[A procession of painters to the shrine of Bacchus] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [A procession of painters to the shrine of Bacchus] [graphic].
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
- Published / Created
- [1751]
- Publication Place
- London?
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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Description from Steevens's note mounted to the right of the print: A procession of painters to the shrine of Bacchus, a slight but spirited etching. The jolly god appears crowned with a jordan. His altar is a Hogshead. Among the trophies carried along, is a helmet which has a punch bowl & ladle for its crest, and a standard displaying pipies and bottles. A figure, probably designed for old Leveridge the singer, in the character of a priest of Bacchus, is seen in the rear of the cavalcade. The chief characters in this plate are copied & introduced, without the slightest propriety, into a wretched print erroneously attributed to Hogarth, and called The oratory. See. As it is not for a certainity known that this procession was the work of Hogarth*, let the collector who wishes to form his judgment of it from the style in which it is etched, compare it with the festoon of laurel, the subscription ticket for Garrick in King Richard III. *Perhaps it represents part of a Bacchanalian procession painted by Lagueree on the walls of a tavern in Drury-Lane where a club of virtuosi met. See Mr. Walpole's account of Laguerre
- Description
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Title from Steevens.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Not in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
Paulson in his second edition of Hogarth's graphic works (no. 280) is given tentative attribution to Hogarth but this attribution is dismissed in the 3rd edition based on stylistic grounds.
On page 12 in volume 1.
Also ms. note (from Ireland, Hogarth Illus. p. 61-62) is inscribed on separate sheet below. - 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 15.1 x 14.7 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
-
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1751
Etchings England London 1751 - Material
- etching ;
- Subject (Name)
-
Dionysus (Greek deity)
Leveridge, Richard, 1670 or 1671-1758 - Subject (Topic)
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Intoxication
Painters (Artists)
Parades & processions - Subjects
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Dionysus (Greek deity)
Leveridge, Richard, 1670 or 1671-1758
Intoxication
Painters (Artists)
Parades & processions
18th century
England > 1751
England > London > 1751
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
- 12679071
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193777