Taste in high life from the original picture painted by Hogarth in 1742 in the possession of John Birch Esqr. to whom this plate is humbly dedicated by his obedient servt. Saml. Phillips / [graphic]
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Lewis Walpole Library > Taste in high life from the original picture painted by Hogarth in 1742 in the possession of John Birch Esqr. to whom this plate is humbly dedicated by his obedient servt. Saml. Phillips / [graphic]
Description
- Title
- Taste in high life from the original picture painted by Hogarth in 1742 in the possession of John Birch Esqr. to whom this plate is humbly dedicated by his obedient servt. Saml. Phillips / [graphic]
- Creator
- Phillips, Samuel, active 1797-1808, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1 May 1798]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Published May 1, 1798 by Saml. Phillips 5. Leicester Square
- Abstract
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"An expensively furnished interior with an elderly lady wearing an enormous hooped petticoat in conversation with an extravagantly dressed gentleman; to left, a fashionable young lady pats a black page boy under the chin; in the foreground, a monkey wearing a coat and three-cornered hat reads a menu beginning "Pour Dinner/Cox Combs ..."; on the far wall, are pictures including one, labelled "Insects", showing the dancer Philippe Desnoyer, and another showing a statue of Venus with a hooped petticoat and stays"--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
The print, after a painting commissioned by Mary Edwards, was made without Hogarth's permission. It is not included in Paulson's catalogue.
Dobson calls this the second state although he mis-identifies the publisher as Boydell.
Sheet trimmed close to plate mark.
Copy of: No. 2564 in the Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires.
On page 105 in volume 2. - 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 38.1 x 46 cm, on sheet 39 x 47 cm
- Edition
- [State 2?].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
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Stipple engravings England London 1798
Satires (Visual works) England 1798 - Material
- stipple engraving ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Blacks
Clothing & dress
Dandies
Fire screens
Interiors
Monkeys
Muffs - Subjects
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Blacks
Clothing & dress
Dandies
Fire screens
Interiors
Monkeys
Muffs
England > London > 1798
England > 1798
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
- 12785866
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194015
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