Hei! Degeror O! I am undone [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- Hei! Degeror O! I am undone [graphic].
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, atrributed name.
- Published / Created
- [between 1724 and 1727]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"Satire on John Heidegger and the taste for the masquerades which he promoted. A London street scene in the foreground of which Heidegger sprawls on the ground, his watch and coins falling from his pocket, as he begs mercy of Hercules. Hercules, clad in a lion skin, raises his club threateningly; with his right hand he holds a chain encircling a large group of masqueraders, some of whom have their hands tied behind their backs, their props or accessories are scattered on the ground; other masqueraders climb out of the windows of the building behind. On the left, Piety, Wisdom and Britannia emerge from a church followed by clergymen; beggars ask for alms, one holds a dog on a lead who rushes towards Heidegger. Mercury flies overhead holding a scroll lettered, "The Masquerade destroyt".
- Description
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Title etched below image.
Artist unidentified.
Date 1727 by Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, (3rd ed.), p. 48. Dated "ca. 1724" in the British Museum catalogue.
According to John Nicholls in his Biographical anecdotes of William Hogarth (1785, p.134), this print inspired Hogarth's "Masquerades and Operas" (British Museum satires no. 1742), but the reverse may be the case.
"Price 1 shilling"--Lower left.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 26 in volume 1.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above: An anonymous print to which Hogarth was indebted. See the following print. - 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 18.6 x 24 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 1724
Engravings England London 1724
Etchings England London 1724 - Material
- etching and engraving ;
- Subject (Name)
-
Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748.
Hercules (Roman mythological character), - Subject (Topic)
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Britannia (Symbolic character)
City & town life
Clergy
Costumes
Dogs
Masquerades - Subjects
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Heidegger, John James, 1659?-1748
Britannia (Symbolic character)
Hercules (Roman mythological character)
City & town life
Clergy
Costumes
Dogs
Masquerades
18th century
England > 1724
England > London > 1724
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
- 12696435
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193829