[Mask and palette] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Mask and palette] [graphic].
Alternative Title: Bearer hereof is intitled to [blank]
Creator: Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [approximately 1781]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Rd. Livesay
Abstract: A copy of Hogarth's print for the subscription ticket for "Garrick in the Character of Richard III" with an image of a rolled manuscript, a laurel wreath, palette and mask suspended from a rope or piece of drapery
Description: Title assigned by Paulson for original Hogarth print.
Printmaker, publisher, and date from later state.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 164.
With Hogarth's wax seal and signature.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of page: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d edit, p. 281.
On page 122 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 12 x 12 cm, on sheet 13.3 x 14 cm
Language: English

Genre: Tickets
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Seals (artifacts)
Etchings England London 1781
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subjects: 18th century
England > London > 1781
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Autograph
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Ms. notes
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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