[Frontispiece to Clubbe's Physiognomy (or, The weighing house)] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [Frontispiece to Clubbe's Physiognomy (or, The weighing house)] [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Weighing house
- Creator
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
- Contributor
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Kirby, John Joshua, 1716-1774, attributed name. - Published / Created
- [December 1763]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
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"Frontispiece to John Clubbe, 'Physiognomy'; being a sketch only of a larger work upon the same plan...' (London, 1763); scene outside an inn with the sign of 'The Weighing House', with nine men being assessed along a scale of gravity to levity; at right a man by the inn door operates a pulley to raise a magnet from the crossbeam of the inn sign; the men are balanced in a semi-circle from 'A', 'absolute Gravity', standing on his head, to 'I', 'absolute Levity or Stark Fool', in the middle of the air just beneath the magnet; at the centre, horizontally balanced and with nonchalant expression, is E, 'good Sence'."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title, date, artist, printmaker and publication information from Paulson.
The degree of Hogarth's involvement in the design is unknown (see Paulson for discussion). Clubbe dedicated the 'Physiognomy' to Hogarth, and the author's son claimed that Hogarth had drawn at least the faces, but that perhaps the rest of the design was by Joshua Kirby, draughtsman and writer on perspective and a mutual friend to Hogarth and Clubbe. The attribution of the engraving to Luke Sullivan is as early as Nichols and Steevens' 'The Genuine Works of William Hogarth' (1808) vol. 1, p. 373.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 199 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 24.2 x 19 cm
- Language
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English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Engravings England London 1763 - Material
- engraving ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
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Physiognomy
Taverns (Inns) - Subjects
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Physiognomy
Taverns (Inns)
England > 1763
England > London > 1763
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
- 12823517
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194193
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