[A chorus of singers] [graphic].

Description

Title: [A chorus of singers] [graphic].
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [December 1732]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: First etched as a subscription ticket for "A Midnight Modern Conversation" with seventeen men and boys rehearsing William Huggins's oratorio "Judith". Several of the singers hold sheet music with the notes and lyrics legible. In this state the plate has been reduced with the text eliminated, leaving only traces of the first line of text
Description: Title, date, and state from Paulson.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 17.4 x 16.3 cm, on sheet 23.1 x 19.8 cm.
Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm.
Plate 60 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 173 x 161 mm, on sheet 245 x 207 mm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 60. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works. Leaf 48. 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]