[Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Satire on false perspective] [graphic]
- Alternative Title
- Whoever makes a design without the knowledge of perspective will be liable to such absurdities as are shown in this frontispiece
- Creator
- Sullivan, Luke, 1705-1771, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [February 1754]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- John Joshua Kirby?
- Abstract
-
"Frontispiece to Joshua Kirby, Dr Brooke Taylor's Method of Perspective made easy; a rural scene with a number of absurdities caused by perspectival errors, for instance, an angler in the foreground catches a fish in the middle distance, an inn sign is partly obscured by trees that are growing on the other side of a river, a woman leans from a window to light the pipe of a man on a distant hill."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
-
Title from caption engraved below image.
State, publisher, and date from Paulson.
Imperfect: 'W. Hogarth inv. et delin' erased from this impression. Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Etched above image: "Frontispiece."
Sheet trimmed to: 22.5 x 18 cm.
Formerly on page 168 in volume 2. Removed in 2012 by LWL conservator. - 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 22.3 x 18.2 cm
- Edition
- [State 1].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize) Box 2
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Engravings England London 1754
Satires (Visual works) England 1754
Frontispieces - Material
- engraving and etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Perspective
Art
Boats
Carts & wagons
Churches
Cows
Fishing
Sheep
Signs (Notices)
Swans
Taverns (Inns)
Villages - Subjects
-
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774
Perspective
Art
Boats
Carts & wagons
Churches
Cows
Fishing
Sheep
Signs (Notices)
Swans
Taverns (Inns)
Villages
England > London > 1754
England > 1754
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Kinnaird, Charles Kinnaird, Baron, 1780-1826 > 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
- 9854734
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194129