The combat [graphic].
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Description
- Title
- The combat [graphic].
- Creator
- Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791, printmaker
- Published / Created
- [1754?]
- Publication Place
- London
- Publisher
- publisher not identified
- Abstract
-
Satire on the conflict between artists campaigning for a public academy and those who were opposed. William Hogarth (A), shown as the leader of the latter group, rides a peacock. He is followed by (B) probably intended for the journalist Bonnell Thornton, dressed as Mercury, holding a paper lettered "Sr by G[o]d they laugh at us", and (C) Thomas Burgess, a young artist "who etch'd the Club of Artists" [BM Satires 3278]; (D) consists of a group of young followers sheltering behind the peacock's tail. Opposite them stands another group, a "New Club", led by (E) the "Chairman" holding a gavel, probably Francis Hayman, and (F) an older man holding a candle described as a "comic Poet study'd Painter and Chapman". Behind them stand (G), "a Swiss Operator", (H) "a great Projector", (I) "Toast Master General" and others only partly visible; those at the back of this group have peacock feathers in their hats. On the ground between the groups sits (T) "a late Author & Publisher of Scandal". To the right, a child (U) holding a lantern has climbed a tree in search of "Impartiality". Above flies Fame (W) "inspiring the Heros". A zodiacal arc on the left includes a pair of clasped hands (a symbol for mutual trust) lettered "Unknown"."--British Museum online catalogue
- Description
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Title etched above image.
Date from British Museum catalogue is "1762", but the British Museum online catalogue comments (April 2022) suggests 1754 as a more likely date of production.
"P. 6d."
Lettered with title above and ten lines of description in lower margin, ending 'Sing Tantararara'.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Contemporary inscription in lower margin identifies Hogarth as the subject: Hogarth is here introduced with many [illegible]. - Provenance
- British Museum duplicate stamp (and earlier accession stamp 1868.8.8.4170) to verso. Justin Croft; April 2022.
- Extent
- 1 print : sheet 19.9 x 26 cm
- Extent of Digitization
- This object has been completely digitized.
- Language
-
English
Collection Information
- Repository
- Lewis Walpole Library
- Call Number
- 754.00.00.03
Subjects, Formats, And Genres
- Genre
-
Caricatures and cartoons
Satires (Visual works) England 1762
Etchings England London 1762 - Material
- etching ; and laid paper.
- Resource Type
- still image
- Subject (Name)
-
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764
Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776
Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768 - Subject (Topic)
-
Artists
Journalists
Supernatural beings
Peacocks - Subjects
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Hogarth, William, 1697-1764 > Caricatures and cartoons
Burgess, Thomas, approximately 1730-1791 > Caricatures and cartoons
Hayman, Francis, 1708-1776 > Caricatures and cartoons
Thornton, Bonnell, 1724-1768 > Caricatures and cartoons
Artists
Journalists
Supernatural beings
Peacocks
England > 1762
England > London > 1762
Steevens, George, 1736-1800 > Ownership
Perrins, Charles William Dyson, 1864-1958 > Ownership
Access And Usage Rights
- Access
- Public
Identifiers
- Orbis Record
- 12757978
- Object ID (OID)
- 33114320