Tit for tat, or, Wm. Hogarth Esqr principal pannel painter to His Majesty. [graphic]

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Title
Tit for tat, or, Wm. Hogarth Esqr principal pannel painter to His Majesty. [graphic]
Alternative Title
Wm. Hogarth Esqr
William Hogarth Esquire
Contributor
Sandby, Paul, 1731-1809, artist.
Pridden, John, 1728-1807, publisher.
Published / Created
[approximately 1763?]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
Publish'd according to Act of Parliament by J. Pridden in Fleet Street
Abstract

Caricatured portrait of William Hogarth. An ugly boy wearinga fool's cap and bells and dressed in a girl's clothes is seated in a chair painting Hogarth's portrait of John Wilkes. He is seated before an easel in mid-stroke painting the image of John Wilkes holding the Cap of Liberty; he holds a paint brush and palette in his hands as he turns to talk to a gentleman leaning against the artist's chair (right foreground). Under the chair is Hogarth's dog Trump. In the background is a caricature of Hogarth's "Sigismunda" being a grotesque skiethc of Mrs. Hogarth and with an indecent suggestion

Description
Title engraved above image.
Note below image: Drawn from the life & etch'd in aqua-fortis.
Original drawing has been ascribed to Paul Sandby.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
On page 294 in volume 3. Sheet trimmed image with all text except title: 30.9 x 22.5 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 34.4 x 24 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1763
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1763
Material
etching ; and laid paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subject (Name)
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Hogarth, Jane Thornhill, 1709?-1789
Subject (Topic)
Artists' materials
Dogs
Painters (Artists)
Liberty cap
Legislators
Subjects
Wilkes, John, 1725-1797 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hogarth, Jane Thornhill, 1709?-1789 > Caricatures and cartoons
Artists' materials
Dogs
Painters (Artists)
Liberty cap
Legislators
England > 1763
England > London > 1763

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Identifiers

Orbis Record
11920619
Object ID (OID)
16194329

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