[Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic].
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16193757
Description
- Title
- [Royalty, episcopacy, and law] [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Some of the principal inhabitants of [the] moon ...
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [December 1724?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth?
- Abstract
-
Satire on royalty, episcopacy and the law, after a print by Hogarth; a group of nine composite figures, the most prominent of which are a king, whose head is represented by a coin, a bishop whose head is a jew's harp, and a judge whose head is a gavel
- Description
-
Title, imprint, and printmaker from Paulson.
Text continues: as they were perfectly discover'd by a telescope brought to [the] greatest perfection since [the] last eclipse; exactly engraved from the objects whereby [the] curious may guess at their religion, manners, &c.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Ms. notes in Steevens hand above: Original. Mss I Pencil below: Never offered for sale. There are only 2. Copies, this & the late Lord Orford's to be found.
On page 7 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 261 x 204 mm. - 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 : sheet 237 x 186 mm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1724
Etchings England London 1724 - Material
- etching and engraving ;
- Subject (Topic)
-
Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints - Subjects
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Bishops
Law & legal affairs
Rulers
Allegorical prints
England > 1724
England > London > 1724
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > 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
- 12479340
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193757
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