[A chorus of singers] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A chorus of singers] [graphic].
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [December 1732]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate has been reduced with the text eliminated, leaving only traces of the first line of text
Description: Title, date, and state from Paulson.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; sheet 173 x 160 mm.
Provenance: John Grant, Ltd. August 1940, Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 173 x 161 mm, on sheet 245 x 207 mm
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Kinnaird 76K(e) Box 120
Collection Title: Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]

Genre: Satires (Visual works) England 1732
Engravings England London 1732
Etchings England London 1732
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Huggins, William, 1696-1761.
Subject (Topic): Music
Singers
Subjects: Huggins, William, 1696-1761
Music
Singers
England > 1732
England > London > 1732
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership

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