Characters who frequented Button's coffee-house about the year 1720. [graphic] / Plate 4
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Description
- Title
- Characters who frequented Button's coffee-house about the year 1720. [graphic] / Plate 4
- Alternative Title
- Dr. Garth. Pope
- Creator
- Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, attributed name.
- Published / Created
- [approximately 1794]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
A game of draughts ended; four men at a table, the figure on left (Dr Garth) is in full bottom powdered wig, standing, with cane on table, his three-cornered hat beside him, the players, seated opposite each other in the centre, and to right, a figure (Pope) standing with his left hand raised; after a drawing formerly attributed to Hogarth
- Description
-
Title from text below image; plate number in upper right corner.
Reissue with plate no. re-engraved to '4'.
Plate in: Ireland, S. Graphic illustrations of Hogarth. vol.1, p. 38.
Sheet trimmed within plate mark at top.
Cf. Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 2, 1701.
On page 232 in volume 3. Printed in brownish ink on sheet trimmed to: 15.3 x 20.4 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 : sheet 15.3 x 23.3 cm
- 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
- etching and aquatint ; and wove paper sepia ink.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719.
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744. - Subject (Topic)
-
Coffehouses
Board games - Subjects
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Garth, Samuel, Sir, 1661-1719
Pope, Alexander, 1688-1744
Coffehouses
Board games
England > London > 1794
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
- Rights
- The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 11461411
- Object ID (OID)
- 16194290
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