[The new metamorphosis. 3] [graphic].

Description

Title: [The new metamorphosis. 3] [graphic].
Creator: Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, printmaker
Contributor: Briscoe, Samuel, active 1691-1727, publisher.
Hogarth, William, 1697-1764, artist.
Published / Created: [March 1724]
Publication Place: London
Publisher: Sam. Briscoe
Abstract: A night scene in which Camilla is abducted by four bandits on horseback, as described by Apuleius. Three women stand in a doorway in the foreground at the right, in various poses showing their sense of alarm and distress
Description: Title, printmaker, and imprint from Paulson.
"Vol: I P: 113"--Lower left, below image.
One of seven illustrations engraved for a modernized edition of Apuleius's The golden ass: Gildon, C. New metamorphosis. London : Printed for Sam. Briscoe at the Bell-Savage on Ludgate-Hill, 1724.
A reversed copy of a print in the 1708 edition, with some changes. See Paulson.
Sheet trimmed to plate mark.
Provenance: Purchased from John Grant, Ltd., August 1940; Formerly owned by Charles Kinnaird, 8th Lord Kinnaird of Inchture (1780-1826).
Extent: 1 print : sheet 14.4 x 8 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Language: English