Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].

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Description

Title
Qui color albus erat, nunc est contrarius albo [art original].
Alternative Title
Discovery
Creator
Steevens, George, 1736-1800, artist
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created
[between 1743 and 1799]
Publication Place
England
Abstract

A tracing by George Steevens of a print by William Hogarth: A confrontation in a bedchamber between a black woman in a nightgown in bed and four men who surround her canopy bed. One man holds a candle. The woman is slapping the one man while another pulls him away. A fourth man is pointing towards her shoulder

Description
Title from item.
Date based on publication of the original print on which this tracing is based.
Lengthy pencil note in William Windham's hand above the drawing: These two pieces viz. the one marked Qui Color albus erat and The Charmers of the age? are not prints but copies taken with a pen by Mr. Steevens, and given to me, together with many others, not copies, in return for those mentioned in his collection as given by me to him. [Signed] W.W. March 22d 1800.
Cf. Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 155.
Tracing of a published print. Cf. See British Museum. Catalogue of political and personal Satires, v. 3, no. 2600.
On page 100 in volume 1.
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 drawing : sheet 17.8 x 19.2 cm, on sheet 55 x 41.5 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Ink drawings British 18th century
Tracings
Material
pen and black ink ;
Subject (Geographic)
Great Britain,
Subject (Topic)
Confrontations
Black people
Bedrooms
Subjects
Confrontations
Black people > Great Britain
Bedrooms
British > 18th century
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12184441
Object ID (OID)
16194000

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