The comittee [sic] [graphic].

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Title: The comittee [sic] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Committee
Comittee
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [February 1726]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: "The Committee" made up of members of Parliament who are depicted here seated around a table, their hats hung on the wall behind them; two members standing and debating; to the left, standing in doorway, a man wearing a long cloak, holding a staff. The sheet of paper on the table reads "The League & Covenant." The doorway is on the left as it appears in the original drawing
Description: Title engraved above image.
Reversed copy of the first state of Hogarth's The committee. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 91.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Numbered '10' in upper right corner.
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 14.3 x 18 cm
Edition: [State 1].
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1726
Etchings England London 1726
Engravings England London 1726
Material: etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680.
Subject (Topic): Committees
Meetings
Subjects: Butler, Samuel, 1612-1680 > Illustrations
Committees
Meetings
England > 1726
England > London > 1726
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership

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