[A satire on the frequenters of Button's coffee house, Russell Street, Convent Garden, London] [graphic]

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Title
[A satire on the frequenters of Button's coffee house, Russell Street, Convent Garden, London] [graphic]
Creator
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
Published / Created
[1794?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
publisher not identified
Abstract

"A waiter and a hungry customer; an elderly man with dishevelled hair and a dog at his heels, bending forward to seize a mug from the waiter, said to be Daniel Button, who turns his head away; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum, v. 2, no. 1702.
"Plate 1."--Upper right corner.
See British Museum Catalogue of drawings, vol. ii, p. 321.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, no. 1702.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: This and the five following articles are spurious. They were published by Samuel Ireland.
Ms. note in ink on separate scrap attached below print: These drawings, pretending to exhibit resemblances of Pope, Arbuthnot, &c. are all fictitious.
On page 232 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed to: 12.9 x 15.9 cm.
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 13.0 x 15.8 cm, on sheet 15.9 x 22.0 cm
Edition
[Plate number altered to "Plate 1"].
Language
English

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Aquatints England London 1794
Material
aquatint in sepia ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Button, Daniel.
Subject (Topic)
Coffeehouses
Subjects
Button, Daniel
Coffeehouses
England > London > 1794
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11417161
Object ID (OID)
16194287

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