[Copy of Tristram Shandy, vol. 4] [graphic]

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Title: [Copy of Tristram Shandy, vol. 4] [graphic]
Creator: Heath, James, 1757-1834, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [14 January 1780]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Published as the Act directs Jany. 14th 1780 by W. Strahan, T. Cadell, J. Dodsley, G. Robinson, & J. Murray, &c. &c.
Abstract: Entering from the right, Walter Shandy, having had trouble pulling on his pants, arrives too late to prevent the curate from baptizing his newborn son with the hated name of Tristram
Description: Title from original print on which this reversed copy is based. See Paulson.
"Vol. II, page 221"--Upper right corner.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Copy of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 234.
On page 186 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 16.5 x 9 cm
Language: English

Genre: Illustrations
Book illustrations
Satires (Visual works) England 1780
Engravings England London 1780
Material: etching and engraving; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
Subject (Topic): Baptisms
Clergy
Subjects: Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 > Illustrations
Baptisms
Clergy
England > 1780
England > London > 1780
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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