Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic]
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16035011
Description
- Title
- Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Discovery
- Creator
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Samuel Ireland
- Abstract
-
"Four gentlemen beside a curtained bed in which a black woman reclines; she reaches out to touch the chin of one of the men who has evidently just pulled back the curtain"--British Museum catalogue
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Added title from Paulson: The discovery.
Cf. No. 2600 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3. - 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 : plate mark 157 x 190 mm, on sheet 162 x 230 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Hogarth 794.00.00.163.1 Box 125
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Engravings England London 1794
Etchings England London 1794 - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
-
Blacks
Canopy beds
Seduction - Subjects
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Blacks
Canopy beds
Seduction
England > London > 1794
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
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
- Orbis Record
- 11416904
- Object ID (OID)
- 16035011