Simon Lord Lovat [graphic]

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Title: Simon Lord Lovat [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, August 25th 1746.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: An elderly, rotund Lord Lovat is seated on a chair, its back carved with putti supporting a coronet. He is counting on his fingers the number of Scottish clans that fought with the Pretender in the rebellion. To his left is a table on which sits a book entitled "Memoirs" and quill pen in an ink bottle
Description: Title etched below image.
State from Paulson.
"Price 1 shilling."
Formerly on page 123 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator.
Sheet trimmed to: 35.6 x 22.2 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 36.4 x 24 cm, on sheet 38.8 x 27 cm
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 1
Collection Title: Plate 56. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 46. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]

Genre: Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Etchings England London 1746
Material: etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
Subject (Topic): Obesity
Peerage
British
Rebellions
Traitors
Subjects: Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747 > Caricatures and cartoons
Obesity
Peerage > British
Rebellions
Traitors > British
England > London > 1746
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > Ownership
Sotheby, Frederick Edward, 1837-1909 > Ownership
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818 > Ownership
Greenberg, Richard > Ownership

Access: Public
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