This plate representing portraits of the members of a Society of Artists that existed about the year 1730 is engraved from an original sketch in oil by William Hogarth in the possession of the publisher in which reference is made to the names of the characters upon a tablet as above [graphic]

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Lewis Walpole Library > This plate representing portraits of the members of a Society of Artists that existed about the year 1730 is engraved from an original sketch in oil by William Hogarth in the possession of the publisher in which reference is made to the names of the characters upon a tablet as above [graphic]

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Description

Title: This plate representing portraits of the members of a Society of Artists that existed about the year 1730 is engraved from an original sketch in oil by William Hogarth in the possession of the publisher in which reference is made to the names of the characters upon a tablet as above [graphic]
Alternative Title: Society of Artists
Creator: Sawyer, Richard, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Tiffin, Walter Benjamin, 1795-1877, publisher.
Published / Created: [1 May 1829]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published May 1, 1829 by W.B. Tiffin, 3, Hay Market
Abstract: "Portrait group of the Society of Artists; men gathered around a table in a fine interior, some seated, attended by servants; with portraits of Grinling Gibbons, William Kent, John Michael Rysbrack, Gawen Hamilton, Marcellus Laroon, Michael Dahl, John Vanderbanck, and Charles Bridgman; a landscape painting on wall in background, a curtain to the right, after Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title etched below image.
Dobson. Hogarth, 1902, p. 233.
Provenance: Print Shop; October 1959;
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 322 x 354 mm, on sheet 347 x 389 mm
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Hogarth 829.05.01.01+ Box 210

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre: Engravings England London 1829
Group portraits
Portrait prints
Material: etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Society of Artists of Great Britain,
Subject (Topic): Artists
British
Subjects: Society of Artists of Great Britain
Artists > British
England > London > 1829

Access And Usage Rights

Access: Public
Rights: The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Identifiers

Catalog Record: 11763496
Object ID (OID): 16034700