[Freemen degraded and sold into slavery] [graphic]

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Title: [Freemen degraded and sold into slavery] [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
Published / Created: [1725]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Description: Title and date from Paulson.
Designed for John Beaver's Roman military punishments.
Sheet trimmed.
On page 24 in volume 1.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: Soldiers sold for slaves.
Numbered in ms. by Steevens (?) in upper left: 9.
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 4.3 x 7.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Book illustrations England 1725
Etchings England London 1725
Material: etching ;
Subject (Name): Beaver, John, active 18th century.
Subject (Topic): Military camps
Roman
Punishment & torture
Enslaved persons
Soldiers
Subjects: Beaver, John, active 18th century > Illustrations
Military camps > Roman
Punishment & torture
Enslaved persons > Roman
Soldiers > Roman
18th century
England > 1725
England > London > 1725
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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