[Crowns, mitres, maces, etc.] [graphic]

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Title: [Crowns, mitres, maces, etc.] [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [20 March 1754]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: Subscription ticket for "Four Prints of an Election" with the royal crown as a sun casting its rays on coronets, mitres and other symbols of power, as well as on a copy of "Hogarth's" Act of 1735; this state has the receipt on a separate plate
Description: Title and state from Paulson.
Description based on imperfect impression; sheet trimmed with loss of subscription information on lower plate, leaving traces of handwritten text.
First lines of text: In humble & grateful Acknowledgment, of the Grace & Goodness of the Legislature, Manifested ... and the most in Esteem of may in Europe.
With William Hogarth's signature and blanks filled in with Horace Walpole's name and the date of receipt. Also with Hogarth's seal in red wax.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Horace Walpole and sold at the Strawberry Hill sale, day viii, lot 124 to various purchasers. Also see Strawberry Hill sale catalogue, London sale, 10th day, lot 1321. Ex dono Alan Noel Latimer "Tim" Munby; August 1949;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 22.7 x 19.2 cm, sheet 20.1 x 19.3 cm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Genre: Subscription
Ephemera
Tickets
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Etchings England London 1754
Seals (artifacts) England 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Ceremonial objects
Crowns
Subjects: Ceremonial objects
Crowns
18th century
England > London > 1754
England > 18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Autograph
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Ms. notes

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