The politician [graphic]

Description

Title: The politician [graphic]
Creator: Mills, Isaac, 1770-1857, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: published March 1798.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: publisher not identified
Abstract: A politician sits center in a chair before a table with a single candlestick on top. He holds the candle itself in his hand as he closely examines a sheet of paper, oblivious to the fact that the candle is burning a hole in the brim of his hat. A copy after Hogarth without the two wall maps
Description: Title etched below image.
"Page 274".--Upper right corner.
On page 206 in volume 3.
Text visible from verso.
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 15.7 x 11 cm
Language: English

Genre: Annotations (Provenance) 18th century
Satires (Visual works) England 1798
Etchings England London 1798
Material: etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Geographic): Great Britain.
Subject (Topic): Politicians
Subjects: Politicians > Great Britain
18th century
England > 1798
England > London > 1798
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access: Public
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