Satan, sin and death [graphic]

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Description

Title
Satan, sin and death [graphic]
Creator
Ogborne, John, 1755-1837, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Rowlandson, Thomas, 1756-1827, printmaker.
Thane, John, 1748-1818, publisher.
Published / Created
[1 June 1792]
Publication Place
London : Published June 1, 1792 by J. Thane Rupert Street Hay Market
Abstract

"Sin interposes herself between Satan on the left and his son Death on the right to stop them attacking each other, revealing their relation to each other, with a portcullis gate in upper right, attached by a chain in the foreground; copy of a print by Charles Townley after a design by Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title etched below image.
Text following title: From Milton's Paradise lost, Book the 2d. The original picture by Hogarth is in the possession of Mrs. Garrick. This from a painting in Chiaro-Scuro by R. Livesay.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 203 in volume 3.
Inscribed in plate under title: From Milton's Paradise Lost, Bok the 2d. The original picture by Hogarth is in the possession of Mrs. Garrick. This from a painting in chiaro scuro by R. Livesay. Note: plate mark visible at bottom.
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 : plate mark 32.4 x 38 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

Repository
Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number
Folio 75 H67 800 v.3 (Oversize)

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Allegorical prints
Etchings England London 1792
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Topic)
Deadly sins
Death
Devil
Subjects
Deadly sins
Death
Devil
18th century
England > London > 1792
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12701812
Object ID (OID)
16194205

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