[Copy of the frontispiece to Clubbe's Physiognomy, or, The weighing house] [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- [Copy of the 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, Joshua, 1716-1774, attributed name. - Published / Created
- [not before 1763]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Copy in reverse of the frontispiece to John Clubbe, 'Physiognomy; scene outside an inn with the sign of 'The Weighing House', with nine men being assessed along a scale of gravity to levity; at left 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'.
- Description
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Title from original as described in 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.
Copy in reverse of: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.), no. 242.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to right of print: See ibid. [Nicholls] 401.
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 19.4 x 12.6 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
-
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Etchings England London 1763 - Material
- etching on thin laid paper, lined ;
- Subject (Topic)
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Physiognomy
Taverns (Inns) - Subjects
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Physiognomy
Taverns (Inns)
18th century
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
- 12823527
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194194