[Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]

Description

Title: [Characters and caricaturas] [graphic]
Alternative Title: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas
Three characters. Four caricaturas
Characters and caricaturas
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker, artist
Contributor: Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609, artist.
Ghezzi, Pier Leone, 1674-1755, artist.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452-1519, artist.
Raphael, 1483-1520, artist.
Published / Created: [1743]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Wm. Hogarth
Abstract: The subscription ticket for "Marriage A-la-Mode". A group of heads drawn in a naturalistic style seen in profile; below, five compartments with heads after Raphael's Vatican tapestry cartoons (i.e."characters") and caricatures after Ghezzi, Raphael Urbin, Annibale Carracci, and Leonardo da Vinci
Description: Title from Paulson: Characters and caricaturas.
Title etched below image: 3 characters. 4 caricaturas : for a farthar explanation of the difference betwixt character & caricatura see [the] preface to Joh. Andrews.
Third state, with bottom of printing plate cut off to remove receipt. See Paulson.
Date from Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark on three sides, leaving thread margins.
1 print : etching on laid paper ; plate mark 22.9 x 20.5 cm, on sheet 28.8 x 25.1 cm.
Mounted on leaf 59 x 46 cm.
Plate 66 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 23.1 x 20.4 cm, on sheet 23.6 x 20.5 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Edition: [State 3].
Language: English

Collection Information

Repository: Lewis Walpole Library
Call Number: Folio 75 H67 764 (Oversize)
Collection Title: Plate 66. Queen Charlotte's collection of Hogarth works.
Collection / Other Creator: Charlotte, Queen, consort of George III, King of Great Britain, 1744-1818, collector.
Collection Date: [England], [1732-1764]