description:
Title from text below image., Publisher's statement written in ink on separate piece of paper (11 x 38 mm) pasted below lower left corner of image., Date of publication from the British Museum catalogue., Imperfect; sheet trimmed with partial loss of statement of responsibility from lower right. Missing text supplied from the British Museum catalogue., and Mounted on page 22 of: George Humphrey shop album.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Garmeson, No. 2 St. Swithins Lane, Lombard Stt.
Subject (Name):
Leach, John, 1760-1834 and Taylor, Robert, Sir, 1714-1788
A courtroom scene in which the lawyer in wig and robes points to a piece of paper as he questions the man in the dock
Description:
Title etched below image., Date from other prints in this series., Sheet trimmed within plate mark. Mounted with 5 other prints in the series on blue album paper., "Sunday paper"--Upper right corner., "Pt. 7"--Upper left corner., and Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
publish'd according to act of Parliament Septr. 1740.
Call Number:
740.09.00.01++
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Alternative Title:
Danger and folly of going to law
Description:
Title engraved above image., Sheet trimmed within plate mark., The design is composed of a large rectangular image at top center of sheet and another image below it, both flanked by three small images in form of vignettes on each side., Central upper panel is a reissue of a plate published ca. 1733: Law is a bottomless pit. Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1990., Verse inscribed below image: Two neighbors sought revenge: to law they went, thro' passions blind, spurr'd on by discontent ..., Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires., and Mounted.
Publisher:
publisher not identified
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Law & legal affairs, and Judicial proceedings
"From the opposite ends of a horizontal balance hang (left) a triangle from which are suspended the corpses of thirteen sailors, and (right) the body of a military officer in uniform (Governor Wall); all have bandaged eyes. The balance hangs in front of a stone building, in the centre of which is an open door showing men seated at a council table, a messenger stands in the doorway giving a dispatch box marked 'GR' to another messenger, saying, "Deliver this Immediatly He must Die." The pilastered doorway is inscribed: 'Justitiae Soror Fides'; above it are kneeling statues of Truth and Justice; between them they support an inscribed tablet: 'It is determined that British Justice shall never be Stained by Partiality, while the poor & ignorant suffer for their Folly the Rich shall also suffer for their Brutality and Infamy.' On the wall are two placards: (left) 'An Account of the Mutiny', and (right) 'A Full True and Particular Account of the Trial of ... For the Murder of ...' This is headed by a print of a man being tied to a cannon and flogged, while an officer looks on and soldiers stand at attention."--British Museum online catalogue
Description:
Title from caption below image., Text below imprint: Folios of caracatures [sic] lent out for the evening., and Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.
Publisher:
Pud. March 3d 1802 by S.W. Fores, 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain.
Subject (Name):
Wall, Joseph, 1737-1802.
Subject (Topic):
Trials (Mutiny), Mutiny, Courtrooms, Hangings (Executions), Justice, Military officers, British, and Sailors
On the right, the representatives of George III gathered on a dais under an ornate canopy with the King's initials on it, preside over a session of the Assembly. In the foreground, the ministers of the Church of Scotland are engaged in discussion and reviewing of documents. The surrounding pews are occupied by petitioners and their attorneys while the general public views the proceedings from the galleries above
Alternative Title:
General Assembly of the Church of Scotland
Description:
Title from item. and Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Publisher:
Pubd. by Hugh Paton, Carver & Gilder to the Queen
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland. and Scotland
Subject (Name):
Church of Scotland. General Assembly.
Subject (Topic):
Clergy, Judicial proceedings, Courtrooms, and Clothing & dress
A watercolor drawing of a scene in Westminster Hall with three judges presiding over a crowded courtroom
Alternative Title:
Lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall and Peep into the Court of Kings Bench
Description:
Title "A peep into the Court of Kings Bench" written in lower margin but scored through; a new title "Term time or The lawyers all alive in Westminster Hall" is written below in the same hand., Signed by the artist in lower right corner of image., Date from: Padbury, D. View of Dightons., and Numbered "557" beneath lower left corner of image.
Subject (Name):
Westminster Hall (London, England),
Subject (Topic):
Courtrooms, Judicial proceedings, Lawyers, Judges, and Juries
publish'd according to act of Parliament May 1st, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio Greenberg 75 H67 753
Collection Title:
Leaf 47. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At his trial before Felix the Roman Governor of Judea, a very short St. Paul stands on a stool so as to be seen. The stool is steadied by a fat angel who is fast asleep and so unaware of the angry looking dog who wears a collar etched with the name 'Felix'. He stands addressing a gallery filled with people in Dutch dress. On the left behind a curtain the orator Tertullus tears up his speech; at his feet a demon pieces the fragments together. On the right Justice is shown as a fat woman who is not blind, one eye is not covered by the blindfold, in her left hand are the scales and in her left a butcher's knife. All the faces are caricatured; many of the audience hold their noses. In the distance can be seen boats on a river and a windmill
Alternative Title:
Paul before Felix burlesqued
Description:
Title etched above image., State and publisher from Paulson., First state, with receipt printed along left margin. Later states lack the receipt, the plate cut down to remove it. See Paulson., Imperfect; sheet trimmed within plate mark on left edge with loss of receipt. Plate dimensions and text of receipt from impression in the British Museum, registration no.: 1857,0613.13., The receipt is engraved sideways in left margin: Recd. [blank] of [blank] 5s. being the first payment for two prints, one Moses brought to Pharoahs Daughter, the other Paul before Felix which I promise to deliver when finish'd on the payment of 5 shillings more. N.B. Each print will be 7s. 6d. after the subscription is over., Sheet 27.6 x 36.8 cm., and Mounted on leaf 47 in: Album of William Hogarth prints.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Courtrooms, Demons, Dogs, Judicial proceedings, Justice, and Rulers
publish'd according to act of Parliament May 1st, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title:
Plate 59. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At his trial before Felix the Roman Governor of Judea, a very short St. Paul stands on a stool so as to be seen. The stool is steadied by a fat angel who is fast asleep and so unaware of the angry looking dog who wears a collar etched with the name 'Felix'. In this state an imp has been added under the stool on which Paul stands; he is sawing through one of the legs of the stool. He stands addressing a gallery filled with people in Dutch dress. On the left behind a curtain the orator Tertullus tears up his speech; at his feet a demon pieces the fragments together. On the right Justice is shown as a fat woman who is not blind, one eye is not covered by the blindfold, in her left hand are the scales and in her left a butcher's knife. All the faces are caricatured; many of the audience hold their noses. In the distance can be seen boats on a river and a windmill
Alternative Title:
Paul before Felix burlesqued
Description:
Title etched above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., 1 print : etching with some mezzotint tone on laid paper ; plate mark 25.9 x 34.8 cm, on sheet 31.1 x 39.1 cm., Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm., and Plate 59 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Courtrooms, Demons, Dogs, Judicial proceedings, Justice, Rulers, and Saints
publish'd according to act of Parliament May 1st, 1751.
Call Number:
Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
Collection Title:
Plate 59. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
At his trial before Felix the Roman Governor of Judea, a very short St. Paul stands on a stool so as to be seen. The stool is steadied by a fat angel who is fast asleep and so unaware of the angry looking dog who wears a collar etched with the name 'Felix'. In this state an imp has been added under the stool on which Paul stands; he is sawing through one of the legs of the stool. He stands addressing a gallery filled with people in Dutch dress. On the left behind a curtain the orator Tertullus tears up his speech; at his feet a demon pieces the fragments together. On the right Justice is shown as a fat woman who is not blind, one eye is not covered by the blindfold, in her left hand are the scales and in her left a butcher's knife. All the faces are caricatured; many of the audience hold their noses. In the distance can be seen boats on a river and a windmill
Alternative Title:
Paul before Felix burlesqued
Description:
Title etched above image., State and publisher from Paulson., Sheet trimmed to plate mark., Sheet trimmed to: 26 x 34.7 cm., and Formerly on page 159 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Publisher:
Wm. Hogarth
Subject (Name):
Paul, the Apostle, Saint.
Subject (Topic):
Angels, Courtrooms, Demons, Dogs, Judicial proceedings, Justice, Rulers, and Saints
