[The distressed poet] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [The distressed poet] [graphic]
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [3 March 1736]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Wm. Hogarth
- Abstract
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IIn an alcove on the right in an untidy garret, a man in a dressing-gown scratches his head as he writes on a sheet with the title "Poverty, a Poem". In the center of the image his wife is seated as she mends a pair of breeches; at her feet a cat and her kittens are curled up on the man's coat. Under the sleeve of the coat on the floor is an issue of "Grubstreet Journall." She looks to the door on the left where she is confronted by a milkmaid who holds a lengthy tally; the daisies in her bonnet suggest Michaelmas day when bills are due; she also is shown with a yoke across her back. Just inside the doorway a dog snatches the single pork chop from a plate on a chair; the cupboard above the door stands open to show empty shelves. Behind the poet's head is a satirical print showing Alexander Pope thrashing the book-seller Edmund Curll who had published pirated editions of his letters."
- Description
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Title and state from Paulson.
"Price 3 shillings"--Following imprint.
Verse etched below image: Studious he sate, with all his books around, Sinking from thought to thought, a vast profound! Plung'd for his sense, but found no bottom there; Then writ, and flounder'd on, in more despair. Dunciad Book I, line III.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Ms. pencil note in Steevens hand: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit, 235. Repaired losses to corners.
On page 79 in volume 1. Trimmed to: 350 x 397 mm. - 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 360 x 410 mm
- Edition
- [State 2].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.1 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1736
Engravings England London 1736 - Material
- etching with engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Attics
Cats
Children
Crying
Dogs
Interiors
Milkwomen
Poets
Poor persons
Poverty
Sewing
Spouses
Writing - Subjects
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Attics
Cats
Children
Crying
Dogs
Interiors
Milkwomen
Poets
Poor persons
Poverty
Sewing
Spouses
Writing
England > 1736
England > London > 1736
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
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
- 9866515
- Object ID (OID)
- 16193947