The foundlings [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- The foundlings [graphic]
- Creator
- Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- publish'd March 1798.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Children in front of a foundling hospital engaged in various industrious activities; on the right a weeping woman kneels, holding a handkerchief to her eyes, her child having fallen into the river behind her. A man turns to look at her; he holds a folio with the words "The Royal Charter" etched at the top. In the distance, a view of the coast and ships at sea
- Description
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Title from caption below image.
Plate from: Ireland, J. A supplement to Hogarth illustrated. London : [J. Ireland], 1798.
"Page 257"--Upper right corner.
Copy after Hogarth. See Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works, no. 225.
Sheet trimmed on right and left edges.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: Copy.
On page 101 in volume 2. Sheet trimmed to, plate visible at bottom: 9.7 x 13.2 cm. - 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 : plate mark 10.0 x 14.3 cm, on sheet 23.3 x 14.2 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Etchings England London 1798
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Foundling Hospital (London, England)
- Subject (Topic)
-
Children
Death
Orphanages - Subjects
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Foundling Hospital (London, England)
Children
Death
Orphanages
England > London > 1798
18th century
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
- 11413613
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194005
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