The comittee [sic] Part 3 Canto 2 l. 237. [graphic]

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Title: The comittee [sic] Part 3 Canto 2 l. 237. [graphic]
Alternative Title: Committee
Comittee
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Sayer, Robert, 1725-1794, publisher.
Published / Created: [between 1768 and 1794]
Publication Place: London and England London
Publisher: Robert Sayer
Abstract: "The Committee" made up of members of Parliament who are depicted here seated around a table, their hats hung on the wall behind them; two members standing and debating; to the left, standing in doorway, a man wearing a long cloak, holding a staff. The sheet of paper on the table reads "The League & Covenant." The doorway is on the left as it appears in the original drawing
Description: Title engraved above image.
From a series of twelve prints after Hogarth and issued by Robert Sayer. Publisher name from first print in series.
Date of publication based on publisher's name and address in imprint statement on the first plate in this series. Robert Sayer moved to 53 Fleet Street in 1760, and from 1777 onward he formed partnerships that caused him to trade under different names (Sayer & Bennett, Sayer & Co., etc.); see British Museum online catalogue. He acquired the Hogarth plates from Overton and re-issued them and copies in 1768. See Paulson.
Numbered '10' in upper left corner.
Nineteen lines of verse in three columns, below image: And now the saints begin their reigh, For which they'd yearn'd so long in vain ... He thus began his tale by fits, See the remainder under the next print.
From a set of twelve prints, all with two sewing holes along left edge.
Provenance: Grosvenor Prints with the eleven other prints in this series; January 2021.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 19.4 x 25 cm, on sheet 22.7 x 35 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English