24-497: [REDACTED] Look up olio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Olio may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Olio (musical number) , a short dance or song performed as an encore to a theatrical play Olio drop , a kind of theater curtain Olio (Mina album) , 1999 Olio (Thad Jones album) , 1957 The Olio ,
48-599: A Dr. Edward Ledwich , who had already published a book on Irish antiquities, completed the final volume of Grose's Antiquities of Ireland in 1791. In addition to the books above mentioned, Grose wrote a Treatise on Ancient Armour and Weapons . Additionally, it is noted that he was the (anonymous) author of Advice to the Officers of the British Army: With the addition of some Hints to the Drummer and Private Soldier , which
72-735: A book of essays, poetry and other short pieces by Francis Grose , first published in 1792 Olio (poetry collection) , a 2016 book of poetry by Tyehimba Jess "Olio", a song by the Rapture on their albums Echoes and Mirror Food [ edit ] Olio (app) , a food-sharing service Olio is an English name for the Spanish stew also known as Olla podrida olio, meaning oil in Italian and also an old term for an English oil-based dressing for food Other uses [ edit ] Olio Township, Woodford County, Illinois , USA Olio Model One ,
96-628: A career in the Army . In 1747, he was in Flanders, apparently as a volunteer in Howard's (later 19th) regiment of foot : later he received a commission as cornet in Cobham's (later 10th) regiment of dragoons . Posted to Kent on excise duties in 1750, he met and married Catherine Jordan of Canterbury . They were eventually to have ten children, six of whom survived to adulthood. Their eldest son, also called Francis Grose ,
120-547: A claim to be considered as the first critical "aesthetic regionalist theorist" in proclaiming the anti-universality of aesthetics. While on an expedition to Ireland to collect antiquarian material, Grose died in Dublin at the house of Horace Hone , of an apoplectic stroke . His father had built a house, known as Richmond, in Drumcondra before his death. He was buried on 18 May 1791, at Drumcondra cemetery. His nephew Daniel and
144-454: A friendship with the poet Robert Burns . Burns met him while he was staying with Robert Riddell at the Friar's Carse , collecting material for his Scottish work. Burns suggested to him that he should include Alloway Kirk in his Scottish Antiquities , and Grose agreed on condition that Burns provided a witch tale to go with his drawing. In June 1790, Burns sent Grose a prose tale with a variant in
168-420: A kind of theater curtain Olio (Mina album) , 1999 Olio (Thad Jones album) , 1957 The Olio , a book of essays, poetry and other short pieces by Francis Grose , first published in 1792 Olio (poetry collection) , a 2016 book of poetry by Tyehimba Jess "Olio", a song by the Rapture on their albums Echoes and Mirror Food [ edit ] Olio (app) , a food-sharing service Olio
192-518: A letter to Grose, following it up with a rhymed version, " Tam o' Shanter ". Grose was the first art critic to affirm, in his "Rules for drawing caricaturas: with an essay on comic painting" (1788), published in William Hogarth 's The Analysis of Beauty (1791 edition), that aesthetic emotions emerge from a specific "cultural" environment, and that aesthetics are neither innate nor universal, but formed by their cultural context. Grose therefore has
216-574: A particularly gifted draughtsman but he mixed in the London artistic milieu and began to exhibit, first at the Society of Artists in 1767–8 and then at the Royal Academy . His interest was in the field of medieval remains, which were beginning to exercise an increasing grip on the public imagination. In 1772, he published the first part of The Antiquities of England and Wales , a work which he unashamedly aimed at
240-560: A smartwatch produced from 2015-2016 by now defunct Olio Devices, Inc. See also [ edit ] Oleo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Olio . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olio&oldid=1230141912 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
264-428: Is an English name for the Spanish stew also known as Olla podrida olio, meaning oil in Italian and also an old term for an English oil-based dressing for food Other uses [ edit ] Olio Township, Woodford County, Illinois , USA Olio Model One , a smartwatch produced from 2015-2016 by now defunct Olio Devices, Inc. See also [ edit ] Oleo (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
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#1733093136922288-408: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages olio [REDACTED] Look up olio in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Olio may refer to: Arts and entertainment [ edit ] Olio (musical number) , a short dance or song performed as an encore to a theatrical play Olio drop ,
312-498: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Francis Grose Francis Grose (before 11 June 1731 – 12 May 1791) was an English antiquary , draughtsman , and lexicographer . He produced A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) and A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions (1787). Grose
336-594: The militia , which meant he could avoid distant postings. He was commissioned into the Surrey Militia as lieutenant and adjutant , and it was his subsequent promotion to captain in 1765 that led to his adoption of the familiar title "Captain Grose". The Surrey militia was disembodied in 1762 but this hardly affected Grose, who continued to receive a salary as paymaster and adjutant even in peacetime. With bequests from his parents and from his wife, who died in 1774, added to
360-598: The country to visit and draw sites for inclusion in The Antiquities . The fourth and last volume came out in June 1776, and Grose almost immediately began work on a supplement. His publishing career was interrupted however, when the Surrey militia was again called into service between 1778 and 1783. This was not a happy experience for him. Where previously Grose had been able to spend his summers visiting and sketching ancient sites, he
384-492: The popular market. Essentially, it targeted those who wanted to know about antiquities but had neither time nor means to visit them in person, and contained small panoramas of medieval ruins, together with an informative text on a separate page. Sometimes the text was taken from books already published, or from information supplied by other antiquaries (both acknowledged); sometimes Grose collated material himself from which he could work up an article. From 1772 onwards, he also toured
408-400: The salary he drew as a militia captain, Grose at this time was able to live reasonably well despite the demands made on his purse by the need to raise, educate and provide for his children. Grose had early on shown a keen interest in drawing, having attempted sketches of medieval buildings as far back as 1749, and having taken formal instruction at a drawing school in the mid-1750s. He was not
432-405: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Olio . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Olio&oldid=1230141912 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
456-471: The speech of the day which would not normally find inclusion in standard dictionaries, and contained, in all, about 9,000 terms which more scholarly works of the time habitually overlooked. He produced books on military antiquities and armour, as well as satirical essays, and in 1788 began the first of several tours of Scotland in order to produce The Antiquities of Scotland . It was on the second of these tours, in summer 1789, that he met and immediately formed
480-516: Was born at his father's house in Broad Street, St-Peter-le-Poer , London. His parents were Swiss immigrant and jeweller Francis Jacob Grose (d. 1769), and his wife, Anne (d. 1773), daughter of Thomas Bennett of Greenford in Middlesex . Grose was baptised on 11 June 1731 in the parish of St Peter-le-Poer. The eldest of seven children, Grose probably received a classical education but first aimed at
504-415: Was now obliged to attend his regiment in various training camps. He did not get on well with his new commanding officer, and he handled regimental finances in a slipshod manner. The result was that he incurred debts towards fellow officers that would take years to straighten out. The financial pressure forced him to increase both the rate and the range of his publications. The Supplement to The Antiquities
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#1733093136922528-546: Was published in 1783 as a mocking look backwards on the conduct of the war against the American Colonies. Every instance of corruption, disregard and vice are suggested for every rank of the army. Tongue in cheek, but obviously rooted in truth, it is a great companion to Vulgar Tongue . It also contains a satirical portrait of Jeremiah Hodges, Grose's erstwhile commanding officer in the Surrey militia. Two parodies by Thomas Bridges , A Travestie of Homer and The Battle of
552-434: Was resumed in 1783, this time with a higher proportion of the illustrations being done by other artists. Drawing on his own fieldwork, Grose also branched out into producing dictionaries , including the famous A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue (1785) and A Provincial Glossary, with a Collection of Local Proverbs, and Popular Superstitions (1787). Though intended to amuse, they give an unusually vivid picture of
576-664: Was the Lieutenant Governor of New South Wales , Australia from 1792 to 1794. Grose left the army in October 1751, possibly to avoid his regiment's posting to Scotland. In 1755, his father bought him the post of Richmond Herald but Francis showed little interest in heraldry and was to sell it again in February 1763. In 1757, Grose was elected a member of the Society of Antiquaries , and 1759 he resumed his soldiering career, this time in
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