Simon Lord Lovat [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Simon Lord Lovat [graphic]
- Creator
- Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- published March 1798.
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Copy of William Hogarth's portrait of Simon Lord Lovat as an elderly, rotund man 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" in the original by William Hogarth) and quill pen in an ink bottle
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
"Page 293"--Upper right corner.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 2801.
For a discussion of the original see: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 166.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand at top of sheet: Copy.
On page 123 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 : sheet 17.1 x 12 cm
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Caricatures
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1798
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching ; and wove paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747
- Subject (Topic)
-
Jacobites
Obesity
Peerage
British
Rebellions - Subjects
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Lovat, Simon Fraser, Lord, 1667 or 1668-1747 > Caricatures and cartoons
Jacobites
Obesity
Peerage > British
Rebellions
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
- 12806848
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194051
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