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A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
A selection of stock we have recently added to our website.
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An Election Entertainment. Plate I.
Designed by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook
[London Published by G.G. & J. Robinson Paternoster Row October 1st 1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 435 x 555mm (17 x 21¾") Trimmed within plate, losing publication line and c.1cm of image on left. Laid on archival tissue.
A raucaus tavern dinner held by the Whigs to ingratiate themselves with their supporters. The Tories protest outside, carrying an antisemitic caricature of a Jew, a reference to Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753, passed by the Whig government but repealed the following year. From Thomas Cook's ''The Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth, as Originally Published'', issued in parts between 1791 and 1802.
[Ref: 56751] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Designed by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook
[London Published by G.G. & J. Robinson Paternoster Row October 1st 1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 435 x 555mm (17 x 21¾") Trimmed within plate, losing publication line and c.1cm of image on left. Laid on archival tissue.
A raucaus tavern dinner held by the Whigs to ingratiate themselves with their supporters. The Tories protest outside, carrying an antisemitic caricature of a Jew, a reference to Jewish Naturalisation Act 1753, passed by the Whig government but repealed the following year. From Thomas Cook's ''The Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth, as Originally Published'', issued in parts between 1791 and 1802.
[Ref: 56751] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
O The Roast Beef of Old England.
Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook.
Published by G.G. & J. Robinson Paternoster Row, Dec.r 1st 1797.
Engraving. 390 x 470mm (15¼ x 18½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1794'. Crease in top corner.
Hogarth's revenge for being arrested as a spy while sketching the English arms on the Gate of Calais. He has included a self-portrait on the left. Hogarth's visit to France was an unsuccessful one and he included various references to what he perceived as the ills of the French nation, from idolatry to religious hypocrisy, in this scene. Hogarth's painting of the subject, 'The Calais Gate' is in the Tate Britain gallery, London. From Thomas Cook's ''The Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth, as Originally Published'', issued in parts between 1791 and 1802.
[Ref: 56753] £320.00
Designed by Wm. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook.
Published by G.G. & J. Robinson Paternoster Row, Dec.r 1st 1797.
Engraving. 390 x 470mm (15¼ x 18½"), watermarked 'J Whatman 1794'. Crease in top corner.
Hogarth's revenge for being arrested as a spy while sketching the English arms on the Gate of Calais. He has included a self-portrait on the left. Hogarth's visit to France was an unsuccessful one and he included various references to what he perceived as the ills of the French nation, from idolatry to religious hypocrisy, in this scene. Hogarth's painting of the subject, 'The Calais Gate' is in the Tate Britain gallery, London. From Thomas Cook's ''The Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth, as Originally Published'', issued in parts between 1791 and 1802.
[Ref: 56753] £320.00
Strolling Players.
Designed by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook.
[London Published by G.G. & J. Robinson Paternoster Row February 1st 1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 435 x 555mm (17 x 21¾") Trimmed within plate, losing publication line. 1cm of image on left cut and replaced. Laid on archival tissue.
A company of touring players dressing and rehearsing their parts in 'Devil to Pay in Heaven' in a ramshackle barn. It records the 'strolling actresses' soon to be put out of work by the Licensing Act of 1737, which required all plays to be reviewed by the Examiner of Plays, under the supervision of the Lord Chamberlain. From Thomas Cook's ''The Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth, as Originally Published'', issued in parts between 1791 and 1802.
[Ref: 56750] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)
Designed by W. Hogarth. Engraved by T. Cook.
[London Published by G.G. & J. Robinson Paternoster Row February 1st 1800.]
Engraving. Sheet 435 x 555mm (17 x 21¾") Trimmed within plate, losing publication line. 1cm of image on left cut and replaced. Laid on archival tissue.
A company of touring players dressing and rehearsing their parts in 'Devil to Pay in Heaven' in a ramshackle barn. It records the 'strolling actresses' soon to be put out of work by the Licensing Act of 1737, which required all plays to be reviewed by the Examiner of Plays, under the supervision of the Lord Chamberlain. From Thomas Cook's ''The Whole Works of the Celebrated William Hogarth, as Originally Published'', issued in parts between 1791 and 1802.
[Ref: 56750] £260.00 (£312.00 incl.VAT)