[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; a third receipt is added
Description: Title and state from Paulson.
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."
Annotated with the name of the subscriber -- "Robt. Thompson Esqr." -- and the date ("25 Feby. 1755"). Also signed "Wm. Hogarth" in lower right corner in brown ink, followed by his seal in red wax, decorated with painter's palate.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 227 x 192 mm, sheet 201 x 193 mm
Edition: [State 4].
Language: English

Genre: Ephemera
Subscription
Tickets
Etchings England London 1754
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Topic): Ceremonial objects
Crowns
Subjects: Ceremonial objects
Crowns
England > London > 1754
18th century
Thompson, Robert > Ownership
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Autograph
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Ms. notes
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership

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