[Five standing Muscovites] [graphic].

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Title: [Five standing Muscovites] [graphic].
Alternative Title: 5 standing Muscovites
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created: [not before 1723]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A detail showing figures keyed with the letters 'e' through 'i' and who are not Moscovites but a Circassian (g), Circassian maidens (f), which he is offering to sell to the Persian (h). The figure keyed 'i' is a Nogharian Tartar. Original formerly thought to have been the work of William Hogarth
Description: Title supplied by cataloger based on original as described in Paulson.
A copy of a plate from: A. de La Motraye's travels through travels through Europe, Asia, and into part of Africa.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (1st ed.), no. 268. Rejected as the work of Hogarth in 3rd ed.
On page 19 in volume 1.
Ms. note at top in Steevens's hand: Copy.
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 11.2 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Engravings England London 1727
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Material: engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743.
Subjects: La Mottraye, Aubry de, approximately 1674-1743 > Illustrations
England > London > 1727
18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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