[Four Heads from the Raphael cartoons at Hampton Court] [graphic].

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Description

Title
[Four Heads from the Raphael cartoons at Hampton Court] [graphic].
Creator
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Hogarth, Jane, 1711?-1789, publisher.
Published / Created
[14 May 1781]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Published as the Act directs May 14, 1781 by Mrs. Hogarth, at the Golden Head, Leicester Field
Description
Title devised by curator.
Note below image: "Mr. Walpole in his Anecdotes of Painting &c. Vol. IV, p. 22, speaking of the Cartoons at Hampton Court, observes that Sir James Thornhill "having made copious studies of the heads, hands and feet intended to publish an exact account of the whole, for the use of students: but this work has never appeared." As the present plate was found amoung others belonging to the late Mr. Hogarth, it is not impossible but that it might have been engraved by him for his father-in-law Sr. James's intended publication.
Formerly attributed to Hogarth.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 206 in volume 3.
Ms. note in Steevens's hand above print: (See Mr. Nichols's Book, 3d edit, p. 437).
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 21.5 x 36 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
Aquatints England London 1781
Material
etching with aquatint ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
18th century
England > London > 1781
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12701897
Object ID (OID)
16194208

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