Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].
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Description
- Title
- Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].
- Alternative Title
- Discovery
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [ca. 1743]
- Publication Place
- England
- Abstract
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A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
- Description
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Inscription in ink under title in Horace Walpole's hand: " [A black girl imp[...]ed on High[...] Manager of Drury lane]. These three from plates in Mr Ireland's collection."
Inscription in ink: From Horace Walpole's Collection. Bought at Strawberry Hill Sale 1842. The remarks in his hand.
Text in Latin and English.
See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal Satires, v. 3, no. 2600.
Tracing of original print.
Samuel Ireland, English printmaker and writer, d. 1800.
Portfolio containing 365 original drawings by, or prints engraved by and after, Hogarth. Folio. - Provenance
- Purchased at the Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, lot 1294. Purchased by W.S. Lewis from Goodspeed; December 1951. Press-mark D.3.18 in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763; moved to the Round Tower. Added to the entry in Manuscript Catalogue of 1763 is a note by Horace Walpole: 'the most complete collection of his works.' Sold at Strawberry Hill Sale, day viii, lot 124, to various purchasers, £378.16.0.
- Extent
- 1 drawing : image 160 x 187 mm, sheet 202 x 227 mm, mounted on sheet 240 x 285 mm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 49 3646 no. 1
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
- Ink drawings British 18th century
- Material
- pen and black ink tracing ;
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic)
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Confrontations
Black people
Bedrooms - Subjects
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Confrontations
Black people > Great Britain
Bedrooms
British > 18th century
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ms. notes
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Ireland, Samuel, -1800 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
- Citation
- Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo. The Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 8332109
- Object ID (OID)
- 10997141
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