Frontis-piss [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Frontis-piss [graphic]
- Creator
- Cave, François Morellon La, active approximately 1700-1766, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [1763]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Description
-
Hogarth's design for a frontispiece to a pamphlet against the Hutchinsonians; a witch sitting on top of a crescent moon, pissing a cascade onto the rocks far below, on which lies a bound copy of 'Hutchin', and drowning a group of rats, some of which are gnawing at a bound copy of 'Newton' and a telescope
Title etched below image.
Date from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Original.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Given me by the Revd Dr. Gregory Sharpe, Master of the Temple.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand to the right: See ibid, p. 402.
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 16 x 9.5 cm
- Language
-
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 ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
- Witches
- Subjects
-
Witches
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
- 12823535
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194195