Published by G G & J Robinson London, 1803
Seller: The Bookmonger, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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No Binding. Condition: Very Good. Size: Mount 66 x 55.5 cm, print inside mount 55 x 43.5 cm (22 x 17 inches approx) Condition: Print in excellent condition except for 3 small stains (wax?) bottom left - see images. This print was engraved by Thomas Cook in c1803, after painting which William Hogarth painted in 1728. The original painting is lost, but other versions painted by Hogarth are in the Fitzwilliam Museum Cambridge and the National Portrait Gallery. This impression is on wove paper, and was published by G & J Robinson in 1803. THis copy may well be from Hogarth Restored, 1806 (see below). Thomas Bambridge was the Warden of the Fleet Prison in 1728, and following complaints about the state of the prison, a Committee of the House of Commons examined Bambridge at the Fleet prison several times. Subsequently Bambridge was tried and acquitted of the murder of one of the prison inmates. The full title of this print is "BAMBRIDGE ON TRIAL FOR MURDER BY A COMMITTEE OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS|Engraved by T Cook from an Original Painting by Wm. Hogarth in the possession of Mr. Ray. Published June 1st. 1803, by G. & J. Robinson, Paternoster Row, London." The title is inaccurate however, because the painting actually shows the earlier examination of Bambridge at the prison,not his trial. Hogarth, only 31 years old and still at the start of his career in 1728, was deeply affected by the scandal of conditions at the Fleet prison, his own father having been an inmate there. His painting shows deep emotion which is captured admirably by Cook. On the left can be seen the figure of Bambridge, squirming while various dreadful instruments are demonstrated to the Committee. The painting is also clearly of great historical value for the portraiture of the Committee members. Thomas Cook was a remarkable engraver, best known for having copied the complete engraved work of Hogarth, to which he devoted the years 1795?1803, and which was published in 1806 under the title of 'Hogarth Restored.' This is a very valuable collection, as many of Hogarth's prints were of great rarity, and had not been made public before. This is an original print from the copper plate engraving, not a reproduction or later print, and it is probably from the 1806 edition of Hogarth Restored.
Published by London: G & I. Robinson, 1803
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. " Design'd and scratch'd in the true Dutch taste by W. Hogarth. resp. / Engrave(')d by T. Cook. 11 x 14.5 inches plate size on wide margined wove paper. Copy of Paulson, no. 191a.
Published by London: G & I. Robinson, circa 1802., 1802
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Benjamin Hoadly, Bishop of Winchester c. 1800 Engraving 321×264 (12 1/16×10 3/8) on paper 573×442 (22 9/16×17 3/8); plate-mark 424×292 (16 11/16×11 1/2) Writing-engraving ?Painted by Wm. Hogarth| Engraved by T. Cook.|The Right Reverend Father in God |DR. BENJAMIN HOADLY, LORD BISHOP OF WINCHESTER| Prelate of the Most Noble Order of the Garter|London: Published by G. & L. Robinson, Paternoster Row, & F. Cook, No.38, Tavistock Street, Covent Garden' and the Bishop's seal within the Garter ribbon in the centre Hogarth's original painting of the Bishop is N02734 above. An engraving after it (facing the same way as the painting) by Bernard Baron was published in July 1743 (Paulson 1970, no.226, pl.266) and led to the erroneous assumption that this was also the date of the original, which, however, is signed and dated 1741. some foxing.
Published by London: G & I. Robinson., 1801
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. 33.9 × 26.2 cm (image) 38.5 × 29.2 cm (plate) 39.4 × 29.5 cm (sheet)printed in ink l.l.: Painted by W. Hogarth.printed in ink l.r.: Engraved by T. Cookprinted in ink l.c.: GULIELMUS HOGARTH. / Published June 1.st (st in superscript above . ) 1801 by G.G. & J.Robinson Paternoster Row London,-printed (diagonally) in ink (in image) l.r.: The / Line of Beauty. Marginal tears and some foxing & dampstains in margins.copy of Paulson, no. 181.
Published by London: G & I. Robinson., 1802
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Engraving. 18.5 x 21 inches with margins.The Pool Of Bethesda. The Curative Pool At Jerusalem's Sheep's Gate, Visited By The Sick And Healthy With Jesus As Good Samaritan In The Center.
Published by London: G & I. Robinson., 1802
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Engraving. 18.5 x 21 inches with margins.
Published by London: G & I. Robinson., 1802
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Two engravings on one sheet 23 x 16.25 inches.
Published by London: T. Cook and G.G. & J. Robinsons., 1796
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. 12 Engravings on 12 sheets. 23 x 17 inches/55 x 45 cm. sheet sizes. Copies of Paulson, nos. 168-179. Stained, mainly visible in marigins; Plate 12 torn in half, but without loss.lndustry and Idleness is the title of a series of 12 engravings created by William Hogarth in 1747, intending to illustrate to working children the possible rewards of hard work and diligent application and the sure disasters attending a lack of both. Plate 1: The Fellow 'Prentices Industry and Idleness at their Looms Plate 2: The Industrious 'Prentice performing the Duty of a Christian Plate 3: The Idle 'Prentice at play in the Church yard during Divine Service Plate 4: the Industrious 'Prentice a favourite, and entrusted by his master Plate 5: The Idle 'Prentice turn'd away, and sent to Sea Plate 6: The Industrious 'Prentice out of his time a7 Married to his Master's Daughter Plate 7: the Idle 'Prentice return'd from Sea and in a garret with a common Prostitute Plate 8: The Industrious 'Prentice grown rich and Sheriff of London Plate 9: The Idle 'Prentice betrayed and taken in a Night-Cellar with his Accomplice Plate 10: The Industrious 'Prentice Alderman of London, the Idle one brought before him & Impeach'd by his Accomplice Plate 11: The Idle 'Prentice Executed at Tyburn Plate 12: the Industrious 'Prentice Lord-Mayor of London The images were Painted and Engraved in 1747. Plates 1 - 10 are within plate mark sized 265 x 350 mm. Plates 11 and 12 are sized 270 x 405 mm. On paper sized 480 x 630 mm. Painted by William Hogarth (Heath edition, 1820-22)The plates were bought by the publisher Baldwin, Cradock and Joy at the Boydell sale in 1818 "The Works of William Hogarth" as published by Baldwin, Cradock and Joy in 1822 with the original plates restored by James Heath, engraver to His Majesty. The Heath edition was the last to print directly from Hogarth's original engraved plates. All 'Hogarth' prints appearing after this date are merely copies with either a recut plate or the 'engravers version'.
Published by London: Baldwin, Cradock & Joy, circa 1821., 1821
Seller: Wittenborn Art Books, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. 12 Engravings on 7 sheets. 25 x 18.5 inches sheet sizes. Copies of Paulson, nos. 82-93. Few mariginal tearsIllustration to the the 17th Century work ofSamuel Butler who was influenced by Rabelais and Cervantes' Don Quixote. While in Cervantes, the noble knight although being mocked is supposed to draw readers' sympathies, Hudibras is offered nothing but derision.The title comes from the name of a knight in Edmund Spenser's Faerie Queene who is described as "not so good of deeds as great of name" and "more huge in strength than wise in work". Spenser in turn probably got the name from the legendary king of the Britons, Rud Hud Hudibras.Made by T. Cook after W. Hogarth. Thomas Cook (1744-1818) was a London engraver. Thomas was a student of Ravenet, the well-known French engraver who resided in London at the time. He has copied the entire engraved work of Hogarth, which was published under the name 'Hogarth Restored' from 1806. William Hogarth (1697-1764) was an English painter, printmaker, social critic and cartoonist.