[Strolling actresses dressing in a barn] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Strolling actresses dressing in a barn] [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist, printmaker.
Published / Created: [25 March 1738]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: "Nine actresses and four child actors dressed as classical deities preparing for a performance; among props and costumes are kittens playing with an orb and lyre, a monkey urinating in a helmet and a baby being fed by a child dressed as an eagle."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title and state from Paulson.
Provenance: Sotheby's, F.E. Sotheby Sale, lot 215 (Hogarth 's works) to Maggs for W.S. Lewis; 21 Nov. 1955; Formerly owned by Frederick Edward Sotheby of Ecton, Northants, 1837-1909.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 455 x 570 mm, on sheet 476 x 612 mm
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Sotheby 38++ Box 310
Collection Title: Plate 38. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1738
Engravings England London 1738
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Actresses
Barns
Cats
Chickens
Children
Costumes
Monkeys
Mythology
Playbills
Stage props
Subjects: Actresses
Barns
Cats
Chickens
Children
Costumes
Monkeys
Mythology
Playbills
Stage props
England > 1738
England > London > 1738
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership

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