[Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth] [graphic].

Description

Title: [Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth] [graphic].
Creator: Read, David Charles, 1790-1851, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Read, David Charles, 1790-1851, publisher.
Published / Created: [not after 1830]
Publication Place: Salisbury, England
Publisher: David Charles Read
Abstract: "Portrait of G.F. Handel, from a painting by Hogarth, then in the etcher's collection; bust directed to the right, looking towards the viewer, in fur-trimmed cap and coat."--British Museum online catalogue
Description: Title supplied by cataloger.
Artist, printmaker, and date from statement of responsibility present on later state: Etch'd by D.C. Read from a picture painted by Hogarth in his possession, 1830.
First (proof?) state before letters. For a later state with sitter's name "G.F. Handel" etched beneath statement of responsibility in lower margin, see British Museum online catalogue, registration no.: 1875,0508.1664.
Probably printed by Read himself at his residence in Salisbury, using a press he obtained shortly after beginning to publish his etched plates in 1828. See Oxford Dictionary of national biography, entry for David Charles Read.
Mounted to 42 x 29 cm. At bottom of mounting sheet is a manuscript presentation note by David Charles Read's son, Raphael W. Read: This portrait of the immortal Handel etched by his [i.e. Raphael Read’s] father from the original picture of Handels bosom[?] friend Hogarth, in the possession of C.D. Read, is presented to Charles Morine[?] as a token of friendship by Raphael W. Read.
Provenance: Bogislav Winner; January 2022.
Extent: 1 print : sheet 25.7 x 21 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English