Upnor Castle [graphic]

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Title: Upnor Castle [graphic]
Creator: Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker, publisher
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [27 November 1781]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
Description: Title etched below image.
Figures and landmarks in this print are lettered in plate with key beneath title: A. Upnor Castle. B. The River Medway. C. Mr. Thornhill. D. Mr. Hogarth. E. Mr. Forrest. F. Mr. Tothall. G. Mr. Scott.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ...
Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.).
On page 211in volume 3.
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 25.5 x 34 cm
Language: English

Genre: Views
Aquatints England London 1781
Etchings England London 1781
Material: aquatint and etching in sepia ink ; and wove paper hand-colored.
Resource Type: still image
Subject (Name): Hogarth, William, 1697-1764,
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734,
Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772,
Upnor Castle (Kent, England)
Subject (Topic): Artists
Castles & palaces
Coastlines
Ships
Subjects: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Thornhill, James, Sir, 1675 or 1676-1734
Scott, Samuel, approximately 1710-1772
Artists
Castles & palaces
Coastlines
Ships
Upnor Castle (Kent, England)
England > London > 1781
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access: Public
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