[Copy of Frontispiece to volume one of Tristram Shandy] [graphic]

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Title: [Copy of Frontispiece to volume one of Tristram Shandy] [graphic]
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [1760s?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Copy of the 2nd state of the print by Ravenet after Hogarth's design. Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
For discussion of the original print see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 233
Provenance: Gift of Joseph Verner Reed (Yale 1926) to the Yale Library, 1958. Portions were transferred to Lewis Walpole Library 1960. For other items from this gift refer to Beinecke Library's GEN MSS 1000.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 16.3 x 10.8 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Engravings England London 176-
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic): Reading
Sleeping
Smoking
Subjects: Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 > Illustrations
Reading
Sleeping
Smoking
England > London > 176-

Access: Public
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