[The new metamorphosis. 3] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[The new metamorphosis. 3] [graphic].
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor
Briscoe, Samuel, active 1691-1727, publisher.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created
[March 1724]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Sam. Briscoe
Abstract

A night scene in which Camilla is abducted by four bandits on horseback, as described by Apuleius. Three women stand in a doorway in the foreground at the right, in various poses showing their sense of alarm and distress

Description
Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson.
"Vol: I P: 113"--Lower left, below image.
One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724.
A reversed copy of a print in the 1708 edition, with some changes. See Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 21 in volume 1. Plate trimmed to: 14 x 7.6 cm.
Date given in Steevens's hand: 1724. With other notes by Steevens that apply to the group of seven other illustrations mounted on same sheet.
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 14.4 x 8 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Illustrations
Book illustrations
Etchings England London 1724
Engravings England London 1724
Material
etching and engraving ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Apuleius.
Subjects
Apuleius > Illustrations
England > London > 1724
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
9856188
Object ID (OID)
16193802

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