In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45), attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers to a...
Toms, W. H. (William Henry), approximately 1700-1765, printmaker
Published / Created:
[not after 1760]
Call Number:
760.00.00.111+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"A satire on prostitution set in a brothel in which all the men have been given the heads of apes and the women those of cats. In the centre of the room a prostitute sits on the knee of an old man who fondles her, her legs splayed; she holds a glass i...
Description:
Title supplied from description of an earlier state in the British Museum catalogue.
Publisher:
Printed for Robt. Sayer, opposite Fetter Lane, Fleet Street
Subject (Topic):
Animals in human situations, Interiors, Prostitutes, Military uniforms, Judges, Watchmen, Canopy beds, Birdcages, Doves, Wine, and Bottles
Woodward, G. M. (George Moutard), approximately 1760-1809, artist
Published / Created:
[ca. 1790]
Call Number:
Drawings W87 no. 11 Box D175
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A pregnant woman holds a bible in one hand and rests her other hand on her protruding stomach while 'swearing a child' before a shocked looking magistrate. The alleged father(?) is kneeling beside the woman with clasped hands and his hat removed and r...
Description:
Title and date supplied by cataloger.
Subject (Topic):
Paternity, Pregnancy, Pregnant women, Judges, Law & legal affairs, and Bibles
An album compiled by Sir Henry Edward Bunbury containing character studies and humorous depictions of coaching, hunting, military, domestic scenes, dogs, and people (mostly caricatures) from a variety of social stations, drawn by him or his father in ...
Description:
Lieutenant General Sir Henry Edward Bunbury (1778-1860), a professional military officer and later, member of Parliament and published historian, was also a caricaturist whose work is very similar to that of his father, Henry William Bunbury (1750-181...
Subject (Geographic):
England.
Subject (Topic):
Caricatures, Clegy, Carriages & coaches, Country life, Couples, Dogs, Hunting, Judges, and Servants
Plate 4. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45) and attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers t...
Plate 4. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
In a shabby room in Drury Lane; Moll Hackabout is shown having risen late (the watch shows 11:45) and attended by a serving-woman who has lost part of her nose to syphilis; in the background, the magistrate, John Gonson, enters quietly with officers t...
Jones, J. (John), approximately 1745-1797, printmaker
Published / Created:
[1 November 1791]
Call Number:
Folio 53 Sh52 M78
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Portrait of William Murray, 1st Earl of Mansfield, three-quarter length seated directed to right, looking towards the viewer, right hand on the arm of his chair, left hand holding a letter, resting on a table beside an inkpot, wearing a jacket with t...
Description:
Title supplied by cataloger.
Publisher:
Publish'd as the act directs Novr. 1, 1791, by T. Payne, Mews Gate
