Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].
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16193759
Description
- Title
- Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Discovery
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [not before 1743]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed by four men. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man to her right on the cheek while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Printmaker, publisher and date from Paulson.
See Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal, v. 3, no. 2600.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand: Original.
Ms. note above in pencil: See Mr. Nichol's Book, 3rd ed. p. 442. Given me by the Right Honourable William Windham.
Ms. note below in pencil: Sold for £7.7.0.
On page 7 in volume 1. Sheet trimmed to: 17.3 x 19.5 mm. - Provenance
- Purchased at the Strawberry Hill Sale, 1842, lot 1294. 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 : image 16.9 x 18.8 cm, sheet 22.7 x 25.9 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Engravings England London 1743
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- engraving & etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Geographic)
- Great Britain.
- Subject (Topic)
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Confrontations
Black people
Bedrooms - Subjects
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Confrontations
Black people > Great Britain
Bedrooms
England > London > 1743
18th century
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Walpole, Horace, 1717-1797 > Ownership
Ireland, Samuel, -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
- 11706257
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193759