W. Hogarth, engraver [graphic].

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Title: W. Hogarth, engraver [graphic].
Alternative Title: William Hogarth, engraver
Hogarth's shop card
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: Aprill [the] 23 1720.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: Hogarth's shop card presenting him as an engraver both of prints and decorative metalwork; frame with a figure in classical dress on either side (on the left a woman, on the right a man drawing) and, above, putti holding a print and a vase; lettered in the centre 'W. Hogarth Engraver'. In an oval cartouche in the lower frame, "Aprill [the] 23 1720."
Description: Title etched within image.
Date engraved in cartouche centered in lower frame.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Center is cut out and ms. inscription added “W: Hogarth Engraver” on mount below showing through.
On page 3 in volume 1.
Provenance: George Steevens bequeathed this collection to William Windham (1750-1810). At Windham's death, the collection was put up for sale on 20 July 1810 and was bought in by Mrs. Windham at 292 guineas; by descent through the Windham family; Sotheby's, 17 February 1919 to Dyson Perrins for £400; Sotheby's sale including Property of the Late C.W. Dyson Perrins, Esq., 11 June 1959, lot 100 purchased by Maggs Bros. for W.S. Lewis for £1300.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 79 x 102 mm
Language: English

Genre: Engravings England London 1720
Trade cards
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: engraving ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Name): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764.
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958
Subject (Topic): Engravers
Ownership
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Engravers > Great Britain
England > London > 1720
18th century
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Ownership
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Autograph
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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