Hei! Degeror. O! I am undone [graphic].

Hei! Degeror. O! I am undone [graphic].

[London] : [s.n.], [ca. 1724]

1 print : etching and engraving ; plate mark 181 x 250 mm, on sheet 192 x 257 mm

paper

"Satire on John Heidegger and the taste for the masquerades which he promoted. A London street scene in the foreground of which Heidegger sprawls on the ground, his watch and coins falling from his pocket, as he begs mercy of Hercules. Hercules, clad in a lion skin, raises his club threateningly; with his right hand he holds a chain encircling a large group of masqueraders, some of whom have their hands tied behind their backs, their props or accessories are scattered on the ground; other masqueraders climb out of the windows of the building behind. On the left, Piety, Wisdom and Britannia emerge from a church followed by clergymen; beggars ask for alms, one holds a dog on a lead who rushes towards Heidegger. Mercury flies overhead holding a scroll lettered, 'The Masquerade destroyt.'" --British Museum collection database, accessed 25 Aug. 2011.

Title from lettering in lower margin.

The Bishop of London preached against masquerades on 6 January 1724.

"Price i shilling" in lower left corner of plate.

"According to John Nicholls (Biographical Anecdotes of William Hogarth, 1785, p.134) this print inspired Hogarth's 'Masquerades and Operas' (BM Satires [i.e. George] 1742), but the reverse may be the case." --British Museum collection database, accessed 25 Aug. 2011.

British Museum. Dept. of Prints and Drawings. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum (1870-1954) (George) 1747

Great Britain -- England -- London.

ART 246- 869 (size S)

For Hogarth's 'Masquerades and Operas,' see Folger ART Box H715 no.1 (size S) and ART Box H715 no.2 (size S)

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