[The rape of the lock] [graphic].

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Title: [The rape of the lock] [graphic].
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Published / Created: [before 1764?]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: Illustration of Canto IV, II, 121 ff.: Sir Plume dispatched by Belinda demands her stolen lock of hair from the Baron
Description: Title from Paulson.
Attribution to Hogarth deemed "questionable" by Paulson.
Ms. note above in Steevens's hand: Original.
Ms. note in pencil top of sheet: See Nichol's Book, 3d edit, p. 493.
Ms. note in pencil at bottom: Sold at Gulston's auction for £33.0.0.
On page 7 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 : sheet 115 x 152 mm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Etchings England London 1764
Material: engraving ;
Subject (Name): Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744.
Subjects: Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744 > Illustrations
England > London > 1764
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership

Access: Public
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