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William Hogarth: British Satirical Prints Works in the Exhibition William Hogarth: British Satirical Prints 1. Hudibras Encounters the Skimmington (Plate VII) from the series 10. The Battle of the Pictures, 1745 16. The Reward of Cruelty (Plate IV) from The Four Stages of Cruelty See John the soldier, Jack the Tar, with Sword & Pistol arm'd for War, should February 7 — April 13, 2008 Large Illustrations for Samuel Butler’s Hudibras, 1725-26 Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth 1750-51 Mounsir dare come here ! - The Hungry Slaves have smelt our Food, they Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth Etching, 9 x 9 11/16 in. Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth long to taste our Flesh and Blood, Old England's Beef and Beer! - Britons to Arms! and let 'em come, Be you but Britons still, Strike Home, And Lion-like (published by George and John Robinson, 1802) Anonymous Gift, 00.212 (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1799) attack 'em; - No Power can stand the deadly Stroke, That's given from hands Engraving, 13 3/8 x 21 3/8 in. Etching and engraving, 18 7/8 x 15 3/8 in. The Bearer hereof is Entitled (if he thinks proper) to be a Bidder for Mr. & hearts of Oak, With Liberty to back em. Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie S. Pinsof, 00.147 Hogarth’s Pictures which are to be Sold on the Last day of this Month. Anonymous Gift, 00.138 This said, they both advanc'd and rode A Dog Trot through the bawling Behold the Villain’s dire disgrace! Not Death itself can end. He finds no peaceful 24. Pit Ticket: The Cockpit, 1759 Crowd. T'attack the Leader and still prest, Till they approached him Breast 11. Simon Lord Lovat, 1746 Burial-place; His breathless Corse, no friend. Torn from the Root, that nicked Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth to Breast: then Hudibras, with Face and Hand Made signs for Silence: Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth Tongue, Which daily swore and curst! Those Eyeballs, from their Sockets (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1796) which obtaind, What means (quoth he) this Dev'ls Procession With Men (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1800) wrung, That glow’d with lawless lust! his Heart, expos’d to prying Eyes, To Etching and engraving, 15 7/8 x 18 1/4 in. of Orthodox Profession. Are things of superstitious Function Fit to be us'd Etching, 19 x 13 15/16 in. Pity has no Claim: But, dreadful! from his Bones shall rise, His Monument Anonymous Gift, 00.137 in Gospel Sun-Shine. It is an Antichristian Opera, much us'd in Midnight of shame. times of Popery, Of running after Self-inventions of wicked and prophane Anonymous Gift, 00.156 Intentions; to scandalize that Sex for scolding, to whom the Saints are so 17. Paul Before Felix, 1752 12. O the Roast Beef of Old England, or The Gate of Calais, 1748-49 beholden. Women, that left no stone unturn’d, In which the Cause might Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth be concern’d Brought in thier Childrens Spoons & Whistles To purchase Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1799) Swords Carbines and Pistols Drew Sev’ral gifted Brethren in That for the (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1797) Etching and engraving, 16 1/2 x 21 1/4 in. Bishops would have been Rubb’d down the Teachers tir’d and spent with Etching and engraving, 16 3/8 x 21 3/8 in. Anonymous Gift, 00.149 holding forth for Parliament Pamper’d and edify’d their Zeal with Marrow- Anonymous Gift, 00.144 Puddings many a Meal; And Cramm’d’em till their Guts did ake, with Cawdle, And As He reasoned of righteousness, temperance and judgment to Come, Custard and Plumb-cake, What have they done, or what left undone, That might advance the Cause at London Have they? At that an Egg let fly Hit him 13. First Stage of Cruelty (Plate I) from The Four Stages of Cruelty Felix trembled. directly o’er the Eye. And running down his Cheek, besmeard With Orange 1750-51 tawny-slime his Beard; And streight another with his Flambeaux, Gave Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth 18. Analysis of Beauty (Plate I) from The Analysis of Beauty, 1752 Ralpho o’er the Eyes a damn’d blow. (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1799) (The Statuary’s Yard) Etching and engraving, 19 3/8 x 16 1/4 in. Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth 2. The Beggar’s Opera (When My Hero in Court Appears), 1731 Anonymous Gift, 00.141 (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1798) Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth Etching and engraving, 16 1/2 x 21 9/16 in. Engraving, 10 5/8 x 12 7/8 in. While various Scenes of sportive Woe The Infant Race employ, And tortur'd Victims bleeding shew The Tyrant in the boy. Behold! a Youth of gentler Anonymous Gift, 00.153 Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pinsof, 00.159 Heart, To spare the creature's pain O take, he cries - take all my Tart, But Brittons attend to view this harmonious Stage. And listen to those notes Tears and Tart are vain. Learn from this fair Example - You Whom savage 19. Analysis of Beauty (Plate II) from The Analysis of Beauty, 1753 which charm and age, Thus shall your tastes in Sounds & Sense be Sports delight, How Cruelty disgusts the view / While pity charms the sight. (The Country Dance) shown. And Beggars Opras ever be your own. Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth 14. Second Stage of Cruelty (Plate II) from The Four Stages of (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1798) 3. The Arrival of the Harlot in London (Plate I) from A Harlot’s Cruelty, 1750-51 Etching and engraving, 16 1/2 x 21 1/2 in. 28. Tail Piece: The Bathos or Manner of Sinking in Sublime Paintings inscribed to the Dealers in Dark Pictures, 1764 Progress, 1732, (published, 1744) Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth Anonymous Gift, 00.154 Etching and engraving, 14 9/16 x 17 9/16 in. (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1799) Anonymous Gift, 00.362.1 Etching and engraving, 19 1/4 x 16 in. 20. Canvassing for Votes (Plate II) from Four Prints of an Election Anonymous Gift, 00.140 1755-58 4. The Harlot Deceiving her Jewish Protector (Plate II) from A Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth Notes The generous Steed in hoary age Subdu'd by labour lies; And mourns a cruel 25. John Wilkes, Esq., 1763 (above) Harlot’s Progress, 1732, (published, 1744) Master's rage, While nature strength denies. The tender Lamb o'er drove Etching and engraving, 16 3/4 x 21 3/4 in. 1 Jack Lindsay, Hogarth: His Art and His World (New York: Taplinger 12 Andrew Stevens, Hogarth and the Shows of London, 7. The law Etching and engraving, 13 3/4 x 16 7/16 in. and faint, Amidst expiring Throws; Bleats forth it's innocent complaint Anonymous Gift, 00.150 Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth Publishing Co., 1977), 17. prohibited the unauthorized copying of an engraving for fourteen Anonymous Gift, 00.362.2 And dies beneath the Blows. Inhuman Wretch! say whence proceeds This (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1800) 2 According to Sean Shesgreen, “Hogarth’s formal means of years from its date of publication. coward Cruelty? What int'rest springs from barb'rous deeds? What Joy from 21. The Polling (Plate III) from Four Prints of an Election, 1755-58 Etching, 15 9/16 x 10 1/8 in. presenting his “modern moral Subjects” are related not only to 13 William Hogarth, “Autobiographical Notes,” in The Analysis of Beauty, Misery? Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Pinsof, 00.241 economic and social trends in the neoclassical milieu but also to a Joseph Burke, ed., (Oxford: Clarendon Press,1955), 226. 5. The Harlot at Her Dwelling in Drury Lane (Plate III) from A Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth concurrent, new philosophical movement which is associated with the 14 Shesgreen, Engravings by Hogarth, pl. 85. Harlot’s Progress, 1732, (published, 1744) (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1801) rise of the novel and other related art forms. Engravings by Hogarth, 15 Ibid, 55 and Hogarth, “Autobiographical Notes,” in The Analysis Etching and engraving, 14 1/2 x 17 1/8 in. 15. Cruelty in Perfection (Plate III) from The Four Stages of Cruelty Etching and engraving, 16 7/8 x 21 15/16 in. 26. The Bruiser, 1763 Sean Shesgreen, ed. (New York: Dover Publications, 1973), xiv. of Beauty, 228. Anonymous Gift, 00.362.3 1750-51 Anonymous Gift, 00.152 Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth 3 “In A Harlot’s Progress alone there are at least four figures, who 16 Wilkes attacked Hogarth’s character and his work in the North Thomas Cook, After William Hogarth (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1800) have been identified with real people, and the engraver’s work—both Briton, no. 17. Hogarth’s subsequent etching features both the North 6. The Harlot Beating Hemp in Bridewell (Plate IV) from A Harlot’s (published by George, George and John Robinson, 1799) 22. France (Plate I) from The Invasion, 1756 Etching and engraving, 18 9/16 x 15 9/16 in. his single plates and his progresses—from that time forward are Briton, no. 17, and North Briton, no. 45, in which Wilkes criticized King Etching and engraving, 19 1/2 x 15 7/8 in.
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