Mr. Hogarth [graphic].

Description

Title: Mr. Hogarth [graphic].
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: Sept. 29, 1749.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd according to act of Parliament by r. Sayer opposite Fetter Lane
Abstract: A portrait of Hogarth in profile, looking right, with a pencil in his right hand poised above an open book in his left hand. He wears a cocked hat on his head. Adapted from his self-portrait in "The Gate of Calais."
Description: Title from engraved text in frame encicling the portrait.
Numbered '12' above image.
Cf. No. 3066 in the Catalogue of political and personal satires preserved in the Department of Prints and Drawings in the British Museum, v. 3.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand centered above this print and one to left: See Mr. Nichols's book, 3d. edt., p. 297.
On page 147 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 6.2 x 7.3 cm
Language: English

Genre: Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1749
Material: etching and stipple ; and laid paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Subject (Topic): Artists
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Artists
England > London > 1749
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access: Public
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