[Solsull a maker of punches for the engravers] [graphic]

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Description

Title
[Solsull a maker of punches for the engravers] [graphic]
Creator
Ireland, Samuel, -1800, printmaker
Contributor
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created
[1781]
Publication Place
London
Publisher
S. Ireland?
Abstract

"Portrait after a drawing by Hogarth; head and shoulders of a man with a prominent forehead and hooked chin, to left looking down, wearing a wide-brimmed hat set at a tilt and cravat; with another head in profile to left wearing a plumed cocked hat, behind; before plate reduced and inscription curtailed and re-engraved."--British Museum online catalogue

Description
Title from later states.
"S.I. fecit aqua fort" scored through with hashes.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
For another state published by W. Dickinson see: Catalogue of prints and drawings in the British Museum. Division I, political and personal satires, v. 3, no. 3099.
On page 208 in volume 3.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand above print: Solsull, the maker of punches for engravers.
Ms. note in pencil in Steevens's hand below print: See Nichols's Book, 3d edit., p. 407.
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 13 x 10 cm
Language
English

Collection Information

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

Subjects, Formats, And Genres

Genre
Portrait prints
Etchings England London 1781
Material
etching ; and wove paper.
Resource Type
still image
Subjects
England > London > 1781
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership

Access And Usage Rights

Access
Public
Rights
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Identifiers

Orbis Record
12705436
Object ID (OID)
16945089

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