Simon Lord Lovat [graphic]

Description

Title: Simon Lord Lovat [graphic]
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: publish'd according to act of Parliament, August 25th 1746.
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: An elderly, rotund Lord Lovat is seated on a chair, its back carved with putti supporting a coronet. He is counting on his fingers the number of Scottish clans that fought with the Pretender in the rebellion. To his left is a table on which sits a book entitled "Memoirs" and quill pen in an ink bottle
Description: Title etched below image.
State from Paulson.
"Price 1 shilling."
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 36.2 x 23.7 cm, on sheet 40.3 x 28.4 cm.
Mounted on leaf 46 x 59 cm.
Plate 56 in the album: Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Provenance: Formerly owned by Queen Charlotte, the album bound according to Her Majesty's direction. Purchased by W.S. Lewis at Sotheby's, Miss M.A.E. Crofton sale, lot 341; 15 November 1960.
Extent: 1 print : plate mark 36.4 x 24 cm, on sheet 38.8 x 27 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 2].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 56. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 46. Album of William Hogarth prints.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764] [England], [not after 1753]