Tale-Piece [graphic]
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Description
- Title
- Tale-Piece [graphic]
- Creator
- Livesay, Richard, -1823?, printmaker, publisher
- Contributor
- Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
- Published / Created
- [27 November 1781]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- Publish'd Novr. 27th 1781 by Rd. Livesay at Mrs. Hogarth's Leicester Fields
- Abstract
-
Copy of a drawing by Hogarth: A Mr. Nobody. The laughing head of a man in a white wig, wearing a cocked hat; to the neck are suspended by a ribbon a tobaaco-pipe, knife, fork, and spoon. A pair of human legs, in white stockings and green shoes, stick out where the shoulders should be; behind these a pair of oars are placed saltirewise, and tinted pink. A drinking glass hangs by a ribbon from the left leg, a spirit bottle, painted black, from the other leg
- Description
-
Title etched below image.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Plate for: Gosling, W. Account of what seemed most remarkable in the five days peregrination of the five following persons ...
Not in: Paulson, R. Hogarth's graphic works (3rd ed.).
On page 213 in volume 3. - 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 21.7 x 40 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 1781
Etchings England London 1781 - Material
- aquatint and etching in sepia ink ; and wove paper hand-colored.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Topic)
- Humorous pictures
- Subjects
-
Humorous pictures
England > London > 1781
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
- 12735485
- Object ID (OID)
- 16945091
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