[Frontispiece to volume one of Tristram Shandy] [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- [Frontispiece to volume one of Tristram Shandy] [graphic].
- Alternative Title
- Frontispiece to vol. 1
- Creator
- Ravenet, Simon François, 1706-1774, printmaker
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [April 1760]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Corporal Trim stands with his back to the viewer as he reads a sermon upon Conscience. Dr. Slop sleeps in an armchair on the left beside the fireplace, his chin resting on his large belly. In the background Uncle Toby and Walter Shandy sit smoking. Behind them in the corner against the wall is a grandfather's clock and on the wall Toby's map of the fortifications of Namur. A three-cornered hat is shown on the floor in the foreground
- Description
-
Title, artist, printmaker, date and state from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: Given me by Mr. Robert Dodsley. Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above this print and another version listed below: Tristram Shandy. Ms. note in pencil on page near grouping: For these plates to Tristram Shandy, see Mr. Nichols's book 3rd edition, p. 372 & 374, 375.
On page 186 in volume 2. - 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 14.9 x 8.8 cm
- Edition
- [Proof before letters].
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- Folio 75 H67 800 v.2 (Oversize)
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Illustrations
Proofs before letters
Book illustrations
Frontispieces
Engravings England London 1760
Annotations (Provenance) 18th century - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
- Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768.
- Subject (Topic)
-
Reading
Sleeping
Smoking - Subjects
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Sterne, Laurence, 1713-1768 > Illustrations
Reading
Sleeping
Smoking
England > London > 1760
18th century
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
- 12820834
- Object ID (OID)
- 16945083
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